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.
Many residents have left Mogoke town in Mandalay Region to avoid an expected anti-regime offensive.
The Constitutional Court cleared the ex-Move Forward Party leader of wrongdoing over owning media shares, paving the way for him to retake his seat in parliament.
The Chinese president says he will root out deep-seated malfeasance in the finance, banking and state-owned sectors despite fears over the delicate state of the economy.
A 7.5-magnitude quake hit Ishikawa prefecture on New Year’s Day, triggering a meter-high tsunami, toppling buildings and causing a port fire.
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