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January 13, 2026 Asean

MANILA: The International Criminal Court’s Pre-Trial Chamber I (ICC PTC I) has rejected a request from former President Rodrigo Duterte’s legal team seeking permission to appeal an earlier ruling that denied their motion to access communications between the court’s registry and the panel of experts assessing his fitness to stand trial.

January 13, 2026 Asean

Rohingya ‘targeted for destruction’, ICJ hears

THE HAGUE: Myanmar’s military deliberately targeted the Rohingya minority in a bid to destroy the community, Gambia’s Justice Minister Dawda Jallow told the International Court of Justice Monday at the start of a genocide hearing.

January 12, 2026 Asean

Myanmar pro-military party claims Suu Kyi’s seat in junta-run poll

YANGON: Myanmar’s main pro-military party on Monday claimed victory in the parliamentary seat of sidelined democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi in elections being derided as a ploy to prolong junta rule.

January 12, 2026 Asean

Four years of prayers to Shrek

MANILA: A woman here has amused the Internet after discovering that the green “Buddha” she worshipped daily for four years was actually a 3D-printed model of Shrek, South China Morning Post reported.

January 11, 2026 Asean

Thailand imposes curfew in Narathiwat after coordinated bomb attacks

NARATHIWAT: Thailand has imposed an immediate curfew in the southern border province of Narathiwat following a series of violent incidents involving bomb and arson attacks early Sunday morning.

January 11, 2026 Asean

Semeru unleashes 4km pyroclastic ash flow

JAKARTA: Indonesia’s Mount Semeru in East Java erupted, unleashing a pyroclastic ash flow extending about four km downhill from its summit, ANTARA News Agency reported.

January 11, 2026 Asean

94pc Filipinos say widespread fraud in govt

MANILA: Although slightly lower than in a previous poll, almost all Filipinos still believe that corruption is widespread in the government.

January 10, 2026 Asean

Death toll climbs after trash site collapse buries dozens in Philippines

MANILA: Hard hat-wearing rescue workers and backhoes dug through rubble in search of survivors on Saturday in the shadow of a mountain of garbage that buried dozens of landfill employees in the central Philippines, killing at least four.

January 09, 2026 Asean

Procession of Christ’s icon draws thousands to streets of Philippine capital

MANILA: Tens of thousands of Philippine Catholics twirled white cloths and chanted “Viva, viva” as a centuries-old statue of Jesus Christ was paraded through the streets of Manila today in the nation’s biggest annual religious event.

January 08, 2026 Asean

Fake it till you land: Woman boards flight as ‘crew’

JAKARTA: What appeared to be just another routine domestic flight took an awkward turn when a 23-year-old woman recently boarded a Batik Air service dressed head to toe as cabin crew — without actually being one, Harian Metro reported.

January 08, 2026 Asean

Vietnam eyes Russia deal after Japan exits nuclear project

HANOI: Vietnam’s Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh wants talks with Russia to build a nuclear power plant to wrap up this month and urged government officials to find new partners after Japan pulled out from a second project, the government said on Thursday.

January 07, 2026 Asean

Malaysian jailed 41 weeks after 35,000 vapes seized in Singapore warehouse raids

SINGAPORE: A 21-year-old Malaysian man was sentenced to 41 weeks’ jail after being caught with tens of thousands of vapes and related components in Singapore.

January 06, 2026 Asean

Thai army says Cambodia claimed ‘no intention to fire’ on border province

BANGKOK: Thailand’s army said Tuesday its Cambodian counterpart claimed fresh cross-border fire was an accident, after Bangkok said its neighbour’s forces violated a 10-day-old truce.

December 29, 2025 Asean

Indonesia fire kills 16 people in retirement home

MANADO: A fire at a retirement home in the city of Manado on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island has killed 16 people, a local police official said on Monday.

December 27, 2025 Asean

Spanish family missing after tourist boat sinks in Indonesia

JAKARTA: A Spanish family of four is missing after a tourist boat sank in Indonesia, state news agency Antara reported Saturday.

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