President Prabowo Subianto and South Korean President Lee Jae-myung have expressed their hope to continue the two countries’ defense cooperation, including on existing collaboration to develop fighter jets, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Gyeongju.

More than 25,000 schoolchildren had already joined the agency's "temporary learning spaces", while some 300,000 would follow online classes, according to the United Natons agency for Palestinian refugees.

The latest to be charged, a 38-year-old woman and a 37-year-old man, were arrested on Wednesday along with three other individuals, Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said.

The United States Secretary of Defense proposed to ASEAN defense ministers the building of shared maritime domain awareness and said China had shown a lack of respect and threatened their territorial sovereignty.

Solidarity from people in other Southeast Asian nations may help support a people’s movement in a country and put more pressure on the government to make reforms on policies, experts and activists have said.

The Shenzhou-21 crew were also joined by four black mice, the first small mammals to be taken to the Chinese space station.

Wildlife trade monitor TRAFFIC, which battles the smuggling of wild animals and plants, warned in June of a "very troubling" trend in trafficking driven by the exotic pet trade.

The containers have been sitting in Manila Bay since Oct. 20 as authorities wrangle with the company they say the shipment originated from.

A ministry spokesman said ministers from Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates had all been invited.

For over two thousand years, India and Indonesia have exchanged more than trade. From ancient temples and batik patterns to numeral systems, this enduring dialogue of cultures continues to shape the world’s intellectual and artistic heritage.

The US has sought to shore up its presence in Southeast Asia and counter the growing influence of China.

Inclusivity should be APEC’s guiding principle, as exclusive growth is divisive that may lead to instability and jeopardize peace and prosperity, President Prabowo Subianto told leaders at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit.

The announcement on social media was issued just before Trump -- who boasts frequently about being a peace president --  went into a summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in South Korea.

The President is expected to underscore multilateralism, peace and economic cooperation at the Asia-Pacific Leaders' Summit in South Korea, his penultimate international engagement for this year.

The broadcaster had already laid off or furloughed more than 90 percent of staff and drastically scaled back production since President Donald Trump's administration in March axed most money to US government-funded media.

Trump called his first meeting with Xi in six years a "great success", while the Chinese leader said the two reached an "important consensus" towards solving the fight between the world's two top economies.

The US president, who minutes before said he has ordered the Pentagon to start nuclear weapons testing on a level with China and Russia, complimented a smiling Xi as a "very tough negotiator" as they shook hands.

ASEAN has decided against sending observers to the Myanmar military regime’s planned election in late December, Foreign Minister Sugiono said, because doing so would risk lending the bloc’s stamp of approval.

Indonesian officials reiterated commitment to send peacekeeping troops to war-torn Gaza after the ceasefire deal between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas, but asserted the mission will only go with a mandate from the United Nations.

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, who will remain chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) until the end of the year, symbolically passed the gavel to Filipino President Ferdinand Marcos at the close of a summit in Kuala Lumpur.

The meeting Thursday might yield a truce in the trade war between the world's top two economies, a possible grand finale to Trump's Asia tour marked by praise, pomp and even a replica gold crown from South Korea's leader.

"At least 50 killed, including 22 children and a number of women and children, as a result of the ongoing Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip since last night," Mahmud Bassal, spokesman for the agency, told AFP.

Australia last month agreed to pay Nauru A$2.5 billion ($1.6 billion) over three decades to host several hundred deported non-citizens.

Trump and his supporters have repeatedly raised the question of a 2028 presidential run for the 79-year-old, drawing concern from his foes and cheers from backers. 

ASEAN and China have signed an upgrade to their free trade agreement, strengthening regional economic cooperation and modernizing the bloc’s trade framework with its largest trading partner.

Abhisit shared insights into his pivotal political decisions and reflected on the evolving political dynamics in Southeast Asia.

It remains unclear whether Arab and other states will be ready to commit troops, in part given the refusal ofPalestinian Hamas militants to disarm as called for by the plan, while Israel has voiced concerns about the make-up of the force.