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Federal court upholds conviction and 12-year sentence linked to fraud, saying appeal ‘devoid of any merits’Malaysia’s former prime minister Najib Razak has been ordered to begin a 12-year prison sentence after he lost his final appeal against a convict…
Meeting in Indonesia will be the first with the Russian envoy since the Kremlin invaded its neighbour, triggering global food and energy crisesSee all our Ukraine coverage hereRussian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has flown into the Indonesian island …
Ousted leader, held at secret location for past year, charged with at least 20 offences and could spend rest of life in jailAung San Suu Kyi has been moved to solitary confinement inside a prison compound in Myanmar’s capital, Naypyidaw, according to t…
Move to ease inflation threatens city-state’s de-facto national dish of poached chicken and riceSupplies of Singapore’s beloved de-facto national dish, chicken and rice, are under threat after neighbouring Malaysia banned exports of the meat in an atte…
Deposed leader has been detained since a military coup in 2021 and has been charged with offences ranging from fraud to violating the official secrets actAung San Suu Kyi has been jailed for five years after she was found guilty of corruption by a cour…
World Food Programme says people already reeling from pandemic are facing double-digit price increases in staple foods The UN World Food Programme has warned of a “very serious” economic crisis in Myanmar in the wake of last month’s coup, with food and…
Protesters compare Monday’s date – 22.2.2021 – to 8 August 1988, when the military cracked down on pro-democracy ralliesMyanmar’s military junta has implied it will again use deadly violence against protesters, after anti-coup activists called for more…
Protesters try to block movement of security forces and civil servants, while hackers targets militarySome of the busiest streets in Myanmar’s biggest city, Yangon, have been brought to a standstill for a second day running by slow-moving and “broken-d…
Lawyer Anon Nampa, who called for reform of the monarchy, arrested for a second time, along with four others Thai police have arrested five activists involved in recent pro-democracy demonstrations over the past 24 hours, including lawyer Anon Nampa, w…
President bans people returning home for festivities to mark end of Ramadan; China abandons GDP target; Trump defies mask pleaCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIndonesia has reported its highest number of daily coronavirus cas…
Malaysian man receives sentence remotely for role in drug deal as city-state tries to stem coronavirusA man convicted of drug-trafficking offences has been sentenced to death in Singapore via a Zoom video-call, the city-state’s first case where capital…
President Joko Widodo had resisted lockdown measures, but an increase in burials has sparked concerns about undetected cases Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageSchools and workplaces will be closed in the Indonesian capital, Ja…
Taxi driver with diabetes and hepatitis B is fifth fatality outside mainland ChinaA taxi driver has died from the coronavirus in Taiwan, marking the first such death on the island and the fifth fatality outside mainland China from an epidemic that has …
US, Canada and Hong Kong offer citizens on Diamond Princess flights home as death toll inside China reaches 1,665A further 70 people on the Diamond Princess cruise ship quarantined in Japan have tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the total to 355, …
Government orders ban on mobile internet as violence escalatesTurmoil has continued to escalate across India over a controversial citizenship law that is seen as discriminatory against Muslims, as tens of thousands defied bans on public assembly to tak…