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Vehicles lie partially submerged in floodwaters on a street in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, September 10, 2025, in this screen grab obtained from a social media video. Photo: Syahrul Rachman/via REUTERS

Floods in Indonesia's Bali kill at least six: officials

Continuous heavy rains between Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning brought down two buildings in Bali's capital Denpasar, killing four people

Indonesian President-elect Prabowo Subianto gestures as he attends the annual State of the Nation Address at the parliament building, ahead of the country's Independence Day, in Jakarta, Indonesia, August 16, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana/Pool//File Photo

Indonesia’s President dismisses finance and security ministers following deadly protests

Representational image. Photo: Collected

Nepal’s internet crackdown reflects global trend of restricting online freedoms

Protesters march as some hold a banner with writing reading "Guard democracy, uphold civil supremacy" during a protest against food price hikes and soaring taxes in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. Photo: AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim via UNB

Ministers removed in Indonesia following deadly unrest

A worker feeds Holstein-Friesian cows from Australia at a dairy farm managed by Laras Ati milk cooperative in Kuningan, West Java province, Indonesia, Indonesia, June 25, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana

Dairy duty: Indonesia presses businesses to find a million cows

Demonstrators try to break through police barricades during a protest against corruption and the government's decision to block several social media platforms, in Kathmandu, Nepal, September 8, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

Nepal lifts social media ban after anti-corruption protests leave 19 dead, curfew imposed

A boy stands in front of houses damaged by a deadly earthquake that struck Afghanistan's Kunar and Nangarhar provinces, at Masud village in Nurgal district, Kunar province, Afghanistan, September 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Sayed Hassib/File Photo

Afghan earthquake survivours refuse to return to villages, fearing landslides

A view of South Korean and Japanese national flags hoisted ahead of the arrival of South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife Kim Keon-hee, at Tokyo International Airport (Haneda Airport) in Tokyo, Japan March 16, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Issei Kato/File photo

South Korean and Japanese defence ministers to hold talks in Seoul

Afghan women in burqas walk towards a safer place after their house was damaged following a deadly magnitude 6 earthquake that struck Afghanistan on Sunday, at Lulam village, in Nurgal district, Kunar province, Afghanistan, September 3. Photo: REUTERS/Sayed Hassib

WHO asks Taliban to lift female aid worker restrictions following earthquakes

A general view shows the lower house of the parliament as Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers his policy speech in Tokyo, Japan, November 29, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Issei Kato/File photo

Who could replace Ishiba as Japan's prime minister

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba walks toward the upper house hall to attend an opening ceremony of parliament in Tokyo, Japan August 1, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo/File Photo

Japan Prime Minister Ishiba to resign: NHK

A boy stands in front of houses damaged by a deadly earthquake that struck Afghanistan's Kunar and Nangarhar provinces, at Masud village in Nurgal district, Kunar province, Afghanistan, September 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Sayed Hassib/File Photo

US yet to approve any help following Afghanistan earthquake: sources

A truck unloads a shipping container at Pyeongtaek port in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, July 8, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo

South Korea turns to Bangladesh, Southwest Asia in bid to cut reliance on US, China