TOKYO -- A doctor in Japan was sentenced on Tuesday to 18 years in prison for the consensual killing of a woman with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in 2019 in Kyoto, western Japan.

Hiroshi Kawakami, presiding judge at Kyoto District Court, rejected 45-year-old Yoshikazu Okubo's plea of not guilty. Prosecutors had sought a prison term of 23 years. (Japan-Court)

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BANGKOK -- Thailand's headline inflation fell for the fifth straight month in February due to government energy subsidies and lower fresh food prices from increased market supply, official data showed on Tuesday.

The consumer price index (CPI), a key indicator of inflation, declined 0.77 percent from a year earlier last month, easing from a nearly three-year low of 1.11 percent drop in January, according to the Ministry of Commerce. (Thailand-Headline Inflation)

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BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN -- Two foreigners were arrested for overstaying in Brunei in a joint operation by government departments of Brunei Darussalam, according to an official media report on Tuesday.

Law enforcers from the Immigration and National Registration Department, and other departments launched a joint operation and inspected more than 200 foreign nationals in several local commercial buildings, according to the Pelita Brunei, Brunei's official media. (Brunei-Immigration-Foreigners)

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PHNOM PENH -- At least two people were injured in a bus explosion at a parking lot in front of the famed Angkor Wat temple in northwest Cambodia's Siem Reap province on Tuesday, a police chief said.

The blast occurred at around 5:30 a.m. local time, and a bus engine fault was likely to blame for the incident, Siem Reap provincial police chief Major General Teng Channath said. (Cambodia-Bus Explosion) Enditem

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