BANGKOK, Nov 8 — Thai police have arrested more than 60,000 individuals in a nationwide firearms and drugs crackdown leading up to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) meeting in Bangkok.

HANOI, Nov 8 — The overall air quality in Vietnam's capital Hanoi reached unhealthy levels on Tuesday, thus putting the general public at risk of adverse respiratory effects.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 8 — All eyes will turn to the Southeast Asian region starting Friday as leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) convene for the 40th and 41st Asean Summit in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

NEW YORK, Nov 8 — The UN General Assembly on Monday adopted a resolution to designate November 18 every year as the World Day for the prevention of and healing from child sexual exploitation, abuse and violence.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 7 — Passenger traffic for September 2022 rose 57 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) showing that the recovery in air travel continues to be strong, said the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

JAKARTA, Nov 7 — Indonesia’s media outlets and observers are closely watching Malaysia’s 15th general election (GE15), providing details of the upcoming election and commentaries since the dissolution of Parliament announced by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob on October 10.

CANBERRA, Nov 7 — Elderly travellers are being tricked into trafficking drugs into Australia, the federal police have warned.

WASHINGTON, Nov 6 — US billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, who recently acquired Twitter, says the social media platform will soon allow users to create long posts, reported Sputnik.

HANOI, Nov 4 — Indonesia will ban the sale of RON-88 and RON-89, its two most-polluting petrol, taking effect from January 1 next year, according to a new resolution of the Indonesian Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry.

AMSTERDAM, Nov 4 — The two climate change activists who targetted the iconic ‘Girl With A Pearl Earring’ painting by Johannes Vermeer have been sentenced to two months in prison by a Dutch court.

NONG BUA LAMPHU, Nov 4 — A boat bobbing on the Gulf of Thailand carried the ashes of four-year-old Pattanan Mumklang.

MORBI, India, Nov 4 — A senior administrative official in the Indian town of Morbi has been suspended by the Gujarat state government following the collapse of a bridge that led to the death of 135 people, the chief minister's office said on Friday.

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JAKARTA, Nov 4 — The Indonesian government has decided to increase cigarette excise tax to reduce the prevalence of young smokers and increase awareness about the dangers of smoking for 2023 and 2024, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani said on Thursday.

NEW DELHI, Nov 4 — Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan is stable after receiving bullet injuries in the leg following a bid on his life on Thursday while leading a protest march to Islamabad.

JAKARTA, Nov 3 — Indonesia recorded 4,951 new confirmed Covid-19 cases on Thursday, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 6,507,610.

NEW DELHI, Nov 3 — An attempt was made to assassinate Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan on Thursday as he led a march towards the capital Islamabad, his party leaders said.

MANILA, Nov 3 — At least 150 people have died in the severe tropical storm Nalgae that battered the Philippines over the weekend and triggered flash floods and landslides in many parts of the Southeast Asian country, the government said Thursday.

SEOUL, Nov 3 — "Dad, I'm going out" were the last words Jung Hae-moon heard his daughter utter, at the end of a chat they had on the telephone on Saturday (October 29) as she turned down an invitation to dinner.

SINGAPORE, Nov 3 — The Singapore purchasing managers' index (PMI), an early indicator of manufacturing activity, dipped 0.2 points from the previous month to post the second month of continued contraction at 49.7, reported Xinhua.