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Large anti-government protests outdoors have stopped in recent weeks amid a surge in coronavirus cases.

Myanmar has been dragging its feet on the return of the hundreds of thousands of refugees, Dhaka says.

Abu Misry Mama, 67, was the public face of the IS-linked Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters.

Filipino man who arrived in Manila from the Middle East last week tested positive, health department says.

Nations silenced critics by cracking down on the press and social media amid the COVID-19 outbreak, watchdog group says.

They were released on a technicality, national police chief says.

The suspects belong to Xiaopen-Nanlu, a gang targeting expatriates from China in the Philippines.

Opposition blasts move, saying it appears to have been done for prime minister’s political survival.

The Southeast Asian nation plans to launch a COVID-19 vaccination campaign on Jan. 13.

President Rodrigo Duterte had said Christopher Cuan was on list of politicians with ties to drug traffickers.

Muhyiddin Yassin imposes a two-week lockdown in six states to stem a surge in new infections.

“We hope there will be a miracle, and he survived,” a cousin of a passenger on Sriwijaya Air flight 182, told BenarNews.

A search is under way for the missing plane, Sriwijaya Air flight 182, in waters around the Thousand Islands off Jakarta.

Calling for national elections amid surge in coronavirus cases is irresponsible, senior UMNO members say.

The government has been too lenient on FPI, but an outright ban is problematic.

“It’s still raw after all of these years later,” Australia’s prime minister says about the release of Abu Bakar Bashir.

Pag-asa (Hope) would have turned 29 years old on Jan. 15.

Four others have been charged for smuggling the Muslims, who are treated as illegal immigrants by Myanmar.

The man arrested at a Texas airport in 2018 had smuggled 14 Bangladeshis across the U.S.-Mexico border.

This could lead to a rise in infant and maternal mortality, health experts say.

At current infection rate, exponential rise in cases projected in next few months, health director-general says.

Papuan rebels claim responsibility for attacks on aircraft in Intan Jaya and Mimika regencies.

U.S.-funded Mekong Dam Monitor notes Chinese notification came only after it identified Jinghong Dam restriction on Dec. 31.

Separately, Malaysia detained 35 Rohingya who illegally entered from Indonesia, police say.

Danilo Lim, a former army general, had led attempted coups in 2003 and 2007.

The suspects killed in South Sulawesi had sent money to Indonesians who bombed a southern Philippine church two years ago.

Members of the presidential bodyguard are in the spotlight after receiving a Chinese-made vaccine not cleared by Philippine regulators.

This depends on the country’s drugs regulator authorizing emergency use of Sinovac Biotech’s vaccine.

Discovery shows that maritime security can be easily compromised, says defense committee MP.

But under a bilateral agreement, neither side can reveal how much Singapore will be compensated.