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Unlike several of its neighbors, the Philippines supports a new US-UK-Australia military alliance aimed at maintaining the Indo-Pacific balance of power. The AUKUS alliance, which would see Australia get technology to deploy nuclear-powered submarines as part of a deal designed to counter the rise of Chinese dominance, will be known by the acronym. In a statement on Tuesday, Philippines Foreign …

Indonesian security forces killed the head of the terrorist organization East Indonesia Mujahideen (MIT), authorities announced on Sunday. MIT has links to Islamic State. Ali Kalora was killed on Saturday afternoon in a firefight between military and police forces in a hamlet on Sulawesi island, according to a police statement. Related PostsIndonesia arrests key leader in al-Qaeda linked groupJowoki Opens …

Vice President Leni Robredo said on Sunday that she is fully prepared if she is selected as the opposition’s “unity candidate” for Eleksyon 2022. Robredo previously said that she intends to meet with Manila Mayor Isko Moreno and Senator Manny Pacquiao in order to form a united anti-administration ticket for the 2022 presidential elections. On Sunday’s episode of her weekly …

The Chinese embassy in Australia denounced on Friday the “unfounded allegations” leveled against China by Australia’s defence and foreign ministers and their US counterparts after their annual meeting in Washington. In a statement released after the Australia-US Ministerial Consultations, the two nations voiced worry over China’s “expansive maritime claims in the South China Sea that lack legal foundation” and declared …

Hong Kong’s political elite begin selecting a powerful committee on Sunday that will choose nearly half the legislature. It is also decided that later on a new leader will be selected too under a new patriot system imposed by Beijing. The first poll under that new system, dubbed patriots rule Hong Kong, will take place today as members of the …

Myanmar’s junta will put ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi on trial for corruption, her lawyer said today, adding to a raft of ongoing cases that could see her jailed for decades. Suu Kyi has been under house arrest since she and her elected government were deposed by the military in a February coup that sparked a mass uprising and …

Indonesia’s elite counterterrorism squad has arrested a convicted militant and suspected leader of an al-Qaeda-linked group that has been blamed for a string of past bombings in the country, Indonesia police said Monday. Abu Rusdan was seized late Friday in Bekasi near the capital of Jakarta, along with three other suspected members of Jemaah Islamiyah, police spokesman Ahmad Ramadhan said. …

Senator Manny Pacquiao filed a P100 million cyberlibel case against Pastor Apollo Quiboloy of Davao City on Tuesday with the Makati City Prosecutor’s Office. Pacquiao said in a statement that Quiboloy should pay him P100 million in damages plus attorney’s fees for “using his position and influence to disseminate fake news and misleading facts” in his 13-page lawsuit. He stated …

Malaysian athletes’ achievements at the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, as well as the sacrifices made by the country’s frontline fighters in the fight against Covid-19, were lauded in Parliament today by Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah. When he opened the fourth session of the 14th Parliament today, His Majesty showed his gratitude by also requesting Members …

The first-ever BTS pop-up store in Malaysia has launched in the 1Utama retail complex. The BTS Pop-Up: Map of the Soul Showcase was originally slated to debut in May but was postponed until September 8 owing to the Movement Control Order. Through a Facebook post, 1Utama Shopping Centre urged fans of the Kpop boy band, also known as Army, to …