BANGKOK: Thailand called today for the regional bloc Asean to take a more proactive role in trying to resolve the crisis in military-ruled Myanmar, after weeks of fighting near its border that halted trade and led to a brief influx of refugees.

MANILA: The Philippines on Saturday denied a Chinese claim that the two countries had reached an agreement over an escalating maritime dispute in the South China Sea, calling the claim propaganda.

BANGKOK: Thailand issued fresh warnings about scorching hot weather today as the government said heatstroke has already killed at least 30 people this year.

MANILA: A Philippine court has blocked the commercial propagation of genetically modified golden rice because it said conflicting scientific views gave rise to “severe” health and environmental safety concerns.

quezon City: Record heat in the Philippines this month has forced schools to send children home for online classes, reviving memories of Covid lockdowns and raising fears that more extreme weather in the years to come could deepen educational inequalities.

JAKARTA: Indonesia’s election commission formally declared Prabowo Subianto as the next president of the world’s third-largest democracy on Wednesday, after the country’s constitutional court shot down challenges to his first-round majority victory.

JAKARTA: Indonesia’s election commission formally declared Prabowo Subianto as the next president of the world’s third-largest democracy on Wednesday, after the country’s constitutional court shot down challenges to his first-round majority victory.

MANILA: Twelve militants have been killed in the southern Philippines during a gun battle with security forces that left seven soldiers wounded, the army said in a statement.

JAKARTA: Indonesia president Joko Widodo and his son, incoming vice-president Gibran Rakabuming Raka, are no longer members of the country’s largest party after they backed rival candidate and election winner Prabowo Subianto, a party official said on Tuesday.

MANILA: Nearly 17,000 Filipino and American troops kicked off a three-week joint combat training exercise in the Philippines on Monday that includes maritime drills in the South China Sea where Manila and Beijing have sparred over territorial claims.