Mosaic News
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Monday, 12 October 2026
Southeast Asia
Indonesian president labels slash-and-burn deforestation 'ecological terrorism' as Borneo fires rage24dIndonesia receives former Italian aircraft carrier amid debate over cost and military priorities24dChina opens Pinglu Canal, shortening trade routes to Southeast Asia26dWorld No. 1 pickleball player Anna Leigh Waters to visit Philippines as part of Southeast Asian tour27dPhilippines Muslim region votes in landmark first parliamentary election after decades of insurgency27dOpenAI and Anthropic poach Big Tech executives across Asia to capture new markets30dState actors used Claude for missile guidance, bioweapon research, and mass surveillance, Anthropic report reveals31dMyanmar military head visits Vietnam seeking to restore ASEAN standing37dMalaysian state declares emergency as Indonesia wildfire haze reaches hazardous levels37d'Supersized' El Niño set to be strongest in decades, UN warns, as impacts already felt worldwide38dAsian economies race to build oil and gas reserves after Strait of Hormuz crisis39dUSS Abraham Lincoln arrives in Thailand after record-breaking 286-day deployment40dIndonesian forest fires spread toxic haze across Borneo in worst health crisis since 201541dMalaysia to begin Rohingya repatriation next month despite safety concerns45dMalaysian PM's Taiwan remarks spark debate over China alignment and regional stability47dThailand's prime minister holds emergency security talks after coordinated attacks across three southern provinces48dIndonesia's wildfires spread toxic haze across Southeast Asia amid El Niño48dIndonesian police arrest 72 people suspected of starting forest fires49dMalaysia's Anwar Ibrahim calls for middle power accountability amid superpower rivalry56dFrench family rescued after 16 hours adrift off Thailand coast57d