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The Philippines wants to buy more of India’s BrahMos missiles and have them adapted to its terrain, in a move analysts say signals Manila’s search for alternative arms suppliers as the US remains entangled in its Middle East conflict. Philippine Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jnr told a security summit in New Delhi last week that his country hoped to expand on its 2022 purchase of the supersonic cruise missile arsenal to strengthen its external deterrence. Indian sources later told Reuters...

Indonesia has not executed anyone for over a decade, with its new Criminal Code designed to make capital punishment a “last resort” – yet the number of prisoners on death row continues to climb. A new report on the persistent use of capital punishment by the country’s courts has raised questions about such rulings, handed down despite an unofficial moratorium on executions. There were 639 people on death row as of April this year, an increase from 596 as of August 2025, according to a report by...

A crew member of a helicopter battling Indonesian wildfires was killed on Sunday when the aircraft crashed into a river as it scooped up water for an airborne drop, a local disaster agency said. The crash in Borneo Island’s South Kalimantan province was the second in days involving a firefighting aircraft, after a military helicopter plunged into the waters off Borneo on Wednesday, killing three people. Two Australian pilots survived Sunday’s crash and were “safe”, Berton Panjaitan, a spokesman...

Held together by makeshift steel supports, the severely deteriorated Vinh Hoi Apartment Complex in Ho Chi Minh City is at risk of collapse, yet 141 households remain inside.

Ismail says budget preparations are complete, and he will not allow dissolution.

The festival is organised to mark Việt Nam Cultural Day (November 24) and as part of activities celebrating the 2026 Great National Unity Day. It aims to raise public awareness and encourage greater community involvement in preserving and promoting the traditional cultural heritage of the Pà Thẻn people.

King Maha Vajiralongkorn recently staged a grand royal barge procession on the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok to celebrate Queen Suthida's 48th birthday.

Discussions expected to begin after several state elections, says Khalid.

The US may have just experienced a 'blue tsunami'; Malaysia should not expect the same.

Malaysia's king said Saturday that the attorney general risked denying a royal order by delaying ex-prime minister Najib Razak's release from prison, adding there was no ambiguity to the pardon he was granted.

'It's about stabilising politics and continuing the reform agenda.'

Seven South Korean municipalities hit by population decline have bid to host four new prisons, once-shunned facilities they now hope will bring jobs and residents.