Story Archive
2019-05-31
Nations are making progress in dealing with people who have no citizenship from any state, U.N. officials say.
2019-05-31
Authorities: More than 350 people have been killed in anti-narcotics crackdown since May 2018.
2019-05-31
Junta chief Prayuth Chan-o-cha is expected to return as PM, analysts say.
2019-05-31
Photographer Ewold Horn, 59, was taken captive by the southern Philippine militants seven years ago.
2019-05-30
Members of the special forces unit had committed “crimes against humanity,” Indonesia’s human rights commission said.
2019-05-30
Amendment to security act would drop charges against insurgents joining Bring People Home rehabilitation program.
2019-05-30
MV Bavaria was preparing to sail with cargo of waste dumped in Philippines years ago.
2019-05-30
Troops were escorting aid workers from other countries, including Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam and Myanmar, who escaped unhurt.
2019-05-29
An 808-page charge sheet outlines attack on Nusrat Jahan Rafi after she alleged that her principal had assaulted her.
2019-05-29
In speech, senator calls on President Duterte to clean up the customs bureau.
2019-05-28
As many as 70 people drowned in the May 10 accident of a boat carrying migrants, authorities say.
2019-05-28
Protesters attacked the home of a candidate they thought stole votes from another politician, police say.
2019-05-28
A 14-year-old died in Pattani province blast.
2019-05-28
Six suspects were arrested on charges of planning to kill “national figures” during election riots.
2019-05-28
Defendant failed to raise reasonable doubt about charges linking him to Muhammad Wanndy, judge rules.
2019-05-27
But many residents also earn money from scavenging and selling scrap for recycling.
2019-05-26
Soldiers were meeting with community elders on Jolo island when the militants attacked, military says.
2019-05-24
Until her husband was killed, Aisyah says she never thought about returning to Malaysia.
2019-05-24
Senate selects leaders while the lower house is to meet Saturday to begin the process.
2019-05-24
Investigators used information from a cellular phone to launch a three-month sting.
2019-05-23
Future Forward Party’s Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit cannot serve in parliament until media ownership allegation is resolved.
2019-05-23
Government still has not begun to reconstruct the southern city, which was ruined in fighting.
2019-05-23
Calm returns after clashes that also wounded more than 700 people and resulted in arrests of at least 400 protesters.
2019-05-23
Ottawa announces move after Philippine leader orders that Canadian garbage be sent back immediately.
2019-05-22
Journalism groups call for the return of portiboron.com, 53 other sites shuttered by the government.
2019-05-22
Government limits access to social media to prevent chaos, security affairs minister Wiranto says.
2019-05-22
Proclaimed senators include President Rodrigo Duterte’s personal aide and former police chief who oversaw his drug war.
2019-05-22
Dissidents Jia Huajiang and Liu Xuehong are being held in immigration detention, and fear repatriation to China.
2019-05-22
Unclear whether dead are civilians or police; 20 arrested for inciting a riot, police chief says.
2019-05-22
A spokesman for Rodrigo Duterte says the president is upset about Ottawa’s delay in removing waste.
