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Media associations say new measures intend to restrict freedom speech during time of pandemic.

President Duterte retracts termination letter on Visiting Forces Agreement after meeting U.S. defense chief.

Two-week shutdown will cost country U.S. $4 billion and 440,000 may lose jobs.

Developers say U.S. $3B project will include circuit expected to attract international motorcycle, auto races.

Talks focused on efforts to strengthen security in the South China Sea.

Monarch’s statement prompts strident calls from lawmakers for PM Muhyiddin Yassin to resign.

“What is ours is ours,” says Hidilyn Diaz, a gold medalist at the Tokyo Games.

President’s effort to slow spread of COVID-19 is not “legally justified,” a lawyers group says.

Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin is the first cabinet member from the Biden administration to visit Southeast Asia.

Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha on Tuesday ordered agencies to prosecute journalists and others suspected of spreading fake news.

Citizens and opposition lawmakers fume as government dodges questions, delays explanation.

Caught on video, incident draws attention to alleged racism, excessive force against indigenous people by military.

OCTA Research Group also recommends expanded tracing, testing and isolation in Metro Manila.

Workers install 1,800 beds for a field hospital at Don Muang International Airport

Rickety shelters for displaced refugees prove dangerous because they are built on hills, experts say.

Another U.N. agency has expressed concerns about human rights violations against indigenous people.

Troops from both countries will participate in Garuda Shield live exercises on three Indonesian islands.

Heidy Quah Gaik Li’s Facebook post last year described her experience of visiting an immigration detention center.

The Duterte administration had earlier linked weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz to people allegedly trying to destabilize government.

Commission did not determine what caused Abdullah Esomuso to die in 2019 while in military custody.

Health analysts say it is unwise to ease lockdown now because infections are on the rise.

Angry MPs denounce prime minister for not allowing debates during first session since house was suspended in January.

President Rodrigo Duterte also reiterates threat to “kill” drug suspects.

Rodrigo Duterte will also present roadmap for final year in office in Monday’s speech.

Osimin Wenda was serving a life sentence linked to the killing of three police officers.

Burmese military must also be made feel “there is no alternative but to stand down,” Tom Andrews says.

Speaker unlikely to allow no-confidence motion despite largest party in ruling coalition withdrawing support for government, analyst says.

Joblessness in Bangladesh amid the pandemic has spurred an increase in irregular migration to Europe.