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Protesters rallied across Bangladesh for a second straight day after the assassination of Sharif Osman Hadi, a key figure in last year's pro-democracy uprising.

The suspect threw multiple petrol bombs and smoke bombs at Taipei Main Station, before attacking people near Zhongshan Station. 

The Bangladeshi activist was shot on the streets of Dhaka on Dec 12 and died six days later in a Singapore hospital.

CNA visits displacement camps and border towns in both countries amid the ongoing conflict.

Indonesia Minister of Social Affairs Saifullah Yusuf said that the government is mulling a daily living allowance scheme of 10,000 rupiah (US$0.60) for each displaced victim. 

The unnamed security official said Japan needed nuclear weapons amid a worsening security environment.

Ho Wai-ho, 37, lost his life battling the massive blaze that engulfed seven buildings of the Wang Fuk Court housing complex on Nov 26.

Rattled by its poor showing in Sabah election, DAP has taken an aggressive reformist stance to reclaim its political identity, though some analysts ask if the party could be panicking for “the wrong reasons”. 

Sarah Dzafce lost her Miss Finland crown last week after a photo posted on social media of her pulling the skin at the corners of her eyes went viral late last month.

Sharif Osman Hadi had been receiving emergency medical treatment in Singapore after he was injured in an assassination attempt in Dhaka.

Amid heated rhetoric and economic retaliation, there are three points about Taiwan and Japan we should not conflate, says NUS political scientist Chong Ja Ian.

As the Singapore-China Chongqing Connectivity Initiative (CCI) marks its 10th anniversary, CNA visits businesses on the ground to examine the gains - and the bottlenecks that remain.

Malaysia’s High Court will deliver two pivotal rulings in the coming days in the protracted legal battles of jailed former premier Najib Razak.

Manila is likely to focus on managing China, but the string of problems it inherits will make its turn as ASEAN chair tricky, says former foreign correspondent Nirmal Ghosh.

President Prabowo Subianto has suggested scrapping the direct election of governors, mayors and regents in Indonesia, citing high costs. Critics say it will not address corruption and bribery risks.

Hainan is now a distinct customs zone from the rest of mainland China. The tropical island province is being positioned as a testbed for policy and trade openness amid mounting external headwinds, say analysts.

Also known as Guardian in Southeast Asia, Mannings’ physical stores in mainland China will cease operations after Jan 15, 2026.

Thai forces dropped three bombs in an area of Poipet city, says the Cambodian interior ministry.

Queen Suthida, the wife of King Maha Vajiralongkorn, competed in the mixed keelboat SSL47 category.

Sajid Akram and his son Naveed only left their room for an hour or so each day and largely kept to themselves, a night desk manager told AFP.

The landmark lawsuit criticises Japan's "grossly inadequate" fight against the climate crisis, saying it jeopardises the health and livelihoods of the approximately 450 plaintiffs.

The low-cost airline, whose tagline is “On Time, Every Time”, was ill-prepared for new regulations, says Endau Analytics’ Shukor Yusof.

The health and wellness boom is a rare bright spot in a struggling retail sector, says Juliana Liu for Bloomberg Opinion.

Coupang Inc CEO and chairman Bom Kim cited his overseas residence and commitments as head of a global company operating in more than 170 countries.

The fire at Wang Fuk Court swept through seven of its eight buildings, killing at least 160 people and causing thousands to lose their homes

Despite switching more than a third of the Cabinet posts, the premier has maintained the delicate balance of ministerial quota for the different component parties in his unity government, say analysts.

Friendly wins by Malaysia’s national football team against Singapore and Palestine, and a draw against Cape Verde, have been overturned as 3-0 defeats.

Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim vows transparent investigation “with no compromise” amid mounting public scrutiny and objections from the families of the three men.

A spokesperson said President Ferdinand Marcos "strongly rejects" the "misleading characterisation of the Philippines as the ISIS training hotspot".

The military government introduced legislation in July to shield upcoming elections from "obstruction, disruption and destruction", with clauses forbidding criticism or protest against the vote.

In September, the same carrier sailed through the Taiwan Strait and into the disputed South China Sea during trials.

China’s new economic model may be stabilising growth at home but it’s exporting uncertainty across Asia’s labour markets, says Karishma Vaswani for Bloomberg Opinion.

The European Commission responded in a statement, calling Beijing's use of trade defence instruments "abusive".

Survivors want the central government to declare a national disaster to increase the scale of aid.