Philippine schools cancel classes as major heat wave spreads across Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia was coping with a weekslong heat wave on Monday as record-high temperatures led to school closings in several...
Thailand
Thai court acquits nearly 70 protesters who shut down Bangkok’s airports in 2008
A Thai court on Friday acquitted nearly 70 people of all charges related to mass protests that shut down Bangkok’s...
Thailand’s national police chief, deputy suspended over online gambling accusations
Thailand’s national police chief and one of his deputies were temporarily suspended under the order of Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin...
Hong Kong lawmakers unanimously pass controversial security law, granting government power to curb dissent
Hong Kong lawmakers unanimously approved a new national security law on Tuesday that grants the government more power to quash...
Drug gang members arrested after clever scheme to smuggle cocaine into top party city foiled by cops
Officials in Thailand discovered hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of cocaine, allegedly smuggled in from the U.S. in clothing...
Concerns of media censorship mount as Hong Kong moves to enact new national security law
As Hong Kong moves toward enacting a new national security law, four years after Beijing imposed a similar law that...
Malaysian high court strikes down state’s Sharia-based laws
Malaysia's top court on Friday struck down Shariah-based criminal laws in an opposition-run state, saying they encroached on federal authority....
