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Indonesia’s top diplomat has put land and maritime boundary talks with the country’s Asean neighbours high on her agenda again this year.
On January 11, the BRN and other Malay-Muslim separatist groups from Thailand’s southern provinces hope to seek a peace deal with Bangkok.
A man held for breaking into Queen Elizabeth’s Windsor Castle claimed in a video he would attempt to ‘assassinate’ her as revenge for the incident in British-ruled India.
We won’t know whether Omicron evades Covid-19 vaccines for another few weeks as scientists around the world race to find answers.
From Singapore to Japan, Australia to India, This Week in Asia’s writers have the latest as countries across the region tighten entry requirements for travellers.
China, France, Germany, Russia, Britain and the US will hold talks with Iran in Vienna on Monday, at a meeting chaired by the EU.
Inoculated people are less likely to get Covid-19, are less contagious, and clear the virus faster.
Singapore gives them the bill, New Zealand says ‘no jab, no job’ and the US says ‘please’.
Some say Indonesia’s more cautious approach is related to Chinese investment and Covid aid. Some say it’s a rejection of ‘megaphone diplomacy’. Others wonder if it has a set policy at all.
A social media post showing the Koran at the feet of a Hindu god inflamed tensions in the Muslim-majority nation in October.
Here are the experts’ views on how to make sure you’re best protected, and what to be mindful of at all times.
The deadline to enter has passed and among the big names in with a shot are Panfilo Lacson, Ferdinand Marcos Jnr, Isko Moreno, Manny Pacquiao, Ronald dela Rosa and Leni Robredo.
Fica aims to prevent foreign actors from interfering with local politics by shutting down hostile information campaigns and dealing with actors that uses local proxies.
Two figures with underworld ties have stood out amid the scandals involving Malaysia’s anti-corruption agency this year – but just who are Nicky Liow and Wan Kuok-koi?
The immediate question of who succeeds Suga may be complicated by speculation that Abe is preparing for a third stint as prime minister.
Some people with immunodeficiencies generate a lower immune response to Covid-19 vaccines, leading to increased breakthrough infections among them.
The emirate may suddenly be in the news, but it has been eyeing a role as a global mediator for over 25 years.
Advocates say an ‘orderly departure programme’, like those previously run in Vietnam and Cuba, could offer safe passage out of Afghanistan for would-be refugees.
The vast stretch of territory between Australia and India was long referred to in Washington as the Asia-Pacific, before the ‘strategic lexicon’ shifted under Trump.
US Vice-President Kamala Harris’ trip to Vietnam was delayed by reports of the illness, that a report commissioned by the US State Department said was most likely caused by ‘directed, pulse radio frequency energies’.