Asia-Pacific
Taiwan pays homage to TransAsia plane crash victims
Flags across Taiwan flew at half mast Tuesday to pay homage to the 40 people killed in the TransAsia GE235 plane crash last week, as divers continue to...
Malaysian opposition leader found guilty, jailed for sodomy
Malaysia’s highest court found opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim guilty on charges of sodomy and upheld a five-year jail sentence on Tuesday in a case...
Malaysian opposition leader found guilty of sodomy
Malaysia’s highest court found opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim guilty on charges of sodomy on Tuesday in a case that his supporters claim was politically...
Hong Kong woman found guilty of severely abusing Indonesian maid
A Hong Kong woman accused of torturing her Indonesian maid has been found guilty of 18 out of the 20 charges laid against her in court.
Malaysia’s Anwar awaits court ruling on sodomy charges
Crowds have gathered outside Malaysia’s highest court as the nation waits with bated breath to hear if opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim will be jailed...
Police seek guide who raped Japanese student in northern India
A police search is on for the ‘guide’ who allegedly drugged and raped a Japanese student sightseeing in Northern India.
Sydney cafe siege inspired by IS ‘death cult’: Abbott
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has declared the Sydney cafe siege in which two hostages were killed was inspired by the Islamic State “death cult”.
Australian PM Abbott survives leadership challenge, asks for ‘unity’
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Monday survived a confidence vote on his leadership after just 17 months in power and urged an end to the disunity...
Japan seizes passport of journalist planning Syria trip
Japan has seized the passport of a journalist planning to travel to Syria following the brutal killing of two Japanese hostages by the Islamic State group...
Defiant Australian PM brings forward leadership challenge to Monday
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, fighting for his political life, said he would bring forward to Monday a meeting of his ruling party to consider...
Exit polls forecast Modi party defeat in Delhi election
India’s Narendra Modi was forecast to suffer the first major setback of his premiership Saturday as exit polls showed his party had been defeated...
India election: Delhi votes in first real test for PM Narendra Modi
Voters went to the polls in India’s capital Saturday with firebrand former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal looking to complete an unlikely comeback...
North Korea test-fires ‘intelligent’ anti-ship rocket
North Korea has test-fired a new “ultra-precision” intelligent rocket to be deployed across its navy, state media said Saturday, in the latest...
North Korean defector reveals prisoners ate rats to survive in labour camp
A woman has spoken of her year of hell in a North Korean labour camp, where starving prisoners ate rats to survive. Defector Park Ji-hyun says she was...
Both TransAsia plane engines lost power before Taiwan river crash
Both engines of the TransAsia Airways plane that smashed into a bridge and then crashed into a river had failed, investigators have revealed. One of the...
Take a load off: New law forces workaholic Japanese to take vacation
Working literally to death is a tragedy so common in Japan that a term has been coined for it: “karoshi”. The government estimates there are...
Australian PM Tony Abbott faces leadership vote after party-room revolt
Embattled Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott will face a vote on his leadership at a party-room meeting next week after disgruntled government lawmakers...
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott faces leadership spill next week
Prime Minister Tony Abbott will face a spill motion against his leadership early next week after West Australian Liberal MP Luke Simpkins emailed party...
Pilot’s body found still clutching joystick of crashed Taiwan plane
The pilot of a doomed TransAsia plane, hailed as a hero for his actions in the final moments before a crash that killed 31 people, was still holding the...
Family of three survived Taiwan crash after changing seats before takeoff
A family of three survived the fatal Taiwan passenger plane crash after they changed seats shortly before take off, it has emerged. Lin Ming-wei, his...
Mayday, mayday flameout: Last words of Taiwan crash pilot revealed
An audio recording of the last communication between air traffic control and stricken TransAsia flight GE235 has been released as a rescue operation continues...
FBI says DNA shows top militant likely among dead in Philippine raid
The FBI has said that DNA analysis indicates one of the world’s most wanted terrorists, Bali bomber Zulkifli bin Hir, was likely killed in a Philippine...
Death toll reaches 31 in Taiwan plane crash; 12 still missing
Rescuers were searching for 12 people Thursday morning after using a crane to hoist the fuselage of a wrecked TransAsia Airways plane from a shallow river...
Deadly Taiwan plane crash was airline’s second in seven months
At least 22 people were killed Wednesday when a turboprop passenger plane operated by TransAsia Airways clipped an overpass and plunged into a river in...
More than 20 dead, dozens missing as TransAsia plane crashes into Taipei river
A Taiwanese flight with 58 people aboard went sideways, clipped an elevated roadway and careened into a river Wednesday shortly after takeoff from the...
North Korea rules out new nuclear talks with U.S., promises ‘final doom’
North Korea on Wednesday appeared to rule out any resumption of dialogue with the United States, threatening to react to any US “war of aggression”...
At least 12 dead, dozens missing as TransAsia plane crashes into Taipei river
A Taiwanese flight with 58 people aboard went sideways, clipped an elevated roadway and careened into a river Wednesday shortly after takeoff from the...
At least nine dead, dozens missing as TransAsia plane crashes into Taipei river
At least nine people were killed and dozens unaccounted for after a Taiwanese TransAsia Airways plane with 58 passengers and crew on board crash-landed...
Kenji’s message: Slain Goto’s 4-year-old tweet becomes inspiration
A September 2010 tweet from beheaded Japanese journalist Kenji Goto has found new life online, as Japanese social media has flocked to the message of tolerance...
The Mao the merrier: China boom for leader lookalikes
He has little interest in politics and is no socialist fanatic, but Xu Ruilin spends every free moment practising how to speak, write, walk and think like...
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