Indonesia, Sri Lanka deploy military as search, rescue operations continue for hundreds missing - Anadolu Ajansı

The death toll mounted to more than 600 from floods and landslides caused by torrential rains across three countries in Southeast Asia, officials said on Sunday. Relief efforts for tens of thousands of displaced people are continuing over the weekend in Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand.

A tropical storm system triggered mass flooding across Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia, while Cyclone Ditwah caused further devastation in Sri Lanka.

Flooding across much of south-east Asia fuelled by a rare cluster of three tropical storms has claimed the lives of more than 400 people in five countries, with Indonesia and Thailand the worst hit so far.

Torrential downpours have been battering countries across South and Southeast Asia over the past week, causing widespread damage and fatalities.

In Indonesia's Sumatra, a week of heavy rains, worsened by the rare cyclone - Senyar - caused at least 500 deaths.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plans to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for several thousand people from Burma, also called Myanmar, by the end of January.

Malaysia’s bid to make durian its national fruit has once again stoked tensions over food with neighbors—but experts offer a different perspective.

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) is leading 24 clinicians from the region and beyond to set up Southeast Asia's first consortium dedicated to tackling dementia.