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Cambodian Defense Minister Tea Seiha (C-L) and Thai Defense Minister Natthaphon Narkphanit (C-R) holding ceasefire agreement documents during a General Border Committee Meeting in Ban Pak Kard, Thailand, on December 27. — EPA
Thailand releases 18 Cambodian soldiers under new ceasefire deal
BANGKOK — Thailand said it released 18 Cambodian soldiers under an renewed ceasefire agreed by the two countries at the weekend, easing tensions after weeks of deadly border clashes.The Southeast Asian neighbors agreed to halt fighting at noon on Saturday, ending about 20 days of clashes that killed at least 101 people and displaced more than half a million civilians on both sides. The fighting included fighter jet sorties, exchanges of rocket fire and artillery barrages.Cambodian Defense Ministry spokesperson Maly Socheata said the soldiers were transferred at a border checkpoint at 10 a.m. on Wednesday (10 p.m. Tuesday, ET), after 155 days in Thai custody, according to Reuters news agency.The governor of Cambodia’s Battambang province, Sok Lou, described the returnees as “heroic...
December 31, 2025

Thailand releases 18 Cambodian soldiers under new ceasefire deal

Members of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) stand in front of Evercare Hospital following the death of BNP chairperson and former prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 30 December 2025.  — EPA
Tributes pour in from around the world as Bangladesh mourns former leader Khaleda Zia
DHAKA — The death of Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia has prompted an outpouring of grief within the country and condolences around the world, with leaders highlighting her service to the nation as its first female premier.Zia, Bangladesh's first female prime minister, has died from a prolonged illness. She was 80 years old. Zia's family members, including Rahman, his wife and his daughter, were by her side in her last moments.Bangladesh has declared three days of state mourning. Asif Nazrul, who holds the law portfolio in the interim government, said Zia's funeral will be held on Wednesday, with funeral prayers to be held in front of parliament after midday prayers, before she is buried alongside her late husband, the assassinated former President Ziaur...
December 30, 2025

Tributes pour in from around the world as Bangladesh mourns former leader Khaleda Zia

Australian Federal Police (AFP) Commissioner Krissy Barrett attends a press conference
Bondi gunmen acted alone and were not part of wider terror cell, police say
SYDNEY — Australian police have said two suspects who killed 15 people at a Jewish event on Bondi Beach acted alone and were not part of a wider terrorist cell.Sajid Akram, 50, and his son Naveed Akram, 24, traveled to the Philippines on November 1, police also confirmed. The landed in Manila, transiting to Davao City on the same day before returnint to Sydney on November 29.The father-and-son duo did not undergo any training or logistical preparation in the Philippines for the December attack, police said adding that early investigations from local authorities suggested they "rarely left their hotel."Police have declared the attack — Australia's worst mass shooting since 1996 — a terrorist incident.Australian Federal Police Commissioner Krissy Barrett told media on Tuesday that...
December 30, 2025

Bondi gunmen acted alone and were not part of wider terror cell, police say

Khaleda Zia
Bangladesh's former prime minister Khaleda Zia passes away
DHAKA —Bangladesh’s formerprime minister Khaleda ⁠Zia has died at a hospital in the country’s capital, Dhaka, ​after a ‍prolonged illness.In a statement on Tuesday, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) said Zia died at 6 a.m. local time (00:00 GMT). She was 80 years old.Zia, the country's first female prime minister who many believed would sweep elections next year to lead her country once again, has died after a prolonged illness while under treatment at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka. Physicians had said on Monday said her condition was "extremely critical". She was put on life support, but it was not possible to provide multiple treatments at the same time given her age and overall poor health, they said.Despite her poor health, her party had earlier said that Zia would...
December 30, 2025

Bangladesh's former prime minister Khaleda Zia passes away

The Thai army is seen tending to an injured person following a skirmish along the disputed Thai-Cambodia border on December 7, 2025
Thailand accuses Cambodia of breaking new ceasefire deal
BANGKOK — Thailand has accused Cambodia of breaching a newly-signed ceasefire deal reached after weeks of deadly clashes that forced nearly one million people from their homes.In a statement, the Thai army said more than 250 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) were detected flying from the Cambodian side on Sunday night.It comes just hours after China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi praised the "hard-won" ceasefire, and US President Donald Trump praised the "rapid and fair conclusion".The ceasefire took effect at noon local time on Saturday. Both sides agreed to freeze the front lines where they are now, ban reinforcements and allow civilians living in border areas to return as soon as possible.It had been seen as a breakthrough, which came after days of talks between both countries, with...
December 29, 2025

