The Election Commission said it would seek the dissolution over the Move Forward Party’s campaign pledge to reform the kingdom’s tough royal insult laws.
The country’s National Economic and Social Development Council warned that "prioritization should be placed” on the public health impact of air pollution.
London urged the government in Hong Kong to reconsider the new security legislation’s vague definitions of ‘state secrets’ and ‘external interference’.
The billionaire and ex-premier ousted in a 2006 military coup was jailed for eight years on graft and abuse-of-power charges in August but he would be granted early release.
Early indications all point to the 72-year-old ex-general being anointed successor to popular outgoing leader Joko Widodo.
The air monitoring website IQAir ranked the Thai capital among the 10 most polluted cities in the world on Thursday morning.
The polarizing billionaire could be released as soon as this weekend.
The health minister on Tuesday said a new bill prohibiting the recreational use of cannabis will be proposed to the cabinet meeting next week.
Bangladeshi police said a local woman and an ethnic Rohingya man were killed by artillery shells fired from Myanmar.
Over 100 Rohingya migrants from Myanmar escaped a temporary immigration center in northern Perak state and scores are believed to still be hiding in forested areas.
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