Duterte says he can be held responsible for drug killings

BEIJING: China’s military said it hopes India will make good on its pledge to swiftly return a Chinese soldier found lost along their mountainous border where the sides have been locked in a tense standoff. The defence ministry issued a statement late on Monday (Oct 19) saying the soldier had been …

JAKARTA: Indonesia rejected this year a proposal by the United States to allow its P-8 Poseidon maritime surveillance planes to land and refuel there, according to four senior Indonesian officials familiar with the matter. US officials made multiple “high-level” approaches in July and August to …

Umbrellas as shields, secure chat groups and hand signals as warnings of a pending police crackdown – Thailand’s protesters have taken inspiration and lessons from their counterparts in Hong Kong.

“They think arresting the leaders will stop us. It’s no use. We are all leaders today,” 24-year-old Pla said as she addressed thousands of protesters at Bangkok’s Victory Monument on Sunday.

SHANGHAI: China reported 13 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday (Oct 18), unchanged from the previous day, the health commission said on Monday. All of the new infections were imported, according to a statement by the National Health Commission. China reported 33 new asymptomatic patients, compared with …

SEOUL: Torture, humiliation and coerced confessions are rampant in North Korea’s pretrial detention system which treats people as worth “less than an animal”, a rights group said Monday (Oct 19) in a report on the country’s opaque legal processes. US-based Human Rights Watch drew on interviews …

Pandemic, politics lead to closure of storied Hong Kong bar