Son of former Philippine dictator questions jurisdiction of The Hague court in investigating a close political ally, accusing the international court of "interference" on the country's sovereignty.
69-year-old former general who led a military coup in 2014 faces a challenging path back to the top with opinion polls putting him far behind two opposition candidates.
Initial reports say the group had travelled by boat from western Rakhine state and had planned to travel on to Thailand and then Malaysia by road.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah underlined the importance of increasing cooperation between ASEAN and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.
Pictures provided by the disaster agency show mud and debris from the landslides had flattened and fully covered the houses near the edge of a cliff on Serasan island, between Borneo and mainland Malaysia.
Defence department chief Carlito Galvez says granting the US greater access to its military bases is meant to "enhance its ability" to defend the country against "external threats".
UNICEF says 390 people had been wounded or killed by landmines or unexploded ordnances in 2022, an almost 40 percent spike compared to 2021.
Two years after the coup, Washington DC also warns against the South Asian country's purchase of military equipment from Russia.
Once one of the fastest-growing economies in Southeast Asia, Myanmar has now fallen way behind since the 2021 military takeover, with an estimated 40 percent of the population living in poverty.
Temperatures dip as low as -34 degrees Celsius hitting the country in the middle of a severe economic crisis with many residents unable to afford fuel to heat their homes.
Northern states of Kelantan and Terengganu are the worst hit by the disaster as monsoon brings heavy rain in the country of 33 million people.
The former university professor, who is known to have launched one of the world's longest-running Maoist insurgencies, passed away at a hospital in the Netherlands.
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