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Paper cut-outs of posts from fake Facebook profiles are placed on a Chinese flag in this illustration taken October 3, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

How China waged an infowar against US interests in the Philippines

The firm, InfinitUs Marketing Solutions, waged a cyber campaign paid for by China to weaken support for Philippine government policy and to sow discord over Manila’s security alliance with the...

Women work at a yarn weaving plant of the Nam Dinh textile and garment corporation in Nam Dinh city, south of Hanoi July 14, 2016. Photo: REUTERS/Kham

Vietnam economy grows 8.22% in third quarter, despite US tariffs

Search and rescue officers search for victims amidst the rubble of a collapsed building after a hall collapsed while students were praying at the Al-Khoziny Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java, Indonesia, September 29, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Stringe

Indonesia school collapse death toll rises to 36, search for bodies continues

Japan's former internal affairs minister Sanae Takaichi delivers a speech at the kick-off of the campaign for the LDP presidential election in Tokyo, Japan, on 22 September 2025. Photo: Reuters

From heavy metal drummer to Japan's first female PM in waiting: Who is Sanae Takaichi?

Newly-elected Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leader Sanae Takaichi reacts as she receives an applause from gathered lawmakers on the day of the LDP leadership election in Tokyo, Japan, October 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool

Japan's Takaichi set to become country's first female PM

Japan's former internal affairs minister Sanae Takaichi delivers a speech at the kick-off of the campaign for the LDP presidential election in Tokyo, Japan, on 22 September 2025. Photo: Reuters

Japan’s next leader may be its first woman or youngest in modern era

Residents watch as rescuers retrieve bodies of victims found under the rubble of a damaged pension house in the aftermath of a magnitude 6.9 quake in Bogo, Cebu, Philippines, October 1, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez

Death toll from Philippine quake rises to 72

Rescuers gather near the site of a building collapse on Monday, where people remained trapped according to disaster mitigation agency, as the search and rescue operations continue at Al Khoziny Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java province, Indonesia, October 2, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Dipta Wahyu

'Maybe there's hope': Indonesian rescuers race against time to save students trapped under collapsed school

At least three killed after boarding school building collapses in East Java. Photo: The Jakarta Post

Rescue efforts ongoing after Indonesian school collapse leaves at least 91 trapped

Rescue personnel stand in front of a damaged structure following a 6.9-magnitude earthquake, in Daanbantayan, Cebu Province, Philippines, October 1, 2025. Photo: Municipality of Daanbantayan/Handout via REUTERS

Death toll rises to 60 after powerful quake hits central Philippines

Search and rescue officers search for victims amidst the rubble of a collapsed building after a hall collapsed while students were praying at the Al-Khoziny Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java, Indonesia, September 29, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer

Indonesian rescuers hunt 38 missing after Islamic school collapse

Taliban authorities say they have mostly crushed the group, even as it continues to carry out attacks in Afghanistan. Photo: AFP

Afghanistan hit by nationwide telecom blackout as Taliban cuts internet

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto reads out vows, taken by newly appointed ministers during an inauguration at the Presidential palace in Jakarta, October 21, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan/File Photo

Indonesian president defends free meals programme after 6,000 suffer food poisoning