Thailand accuses Cambodia of breaking new ceasefire deal

A Taiwan Air Force Mirage 2000 fighter jet prepares to take off inside the airbase in Hsinchu, Taiwan, 29 December 2025. China announced that it would conduct live-fire drills around Taiwan on 30 December. — EPA
China holds war games around Taiwan after lashing out at US arms deal 
HONG KONG — China is holding military drills around Taiwan simulating the seizure and blockade of the island's key areas, as a warning against "separatist forces".Codenamed "Justice Mission 2025", the drills are taking place days after the US announced the sale of one of its largest weapons packages to Taiwan worth $11bn (£8.2bn). That move drew sharp protest from Beijing which in turn sanctioned US defense firms.China’s military announced Monday it was mobilizing army, navy, air and rocket units around Taiwan for “major military drills” aimed at sending a “serious warning” against any push for Taiwanese independence and “external” forcing interfering with the island.The exercises would test combat readiness and “blockade and control of key ports and critical...
December 29, 2025

China holds war games around Taiwan after lashing out at US arms deal 

Footage aired by local broadcaster Metro TV showed the fire engulfing the nursing home
16 killed in Indonesia nursing home fire
JAKARTA — Sixteen people were killed and three others injured in a fire at a nursing home for the elderly on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, according to local authorities.The fire department was alerted to a fire at Damai retirement home in the city of Manado, the capital of North Sulawesi province, on Sunday night at around 20:30 local time (12:30 GMT).Many victims were found inside their rooms, the city's fire and rescue agency chief Jimmy Rotinsulu told news agency AFP, adding that they were likely elderly residents who were resting for the evening when the fire broke out.Police are still investigating the cause of the blaze, which was put out at around 21:30 (13:30) on Sunday.Authorities say police are trying to identify the deceased, urging family members of the victims to...
December 29, 2025

16 killed in Indonesia nursing home fire

Myanmar electoral officers count early voting ballots after closing the first phase of general election at a polling station in Naypyitaw, the capital city of Myanmar, 28 December 2025. (EPA)
Myanmar holds first election since 2021 coup
YANGON — Voters in Myanmar went to the polls Sunday for the first phase of the country’s first general election in five years. The election, being held in three phases through late January, is widely expected to pave the way for junta leader Min Aung Hlaing to formally assume the presidency. Final results are expected to be announced in February. The military has portrayed the vote as a step toward restoring electoral democracy after it seized power in February 2021, ousting the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi. Critics, however, say the process is designed to legitimize continued military rule, pointing to the exclusion of major opposition parties, tight restrictions on free expression and reports of voter intimidation. More than 4,800 candidates from 57 parties are contesting...
December 28, 2025

Myanmar holds first election since 2021 coup

A handout photo made available by the Defense Ministry of Thailand shows Cambodian Defense Minister Tea Seiha and Thai Defense Minister Natthaphon Narkphanit exchanging ceasefire agreement documents during a General Border Committee Meeting in Ban Pak Kard, Chanthaburi Province, Thailand, 27 December 2025. (EPA)
Thailand and Cambodia agree ceasefire, ending weeks of deadly border clashes
BANGKOK — Thailand and Cambodia agreed on Saturday to an immediate ceasefire, halting nearly three weeks of intense border fighting that killed dozens of people and displaced close to one million civilians along their disputed frontier. The ceasefire took effect at noon local time (0500 GMT) following a meeting of the 3rd Special General Border Committee, co-chaired by the defense ministers of Thailand and Cambodia, according to a joint statement issued by the Cambodian prime minister’s office. Thai media reported that the situation along the border in Sa Kaeo province had stabilized after the agreement came into force. Under the deal, both sides committed to an immediate halt to all armed hostilities and pledged to avoid unprovoked fire, troop advances, or movements toward opposing...
December 27, 2025

Thailand and Cambodia agree ceasefire, ending weeks of deadly border clashes

Najib Razak
Malaysian high court finds former PM Najib Razak guilty of abuse of power
KUALA LUMPUR — A Malaysian court has found jailed former prime minister Najib Razakguilty of abuse of power in the biggest trial yet in a multibillion-dollar scandal in the country.The ruling handed down by the Kuala Lumpur High Courton Friday could have significant political repercussions. The judge has yet to deliver the full verdict and sentencing.Najib, 72, was found guilty on four counts of abuse of power regarding the illegal transfer of about 2.2 billion Malaysian ringgit ($539m) from Malaysia’s 1MDB sovereign wealth fund.Malaysian and US investigators say at least $4.5 billion was stolen from 1Malaysia Development Berhad, a state fund Najib co-founded in 2009 while in office. More than $1 billion allegedly made its way into accounts linked to Najib, who has consistently denied...
December 26, 2025

Malaysian high court finds former PM Najib Razak guilty of abuse of power

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