GENEVA, Oct 28 — Global deaths from tuberculosis are estimated to have increased between 2019 and 2021, reversing years of decline as the Covid-19 pandemic severely derailed efforts to tackle the disease, the World Health Organization said on Thursday.

MANILA, Oct 28 — Flooding and multiple landslides in a southern Philippines province killed at least 31 people, a senior government official said on Friday, as rescuers searched for missing residents.

WASHINGTON, Oct 28 — Tesla CEO Elon Musk completed his US$44 billion acquisition of Twitter on Thursday, firing three key senior executives from the company as he prepared to chart a new course for the microblogging website, according to multiple reports.

JAKARTA, Oct 27 — The Special Asean Foreign Ministers' meeting on Thursday unanimously agreed that the fundamental principles stipulated in the Asean Charter will guide the group's collective efforts to address the situation in Myanmar.

JAKARTA, Oct 27 — Southeast Asian foreign ministers began meeting in Jakarta today to discuss how to kick-start a stalled peace process in military-ruled Myanmar, where dozens have been killed in recent weeks as violence escalated.

JAKARTA, Oct 27 — Lion Air's flight JT330 was forced to return to Soekarno-Hatta International Airport after a fire broke out in its left engine just 32 minutes after departure on Wednesday (October 26) evening.

SEOUL, Oct 27 — South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck Soo said Thursday that South Korea will increase its funding to help developing nations mitigate the impacts of climate change.

BANGKOK, Oct 26 — Asean leaders must urgently chart a new course in coordination with the National Unity Government (NUG) of Myanmar and Ethnic Revolutionary Organisations to end the mass suffering caused by the military junta since last year’s coup.

SINGAPORE, Oct 26 — Singapore's central bank has put forward proposals for new regulatory measures on cryptocurrency trading and stablecoins, in a bid to reduce the risk of consumer harm from the volatility of the industry.

PHNOM PENH, Oct 26 — The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) is gravely concerned about an escalation of violence in Myanmar and is calling for restraint and an immediate cessation of fighting, the bloc's chair Cambodia said.

LONDON, Oct 26  — Britain's new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Tuesday announced his new Cabinet, with the unity of his increasingly fractured party his top concern, reported Anadolu.

LONDON, Oct 25 — Rishi Sunak will face one of the greatest challenges of any new leader when he becomes British prime minister on Tuesday, needing to tackle a mounting economic crisis, a warring political party and a deeply divided country.

BENGALURU, Oct 25 — Popular messaging app WhatsApp has stopped working for many users across the world, with users across India, the United Kingdom, South Africa and Asia reporting issues with sending and receiving texts and videos.

JAKARTA, Oct 25 — Fourteen people died after an Indonesian boat caught fire while at sea near the province of East Nusa Tenggara on Monday, a rescue official said.

JAKARTA, Oct 24 — Indonesia's food and drugs agency (BPOM) on Monday (October 24) said it may pursue criminal action against two pharmaceutical firms that made products linked to acute kidney injury (AKI), amid a spike in cases and deaths among children this year.

LONDON, Oct 24 — Rishi Sunak looked set to become Britain's next prime minister after his rival Boris Johnson quit the race, admitting he could no longer unite their party following one of the most turbulent periods in British political history.

PUTRAJAYA, Oct 24 — Malaysia has reiterated the call for reform in the United Nations (UN) to reflect today's changing world and the complex challenges faced by the global community as the world body observed its 77th anniversary today.

HANOI, Oct 24 — The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers will convene a special meeting in Indonesia on Thursday (October 27) to discuss the Myanmar peace process, Cambodia's foreign ministry said on Sunday.

SEOUL, Oct 24 — Korean Air Lines Co said Monday its flight KE631 with 173 people on board overran the runway while landing at Cebu International Airport in the Philippines a day earlier but no injuries were reported.

JAKARTA, Oct 23 — Indonesia has reported the first local transmission of the Omicron XBB variant in the country.