Indonesian President Joko Widodo (centre L) and Vice President Ma'ruf Amin (centre R) pose with members of their new cabinet on the steps of the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta on October 23, 2019. Photo: Adek Berry/AFP
24 October 2019
Indonesian President Joko Widodo Wednesday named his election arch-rival -- a former...
India is raising its investment in renewable energy at a breakneck pace (AFP/File / SAM PANTHAKY)
22 October 2019
India plans to build a string of renewable energy projects along its sun-baked, wind-...
People getting off a boat in Bhashan Char island off the Bangladeshi coast. Photo: Polash Shikder/AFP
21 October 2019
Thousands of Rohingya living in Bangladesh refugee camps have agreed to move to an island...
Archive photo - Indian Border Security Forces guards patrol the border with Bangladesh. Photo: AFP
19 October 2019
An Indian paramilitary guard was killed and another critically wounded after they were...
TV footage showed firemen battling a raging blaze that engulfed the  three-storey Gaisano shopping mall after the quake (AFP Photo/EDWIN  ESPEJO, EDWIN ESPEJO)
17 October 2019
A child was killed in a strong 6.4-magnitude quake that hit the southern Philippines on...
A handout photo made available by the Indian Press Information Bureau (PIB) shows Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the at Arjuna’s Penance monument during the 2nd informal summit at Mamallapuram, India 11 October 2019. Photo: EPA
12 October 2019
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Indian host Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged at...
Indonesian police and military carry Indonesia's Security Minister Wiranto (C) to a helicopter to be medevaced after he was stabbed in Pandeglang, Banten province, on October 10, 2019. Photo: Smmy/AFP
11 October 2019
Two members of an Islamic State group-linked terror network stabbed Indonesia's chief...
The 1 Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) logo is seen on a billboard at the funds flagship Tun Razak Exchange under-development site in Kuala Lumpur. Photo: AFP
10 October 2019
Malaysian authorities have imposed fines of around $100 million on 80 entities,...
(FILE) - Filipino Former First Lady Imelda Marcos speaks during an election campaign in the town of Batac, Ilocos Norte province, Philippines, 10 May 2019 (issued 02 July 2019). Photo: Bernie Sipin Dela Cruz/EPA
09 October 2019
A Philippine court said Tuesday it has thrown out a decades-old civil case against the...
Motorcyclists wearing masks against pollution in downtown Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: AFP
08 October 2019
A leading air quality monitoring app was removed from Vietnam's Apple and Google stores...
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte revealed he was suffering from an autoimmune illness during a visit to Russia (AFP Photo/Mikhail Klimentyev)
07 October 2019
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has disclosed that he suffers from an autoimmune...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) escort ruling party leader Ismail Hossain Samrat following his arrest in Dhaka on October 6, 2019. Photo: AFP
07 October 2019
A prominent Bangladesh ruling party politician with alleged links to the capital's...

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