Philippines | Gov’t says it learned of Marawi siege plans in advance

The Philippine government learned days in advance of a plan by militants aligned with the Islamic State group to lay siege to a southern city and

Australia reaches settlement with suing asylum seekers

The Australian government has reached a settlement of around 90 million Australian dollars (USD68 million) with more than 1,900 asylum seekers who sued over their treatment at

Netflix theater debate hits South Korea as ‘Okja’ boycott looms

South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho has an answer to where the controversy over the theatrical releases of Netflix movies started: his cinematic ambition. Bong said yesterday

North Korea | Former NBA player Dennis Rodman arrives in Pyongyang

Dennis Rodman, the former NBA bad boy who has palled around with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, flew back to Pyongyang yesterday for the

Bangladesh | Rain-triggered landslides kill at least 68

Heavy rain triggered landslides that killed at least 68 people in southeast Bangladesh, officials said yesterday, as police and soldiers struggled to reach the remote districts

Terrorism | Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines to join forces vs militants

Indonesia says it’s looking to set up joint patrols with the Philippines and Malaysia to prevent Islamic militants who have laid siege to a city in

Korea | Suspected North Korea drone photographed US missile defense site

A suspected North Korean drone photographed a U.S. missile defense system in South Korea before it crashed near the border where it was found last week, Seoul’s Defense

The Buzz | Thai police raid ‘click farm,’ find 347,200 SIM cards 

Thai police have arrested three Chinese men who they say operated a so-called “click farm,” using hundreds of cellphones and several hundred thousand SIM cards to run up “likes” and

Philippines | Flag raised on Independence Day in war-torn city

Filipinos marked their country’s Independence Day by raising the national flag yesterday in a southern city where troops pressed assaults to quell a three-week siege by

Singapore | Police arrest female Islamic State suspect

Police in Singapore have detained a preschool assistant who shared pro-Islamic State group materials online and intended to travel to Syria, their first arrest of a female Singaporean citizen

Bangladesh arrests six suspected Islamist militants

Security officials in Bangladesh’s capital have arrested six members of a banned militant group and accused them of planning to kill an outspoken Islamic scholar for his stand against

Indonesia | Quake rattles Jakarta, but no damage apparent 

A strong earthquake rocked western parts of Indonesia’s main island early yesterday, causing panic but no immediate reports of damages or casualties. The National Disaster Management Agency said the earthquake shook

Japan’s forgotten gambling addicts stand in way of first casino

A childhood New Year’s holiday spent playing cards with his family planted the seeds of a gambling compulsion that ravaged decades of one man’s

Philippines | In fight for Marawi, a painful window on war 

From the third-story window of a barren government office building he now squats in as a refugee, Nasir Abdul is watching his city being destroyed. Nearly

Briefs | Law allows Emperor Akihito to abdicate 

Japan’s parliament on Friday passed a law allowing Emperor Akihito to become the country’s first monarch to abdicate in 200 years, but put off a debate over how to tackle

South Korea leader warns North after latest missile launch

North Korea’s latest launches of several suspected anti-ship missiles were short-range and landed well short of past efforts, but they still served as a defiant message

Myanmar | Navy ship, fishermen find bodies in search for plane

Fishermen joined navy and air force personnel yesterday in recovering bodies and aircraft parts from the sea off Myanmar, where a military plane carrying 122 people including 15

Myanmar | Military plane with 120 aboard goes missing

A  military transport plane with 120 people on board went missing yesterday on a flight from southern Myanmar to Yangon, a military spokesman said. There were fears it

Hawaii | Retired Navy commander pleads guilty to fraud

A retired U.S. Navy commander in Hawaii charged in a growing corruption scandal pleaded guilty yesterday to lying about his relationship with a Malaysian defense contractor known by the

Afghanistan | Letter points to power struggle within IS affiliate group

A letter drafted by a senior Islamic State militant and obtained by The Associated Press points to a growing power struggle within the group’s Afghan affiliate, pitting

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