The declining number of service members as the “greatest internal challenge” facing the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF).

In 2025, Vietnam will conduct dialogues on its national reports regarding the implementation of key international human rights treaties, including the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto launched two “bullion banks” on February 26 that will provide gold deposit services to help keep stocks of gold onshore as the country looks to develop its commodity sector beyond mining.

The Singaporean Government is able to provide a suite of support measures in this Budget as it has managed its resources properly, and because it is doing everything it can to help Singaporeans cope with cost pressures and to improve their lives, said Prime Minister Lawrence Wong.

According to medical records, the child was in contact with infected chickens raised by her family and passed away on February 25 after developing symptoms like fever, cough, and shortness of breath.

Todsaporn Ruangpattananont, President of the Thai Sugar Product Association, said the loss to Thai companies was double the previous estimate, due to shipping and transport costs, fines at Chinese ports, and lower selling prices.

Under the theme Building a United, Inclusive, and Resilient ASEAN amidst Global Transformation, AFF 2025 serves as a high-profile platform

The Thai government is committed to protecting Thais from criminal networks and has already made substantial progress.

Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra appealed for a rate cut after last year’s 2.5% growth came below economists’ estimates.

Minister of Agriculture Andi Amran Sulaiman said Indonesia will not face a situation where people have to queue for rice, as seen in the Philippines, or panic-buy, as in Malaysia and Japan.

Saudi Arabia has expressed its willingness to play a mediating role between the administration of US President Donald Trump and Iran to restore the nuclear agreement between Tehran and the West. This move by Riyadh aims to curb the risk of Tehran pursuing nuclear weapons.

During the Indonesia Climate Policy Outlook 2025 event, hosted by the Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia (FPCI) in Jakarta on February 20,

Under the MoU, Bangkok and Beijing will concentrate on collaboration in the control of air pollution over the next three years.

According to data from state agency Enterprise Singapore, volumes of gold shipped from Singapore to the US rose to about 11 tonnes in January, up 27% from December, and the largest amount since March 2022.

Plunged into a conflict that has lasted nearly two years, Sudan faces increasingly serious challenges.