Dozens missing after boat sinks near Malaysia-Thailand border www.bbc.com/news/article...

The Philippines has evacuated more than a million people ahead of Super Typhoon Fung-wong making landfall.

A horrible story emerging from Malaysia after a boat carrying refugees capsized near the border with Thailand www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

Forecasters warn that Kalmaegi could dump more than 600 millimetres of rain in Vietnam.

On news of Matthew Carney stepping down at Four Corners, it’s worth reading his recent and stirring address on the 50th anniversary of the killing of the Balibo Five: www.abc.net.au/abc-internat...

Tanzania elections: Samia Suluhu Hassan sworn in as president after unrest

At least 10 dead and 160 injured after 6.3 earthquake in Afghanistan

Authorities are investigating how a cruise ship allegedly left behind an 80-year-old Australian woman who was later found dead on a Queensland tropical island.

The outsourcing of education to taxpayer funded religious organisations is hardly ever discussed and never questioned

Sirikit, who succumbed to a blood infection, is remembered as a champion of the poor.

New @hrw report: The Taliban is systematically dismantling Afghanistan's media landscape through intimidation, threats & arbitrary arrests of journalists. Media workers in precarious situations in exile fear forcible return to Afghanistan & persecution. www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...

#Palestine 🇵🇸: At least 224 journalists and media workers killed in Gaza. Ahmed Abu Mutair, an engineer for PMP was killed in a rocket strike on 19 Oct, despite ceasefire. #NoImpunity

The politics of crime: looking beyond the headlines theconversation.com/is-melbourne...

China expels two top generals from Communist Party in anti-corruption purge reut.rs/3IPiSRZ

John Bolton says he hopes to expose Trump’s ‘abuse of power’ after being indicted – US politics live

Lots of news from Israel this evening, but this spot in the TOI liveblog has brought group chats to a screeching halt

BREAKING: Prominent Palestinian journalist Saleh Aljafarawi has been killed by gunmen in Gaza City’s al-Sabra neighbourhood, making him one of more than 270 journalists killed since Israel’s war began in 2023. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/p49p9n

Donald Trump's wealth has skyrocketed since his return to the White House nine months ago, leading to accusations that he is profiting from the presidency.

This video has been taken down so keep reposting! I'm not sure how this photojournalist is Atm?

Philippine Sea Hit with M7.4 Earthquake; BMKG Issues Tsunami Alert for Talaud Islands - https://en.tempo.co/read/2055981/philippine-sea-hit-with-m7-4-earthquake-bmkg-issues-tsunami-alert-for-talaud-islands

Tsunami evacuation warning after quake strikes in waters off Davao in the Mindanao region of the Philippines.

An earthquake of magnitude 7.6 struck offshore in the southern Philippines on Friday, the country's seismology agency said, with a tsunami warning issued.

Christ, the Philippines can't catch a break. That is enormous, fingers crossed for the next few hours

Powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake strikes off southern Philippines, tsunami warnings issued  - www.reuters.com/business/env...

#Tsunami#Earthquake#2 Tsunami 0.3-1 meters PTWC TSUNAMI THREAT MESSAGE- and PALAU. area M7.4 earthquake MINDANAO PHILIPPINES 18:43PDT Oct 9 Depth 23km: Tsunami possible Tsunami Warning, Watch, and/or Advisory Bulletin issued by Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) to its US and international AOR for conf...

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Friday said a 7.5-magnitude earthquake jolted several cities in Mindanao. Read more: tmt.news/2198327

BREAKING: Israel deports 171 Gaza Sumud Flotilla activists, including Greta Thunberg. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/erhxpu

'They're not just sharing needles, they're sharing blood': How HIV cases soared in Fiji https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0m42dwvlk8o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

Japan’s governing party elected former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi as its new leader, making her likely to become the country’s first female prime minister.

This is a breaking news story.

Cripes Dan Tehan on 730 spruiking nuclear power. smdh.

This week marks a grim 60 years since Indonesia’s mass killings. The 1965-66 massacres were among the darkest days in Indonesian history. Marxism & communism remain banned & continue to be applied to target government critics. No one was held to account for the killings. www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...

Typhoon Bualoi death toll rises to 19 in Vietnam as Hanoi streets flooded reut.rs/42fomvQ

Indonesia’s National Agency for Disaster Management says 77 victims taken to hospitals for treatment.

Indonesian rescuers are scrambling to locate 38 people feared trapped under rubble after an Islamic boarding school collapsed in the East Java town of Sidoarjo.

Google said it will pay $24.5 million to resolve U.S. President Donald Trump’s claims that being banned from his YouTube channel after the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol was illegal censorship.

Former Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra seeks royal pardon, lawyer says reut.rs/46r0qbd

As Typhoon Bualoi approaches Vietnam, thousands of people are seeking safer ground.

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REVIEW #Murdoch theconversation.com/friday-essay...

UK tells patients to ignore Trump’s advice on paracetamol on.ft.com/46yOmDI

Former president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, is accused of being involved in the murder of dozens of people. #law #crime #justice #homicide #courts #world #politics #drug #offences #corruption

Prabowo Says Indonesia Will Recognize Israel Once Palestine Gains Independence - https://en.tempo.co/read/2051175/prabowo-says-indonesia-will-recognize-israel-once-palestine-gains-independence

Health experts warn of rising cholera cases in Pakistan amid catastrophic floods and strained healthcare.

UN General Assembly president Annalena Baerbock fears for the organisation's future as she seeks a resolution in Gaza and on funding.

Thousands take shelter in schools and evacuation centres in the Philippines Monday as heavy rains and gale-force winds from Super Typhoon Ragasa lash the country's far north u.afp.com/SWkA

Foreign correspondents in US face uncertain future under Trump. When Trump berated an Australian reporter for asking a question about his business dealings, his colleagues took that as a warning. But the Trump administration's plan to slash correspondent visas is worrying many more u.afp.com/SPvX

Super Typhoon Ragasa: Thousands evacuate in Philippines as storm nears

As a journalist who has their editorial guidelines derived and adapted from the BBC, this is both unsurprising and infuriating. The BBC needs to grow a spine.