Thailand’s PM Prayut Chan-o-cha faces his third no-confidence vote for his handling of the country’s worst COVID outbreak to date Matthew Loh 17 aug 2021
Surreal videos show armed Taliban soldiers riding bumper cars and a merry-go-round at a Kabul amusement park following their takeover of the capital Matthew Loh 17 aug 2021
A photo shows forgotten slippers and flip-flops lining the Kabul airport tarmac as thousands of people tried to flee the Taliban in Afghanistan Matthew Loh 17 aug 2021
Photos show Japanese rescue teams wading through waterlogged streets as heavy rain prompts evacuation orders for nearly 2 million people Matthew Loh 16 aug 2021
The Taliban has long been run by secretive figureheads and commanders jockeying for power. Here’s who made it into the inner circle that retook Afghanistan. Matthew Loh 16 aug 2021
Amazon moves filming for second season of ‘Lord of the Rings’ series to UK, taking the franchise out of New Zealand for the first time Matthew Loh 13 aug 2021
4 teachers died of COVID within 24 hours in Broward County, Florida. Schools there are defying Gov. DeSantis’ ban on mask mandates. Matthew Loh 13 aug 2021
The last surviving leader of the Khmer Rouge is set to appeal against his life sentence for genocide Matthew Loh 13 aug 2021
A city in northern Japan just recorded its coldest summer temperature in 128 years. It came 2 weeks after the same city hit one of its hottest temperatures ever. Matthew Loh 13 aug 2021
Australian Olympic Committee says it’s “cruel” that some of its vaccinated athletes have to quarantine for 28 days on their return Matthew Loh 12 aug 2021
