Pence Praises Moderate Islam In Indonesia In Bid To Heal Divisions
US Vice President Mike Pence Thursday praised Indonesia's moderate form of Islam as "an inspiration" at the start of a ...
Tag: Southeast Asia
Two Militants Killed By Their Own Bomb In Thai South
Two militants were killed in Thailand's violence-plagued deep south after a bomb they were transporting prematurely exploded, the military said ...
Essien, Cole Caught Without Indonesia Work Permits
Michael Essien and Carlton Cole are facing problems in Indonesia after their new club admitted it had not obtained work ...
Amazon Aims For India As Flipkart Holds On To Market Top Spot For Now
With 100 million new internet users every year, Amazon is betting big on India, but a major new investment in ...
Philippines, US To Hold Annual ‘Balikatan’ Military Drills
The Philippine military said Sunday it would hold annual exercises with US troops next month, reaffirming its commitment to the ...
Amazon, Flipkart Battle In India For E-Commerce’s ‘last Frontier’
With 100 million new internet users every year, Amazon is betting big on India, but a major new investment in ...
Amnesty Attacks Thai Junta Ban On Online Contact With Dissidents
Amnesty International has slammed an unprecedented ban by Thailand's junta on using the internet to communicate with three trenchant critics ...
Philippine’s Duterte Pulls Back From Spratlys Flag Vow
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday pulled back from a vow to place his country's flag on an island in ...
Indonesian Graft Investigator Injured In Acid Attack
A prominent Indonesian corruption investigator had acid thrown in his face by motorbike-riding assailants Tuesday in an attack activists believe ...
Nepal’s Rhinos On Road To Recovery With Cross-Country Move
All hell broke loose as the one-horned rhino stepped out of the crate, the powerful male charging elephant-mounted mahouts relocating ...
20 Killed, A Dozen Missing, When Ferry Capsizes In Burma
At least 20 people have been killed and more than a dozen missing after a ferry boat capsized in Burma's ...
20 Killed In Myanmar Wedding Boat Crash
At least 20 people were killed when a boat carrying scores of wedding guests collided with a river barge at ...
Italy and Scotland To Play Rugby Test In Singapore
Italy and Scotland will play a test match in Singapore June 10 as the city-state seeks to establish itself as ...
Philippine Military To Upgrade Island Facilities, Not Launch Land Grab
The Philippines' military said Friday that it plans to upgrade and improve facilities on islands it already occupies in the ...
Wave of Attacks Strike Restive Thai South
Nearly two dozen arson and bomb attacks erupted across Thailand's insurgency-torn south shortly after midnight, the army said Friday, causing ...
Duterte Orders Philippine Troops To South China Sea Reefs
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday ordered Filipino troops to deploy on unoccupied South China Sea islands and reefs claimed ...
Two Suspected IS Members Arrested In Philippines
Philippine authorities said Thursday they had foiled a possible terror attack after arresting a Kuwaiti man and his Syrian wife, ...
Duterte Orders Philippine Troops To South China Sea Reefs
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday ordered Filipino troops to deploy on unoccupied South China Sea islands and reefs claimed ...
Number of Foreign Jihadists In Iraq and Syria Unknown
US intelligence agencies don't know the true number of foreign jihadists still fighting in Iraq and Syria, or the extent ...
Creepy Crawly Cargo Caught In Australia
Australian customs officers got more than they bargained for when two shoe boxes arrived from Europe with venomous snakes, exotic ...