YANGON, Myanmar: The son of Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi told AFP she sounded “fairly healthy” after speaking to the detained ex-democratic leader on Thursday for the first time in more than five years. Suu Kyi, 81, is under house arrest in the capital, Naypyidaw, according to Myanmar authorities, wh»»»

MANILA: Southeast Asia’s interior and security ministers met in Manila on Tuesday to jointly address cybercrime, human trafficking and online scams, a growing concern in the region. Over the past few years, Southeast Asia has been increasingly targeted as a hub for transnational organized crime and»»»

Parts of southern Southeast Asia have been put under the highest-level haze alert as wildfires that have swept Indonesia for months continue to belch toxic smoke across the region. The seasonal wildfires are worse this year due to the drought conditions caused by a severe "super-El Nino" effec»»»

Doha: The ninth meeting of the Qatar-Singapore High-Level Joint Committee (HLJC) was held in Doha on Monday. The HLJC was co-chaired by HH the Amir of the State of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, and HE Prime Minister and Minister for Finance of the Republic of Singapore, Lawrence Wong. The»»»

Security drills underway as Manila readies for high-profile ASEAN gathering Manila: The Philippines is preparing to host US President Donald Trump next month, with police readiness drills and a three-day shutdown of Metro Manila’s work schedule. Palace Press Officer Claire Castro confirmed that Tru»»»

Doha, Qatar: The National Cyber Security Agency (NCSA) participated in the 11th Singapore International Cyber Week, held from October 12 to 15, 2026. The NCSA delegation was headed by Director-General of the Agency, Ahmed Mohammed Al-Mutawa Al Hammadi, who took part in a high level panel discussion»»»

Tribune News Network Doha The National Cyber Security Agency (NCSA) participated in the 11th Singapore International Cyber Week held from 12 to 15 October 2026. The NCSA delegation was headed by Ahmed Mohammed Al Mutawa Al Hammadi, director-general of the Agency, who took part in a high-level panel»»»

KUALA LUMPUR: Fires in Indonesia that have sent toxic smoke and disrupted daily life across Southeast Asia have triggered the highest-level alert by the regional bloc’s meteorological monitor. The months-long pollution spell has closed schools, fueled a surge in respiratory conditions and restricte»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto on his 75th birthday, noting that he has earned well-deserved respect among his compatriots and high authority abroad as an experienced and far-sighted politician, the telegram published on t»»»

Singapore: Ongoing fires in Indonesia that have blanketed parts of Southeast Asia with toxic haze have triggered the highest-level alert by the regional bloc's climate and fire monitor. "Activation of Alert Level 3 for the Southern ASEAN region," the Singapore ASEAN Specialised Meteorological Centr»»»

SINGAPORE: Ongoing fires in Indonesia that have blanketed parts of Southeast Asia with toxic haze have triggered the highest-level alert by the regional bloc’s climate and fire monitor. “Activation of Alert Level 3 for the Southern ASEAN region,” the Singapore ASEAN Specialized Meteorological Cente»»»

Singapore: The State of Qatar, represented by the National Cyber Security Agency (NCSA), participated in the 11th Singapore International Cyber Week, held from 12 to 15 October 2026. The Qatari delegation was headed by NCSA Director General Ahmed Mohammed Al-Mutawa Al Hammadi, who took part in a hi»»»

ASEAN Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn told Sputnik that the bloc intends to keep strengthening its own mechanisms while maintaining relations with partners both inside and outside the region. Kao stressed that ASEAN is building its own strategic autonomy, drawing on decades of regional agreements a»»»

Singapore: Air pollution in part of Singapore hit the country's "very high" band on Wednesday while East Timor shut schools, as haze from forest fires raging in Indonesia causes a regional crisis. The blazes in Indonesia have burned through hundreds of thousands of hectares of forest and plantation»»»

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that strengthening Russia's strategic partnership with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) remains an unwavering priority. "At the very beginning, Russia has been paying great respect to the ASEAN-centric system of security in Southeast Asi»»»

The meeting comes ahead of the 49th ASEAN Summit in Manila scheduled for November 18-19. Sputnik brings you a live broadcast as Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is holding talks with ASEAN Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn at the Reception House in Moscow on Tuesday, October 13.Kao Kim Hourn is»»»

He went viral after a heated exchange with local officials on projects for tobacco farmers Dubai: A Philippine local politician has found himself at the centre of a social media storm after a video showed him confronting local officials over allegedly unfinished projects intended for tobacco farmer»»»

MANILA: Southeast Asia’s energy ministers gathered in Manila on Wednesday for energy security talks, seeking to lessen the region’s dependence on supply chains upended by the fallout of the US-Israel war with Iran. Since February, US-Israeli attacks on Iran and Tehran’s retaliatory strikes on Ameri»»»