Opium poppy farming hits 10-year high in war-torn Myanmar
Myanmar now the world’s main source of illicit opium following decline of poppy cultivation in Afghanistan, the UN says.
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Malaysia recovers more bodies from capsized Rohingya refugee boat
Malaysian search and rescue teams discovered five more bodies off the coast of Langkawi after a refugee boat capsized.
Published On 10 Nov 2025
Palestinians retrieve a body from the debris of a residence demolished during an Israeli air strike on Gaza City. According to Gaza's Civil Defence, nighttime air raids killed at least 50 people across the Palestinian territory on October 29, 2025. [Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP]
Drivers try to find the least submerged areas to park their cars on a road from Holland Bamboo to Middle Quarters in St Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica, in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa. [Ricardo Makyn/AFP]
Shan ethnic artists perform a traditional dance on the opening day of the weeklong Tazaungdaing Lighting Festival in Taunggyi in northeastern Myanmar's Shan State. [Sai Aung Main/AFP]
People look at the bodies of those killed during a police raid targeting the Comando Vermelho gang in the Penha Complex favela of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. At least 132 people were killed. [Silvia Izquierdo/AP Photo]
People fill the streets of Novi Sad, Serbia, before observing 16 minutes of silence for the victims of a train station roof collapse on the first anniversary of the disaster, which killed 16 people. [Armin Durgut/AP Photo]
A woman rows a boat on a flooded street after heavy rains in Hoi An, Vietnam. Coastal provinces have been lashed by heavy rains since October 26, 20025, with a record of up to 1.7 metres (67 inches) falling over 24 hours. [Nhac Nguyen/AFP]
Residents hold rubber bullets and used tear gas canisters following a protest a day after Tanzania's presidential election. Demonstrations were held against the exclusion of two leading opposition candidates, which led to President Samia Suluhu Hassan being declared the winner with 98 percent of the votes. [Thomas Mukoya/Reuters]
An Iraqi firefighter works at the Zubair oilfield in southern Iraq. One person was killed and at least nine were injured on October 26, 2025, in a fire caused by a gas leak. [Hussein Faleh/AFP]
A member of the Taliban security forces stands guard as deported Afghan refugees from Pakistan arrive at a border crossing to return to Afghanistan. [Sanaullah Seiam/AFP]
Presidential guards walk on the ancient Acropolis after the lowering of the Greek flag as the city of Athens spreads out below. [Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo]
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Myanmar rebels to withdraw from two towns under new China-brokered truce
The Ta’ang National Liberation Army says it will pull out of the ruby-mining town of Mogok and nearby Momeik.
Campaigning begins in military-run Myanmar ahead of ‘sham’ elections
The vote, which begins on December 28, is being widely viewed as a ploy to legitimise the ruling military government.
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ASEAN summit in Malaysia: Who’s attending and what to expect
The Cambodian-Thai border conflict and the US trade war will feature prominently at Southeast Asian bloc summit.
![Pro-Palestinian demonstrators hold cutouts of US President Donald Trump’s face on October 24, 2025, as they march to the US embassy to protest the president's visit to Malaysia for the ASEAN summit in Kuala Lumpur [Hasnoor Hussain/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2025-10-24T084539Z_252615406_RC26IHAQUJ1S_RTRMADP_3_ASEAN-SUMMIT-MALAYSIA-PROTEST-1761297332.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Myanmar military arrests more than 2,000 people at infamous scam centre
The military also confiscated 30 Starlink satellites from the sprawling KK Park scam centre on the border with Thailand.
![A sign near a military checkpoint in Mae Sot, Thailand, warns in Thai, English and Chinese of the danger of being trafficked and forced to work in locked scam compounds across the Myanmar border, on February 26, 2025 [Sakchai Lalit/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/AP25068147316416-1761015787.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Dozens of South Koreans freed from Cambodia scam centres now home, arrested
South Korea has banned citizens from going to parts of Cambodia amid growing concerns over the country’s scam industry.
US, UK sanction huge Southeast Asian crypto scam network
Crackdown targets entities and individuals linked to Prince Group network that used trafficked workers for global fraud.
Dozens killed in Myanmar after armed paraglider attack: Reports
Amnesty International says the military launched a paraglider attack on a nighttime civilian gathering.
![A satellite image of smoke rising from a fire at Chaung-U village, Myanmar, on February 18, 2022. Nearby communities said the fires were lit by military forces. [Planet Labs PBC/Handout via Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2022-04-14T001702Z_462835912_RC243T9NBYM8_RTRMADP_3_MYANMAR-POLITICS-BURNING-1759889308.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Myanmar activists to sue Norway’s Telenor for handing data to military
Claimants say government used data to track and target activists in the wake of 2021 coup.
