December 5, 2015 Aid needed in Philippines after 100,000 flee fighting The Philippines urged its citizens on Saturday to send more aid for 100,000 people who had fled heavy fighting between troops and Muslim rebels in the country's south, calling their plight a "humanitarian crisis".
December 5, 2015 Death toll rises to 11 in Indonesia boat capsize The confirmed death toll from the sinking of a boatload of Australia-bound asylum-seekers rose to 11 Thursday, as rescuers continued searching the seas off Indonesia for survivors.
December 5, 2015 Fat Malaysian orangutan put on diet An obese orangutan has been put on a strict diet by Malaysian wildlife authorities after two decades of gorging on junk food handed out by tourists, a report said Friday.
December 5, 2015 Thousands lose out in Philippine leader's farm reform Thousands of workers will lose out when a plantation owned by Philippine President Benigno Aquino's family is carved up for its farm hands next year, an official said Friday.
December 5, 2015 Ecclestone says Formula One Singapore IPO still on Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone has insisted plans for a multi-billion dollar initial public offering (IPO) in Singapore are still very much on despite a lengthy delay in the process.
December 5, 2015 Cambodian opposition chief applies to stand in polls Cambodia's newly returned opposition leader Sunday applied to be reinstated as an electoral candidate in order to stand against strongman Prime Minister Hun Sen in polls this month.
December 5, 2015 Indonesia presses on with fuel hike despite popular anger Indonesia defied popular anger on Tuesday by pressing ahead with its first fuel price hike since 2008, a day after police fought running battles with thousands outside parliament.
December 5, 2015 Japan politicians expected at controversial war shrine Dozens of Japanese politicians are expected to visit a controversial war shrine Thursday, in a move sure to anger China and South Korea which see it as a potent symbol of Tokyo's imperialist past.
December 5, 2015 50 hurt in Indonesia quake as houses collapse About 50 people have been injured after a 6.1-magnitude quake Tuesday in the Indonesian province of Aceh caused their houses to collapse, a doctor said.
December 5, 2015 S. Korea president weighs in on 'missing' summit papers South Korean President Park Geun-Hye condemned what she termed an attempt "to erase history" as she weighed in Tuesday on a murky case involving a missing inter-Korean summit transcript.