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One killed and buildings damaged as magnitude 7.4 earthquake strikes Indonesia
Quake with epicentre west-north-west of Ternate island shakes cities and prompts regional tsunami warningOne p…
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Thai PM’s party on track to win election in blow to pro-democracy camp
Staunch royalist Anutin Charnvirakul’s Bhumjaithai party builds commanding lead on disappointing night for riv…
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Weakened Super Typhoon Ragasa heads towards Vietnam after battering China and Hong Kong
Huge clear-up efforts start after storm leaves trail of destruction, with 25 reported dead in Taiwan and the P…
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Protesters flood streets of Philippines over state corruption
Dozens of police officers injured as anger erupts over billions allegedly spent on bogus relief projectsTens o…
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Twenty missing in Indonesia protests, rights group says
Mass protests first erupted last week, prompted by anger over the perks and benefits given to lawmakers, inclu…
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Hanoi bans The Economist’s issue featuring Vietnam’s leader on its cover, reports say
Media quoted unnamed distributors who said they could not obtain copies of the magazine or that it had been ba…
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Indonesia mulls repatriation of alleged Bali bombings mastermind from Guantánamo Bay
Riduan Isamuddin, known as Hambali, has been held since 2003 and described as ‘one of the world’s most lethal …
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Ceremonies held across Asia to mark 20 years since Boxing Day tsunami
Waves towering up to 30 metres killed more than 220,000 people in 15 countries in deadliest tsunami in history…
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Indonesia puts moratorium on new Bali hotels amid overtourism fears
Concern has been growing in the popular tourist destination about the strain that visitors place on the local …
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Myanmar opposition carries out drone attack on capital
National Unity Government said it attacked two military targets in junta-controlled NaypidawOpponents of Myanm…
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Indonesia election: president criticised over alleged interference on behalf of Prabowo
The presidential office denies that Joko Widodo has interfered in the upcoming voteIndonesian President Joko W…
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China building airstrip on disputed island, satellite images suggest
Pictures appear to show 600-metre runway on South China Sea’s Triton island, which is also claimed by Vietnam …
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Myanmar airstrike on civilians sparks global outcry as witnesses describe attack
Death toll in Sagaing could reach 100 in what could be deadliest junta attack since coup in 2021The 2021 Myanm…
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Families sue Indonesian government after 199 deaths from syrup medicines
Since August, 199 people have died of acute kidney injury, prompting an inquiry and ban on some medicinesA doz…
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Australian academic Sean Turnell sentenced to three years’ jail after secret trial in Myanmar
Economic adviser to ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi was accused by military leaders of having confidential pape…