Asia-Pacific
Chinese weaponry spotted on artificial island, U.S. says
U.S. surveillance detected two large artillery vehicles on one of the artificial islands that China is creating in the South China Sea, U.S.
No ‘miracle’ solution at Asian migrant crisis meeting
Thailand hosted a meeting of 17 countries Friday to address an alarming rise in the number of boat people in Southeast Asian waters.
Evacuation under way to rescue 140 people stranded on Japan volcano island
A volcano has erupted on the remote island of Kuchinoerabujima in southern Japan. Plumes of black smoke were seen rising high into the sky as lava...
Volcano erupts on southern Japanese island
A volcano on the remote southern Japanese island of Kuchinoerabujima erupted suddenly on Friday, blasting plumes of black smoke high into the sky, prompting...
Thai official warns of ‘alarming level’ of boat people
Thailand’s Foreign Minister said Friday that the upsurge of boat people in Southeast Asia has reached an “alarming level,” and called...
South Korea to ban taxi services by private drivers in blow to Uber
South Korean lawmakers passed a bill early on Friday to ban taxi services provided by private drivers, marking what is likely the first nationwide legislation...
Beijing accuses U.S. of stoking South China Sea tensions, defends development
Responding to sharply-worded comments from the U.S. defense secretary, China on Thursday defended its building of artificial islands in the South China...
All at sea: Australia’s search for MH370 under scrutiny
Nearly a year after embarking on a multi-million dollar quest to solve one of aviation’s greatest unsolved mysteries, authorities and search teams...
Australia warns children of foreign fighters risk charges
An Australian boy who was photographed holding the severed head of a Syrian soldier could reportedly return to Australia with his mother and siblings,...
China vows safety crackdown after nursing home fire kills 38
China ordered nationwide safety checks of public buildings Tuesday after a fire at a nursing home killed dozens of elderly residents, leaving bodies burned...
India heatwave kills 800 as capital’s roads melt
At least 800 people have died in a major heatwave that has swept across India, melting roads in New Delhi as temperatures neared 50 degrees Celsius (122...
More than 750 people killed as heat wave bakes parts of India
More than 750 people have died because of soaring temperatures in parts of southern and northern India, with the heatwave expected to continue this week.
Fire at nursing home for the elderly in China kills 38 residents
A fire has swept through an old people’s home in China, leaving 38 residents dead.
Australia rejects Vietnamese refugee claims in 40 minutes
Australia secretly held a group of 46 Vietnamese asylum seekers on a warship at sea for almost a month and rejected their refugee claims during interviews...
IT chief at Bangladesh Coca-Cola unit arrested as Islamic State suspect
An IT manager at a subsidiary of Coca-Cola Co was one of two men arrested in Bangladesh on suspicion of planning to fight for Islamic State in Syria, police...
More than 500 people killed as heat wave bakes parts of India
Soaring temperatures have gripped parts of southern and northern India in an extreme heat wave which has killed more than 500 people and looks set to continue...
‘Poisoned’ rice is attempt to bring down the Government, says Indonesia chief
Indonesia’s home minister has called for a police investigation into suspected contamination of rice with plastic, saying it may be an attempt at...
Sydney cafe gunman Monis ‘was a lying narcissist’, inquest hears
The Sydney siege gunman was a self-obsessed liar who was kicked out of a motorcycle gang for being “weird”, ran a spiritual healing business...
Female peace activists cross Korean Demilitarised Zone
An international group of female activists, including Gloria Steinem and two Nobel Peace laureates, were denied an attempt to walk across the Demilitarized...
Mass graves of suspected trafficking victims found in Malaysia
Mass graves and suspected human trafficking detention camps have been discovered by Malaysian police in towns and villages bordering Thailand, the country’s...
Women activists cross DMZ to mixed reception on South Korean side
A group of international women activists crossed the heavily-fortified Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) between North and South Korea on Sunday in what they said...
Global refugee crises will hinder resettlement of Asian ‘boat people’: UNHCR
Resettling asylum seekers who are among the thousands of boat people in temporary shelters in Indonesia and Malaysia will prove “extremely difficult”...
N Korea escapes slashed under Kim Jong-Un amid crackdown on defections
The number of people escaping from North Korea has halved since Kim Jong-Un came to power, amid a crackdown on defections. An increase in phone bugging...
South Korean court suspends ‘nut rage’ executive’s prison term
A South Korean appeals court on Friday freed the former Korean Air (KAL) executive jailed for a year in February for disrupting a flight in a rage over...
Malaysia orders rescue of migrants as Myanmar hosts envoy talks
Malaysia ordered search and rescue missions Thursday for thousands of boatpeople stranded at sea, as Myanmar hosted talks with US and Southeast Asian envoys...
Crash-boom-busted: Long arm of the law nabs ‘Fast & Furious’ racers
A pair drag racers, one in a Lamborghini and the other in a Ferrari, fashioned themselves after the stars of the Vin Diesel film series on the streets...
‘Well preserved’ body of climber returned to family after 42 years
The body of a missing mountain climber has been identified 42 years after he went missing. New Zealander David Erik Moen, 19, was caught in an avalanche...
Malaysia orders sea rescue as some Rohingya flee boats, return to camps
scores of Rohingya Muslims are paying off people smugglers and returning to the squalid camps they used to live in after being held for months on overcrowded...
Isolated and nuclear-armed, dictator Kim Jong-un keeps world on edge
Amid claims and counterclaims between North Korea and the Pentagon about whether the regime can miniaturize nuclear weapons to fit atop a missile, North...
Malaysia, Indonesia to accept boats in breakthrough on migrants
Malaysia and Indonesia said Wednesday they would no longer turn away boat people, a breakthrough in the region’s migrant crisis that came just hours...
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