Asia-Pacific
N. Korean officials make rare visit to South as Kim Jong Un questions swirl
Isolated North Korea sent its highest level delegation to South Korea on Saturday to attend the Asian Games closing ceremony amid a flurry of diplomatic...
For bumiputera Christians, ‘Allah’ ban akin to cultural ‘genocide’, says archbishop
Malaysia’s persistence in refusing non-Muslim Malaysians the right to use the word “Allah” is tantamount to the systematic destruction of the language...
Hong Kong police arrest 19 in protest clash
Hong Kong arrested 19 people, some believed to have organized crime ties, during a night of running brawls stretching into Saturday as mobs tried to drive...
Hong Kong pro-democracy leaders threaten to call off talks after violence
Leaders of pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong have threatened to call off talks with the Government after demonstrators were involved in scuffles with...
Police name Koh Tao murder suspects after crime reconstruction
Two Myanmar workers who have confessed to the murders of two British backpackers were taken to the scene of the crime at Sairee Beach on Friday.
Invoking Gandhi, India PM Modi tries to confront India’s filth problem
Prime Minister Narendra Modi wielded a broom in a New Delhi slum on Thursday as he pledged to sweep away India’s reputation for poor public hygiene...
Hong Kong student protesters agree to talks but leader refuses to quit
Students whose peaceful pro-democracy protests have gripped Hong Kong on Friday agreed to hold talks with the government while vowing to continue their...
Bodies on Mount Ontake found crushed between boulders
Rescuers searching the Japanese volcano that erupted without warning on Saturday found dead hikers wedged between huge rocks and people half buried in...
North Korea upgrades rocket launch site: U.S. think tank
Fresh satellite images show North Korea has completed upgrading its main satellite site to handle far larger rockets, suggesting a possible launch by the...
Hong Kong Chief Executive agrees to meet protesters as deadline passes
Hong Kong chief executive CY Leung has said he will meet with student protest leaders to head off the threat of violence.
12 more bodies found on Mount Ontake as experts fear another eruption
The death toll from the deadly Mount Ontake eruption on Saturday has risen to almost 50, as a dozen more bodies were uncovered on its slopes.
Hong Kong pro-democracy protests spread as Beijing stands firm
Pro-democracy rallies, expanding farther across Hong Kong Wednesday in the early hours of China’s National Day holiday, are threatening to escalate...
Fears over fresh Japan volcano eruption forces end to search operation
Increased seismic activity has raised concerns about the possibility of another eruption at a Japanese volcano where 36 people were killed last week, forcing...
Thai tourism minister wants wristbands for tourists, party curfews
Thailand’s tourism minister says identification wristbands will be distributed to tourists following the murder of two British backpackers earlier...
Occupy Central: Protestors set deadline, Beijing refuses to budge
Pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong set a Wednesday deadline for a response from the government to meet their demands for reforms after spending another...
'I fear a lot for myself': Hostages in Philippines plead for their lives
Two German hostages held by the Philippine Islamic group Abu Sayyaf appealed for their lives Monday, urging authorities in Berlin to pay a ransom and withdraw...
How Ferguson’s ‘hands up’ protest has spread to Hong Kong … sort of
The symbolic “hands up, don’t shoot” gesture used by protesters in Ferguson, Mo., appears to have gone global this weekend as thousands of pro-democracy...
Recovery of bodies suspended at Japanese volcano
Japanese soldiers managed to bring down eight more bodies by helicopter from the ash-blanketed peak of a still-erupting volcano on Monday, before toxic...
Thousands of protestors defy tear gas and baton charges in Hong Kong
Hong Kong democracy protesters defied volleys of tear gas and police baton charges to stand firm in the centre of the global financial hub on Monday, one...
Rescue workers recover bodies of 31 hikers at Japanese volcano summit
Rescue workers have found 31 people unconscious and believed to be dead near the peak of an erupting volcano in central Japan, local government and police...
Why umbrellas are the new symbol of Hong Kong’s Occupy Central protests
Hong Kong police used tear gas and pepper spray on Sunday evening, attempting to clear thousands of pro-democracy protesters who had gathered outside government...
Tamil Nadu politician jailed on 18-year-old corruption charge
An Indian court has sentenced the top elected official of the southern state of Tamil Nadu to four years in prison for corruption in a case that was filed...
Erupting Japan volcano injures seven, leaves as many as 150 hikers stranded
A Japanese volcano west of Tokyo erupted on Saturday, leaving several hikers stranded near the peak and forcing aircraft to divert their routes, officials...
Hong Kong students brave pepper spray in clashes with riot police
Hong Kong riot police used pepper spray on Saturday to disperse dozens of students who had stormed government headquarters, but an equal number held their...
'Missing' North Korean despot Kim Jong Un is 'suffering from gout'
Kim Jong Un has not been seen in public for three weeks and now a North Korea expert has offered a possible explanation: the leader has gout.
School’s out: young students join the growing democracy protests in Hong Kong
Nearly 1,000 Hong Kong secondary students, many dressed in uniforms and defying their parents, joined ongoing pro-democracy protests Friday against Beijing’s...
Indonesia’s parliament puts an end to direct regional elections
Indonesia’s parliament on early Friday approved legislation ending direct elections for governors and mayors.
Cambodia, Australia set to sign controversial refugee deal
An Australian government minister says only refugees who volunteer will be resettled in Cambodia as part of a new bilateral pact.
Suspected U.S. drone strike in Pakistan kills 10
A suspected U.S. drone fired four missiles at a vehicle carrying Uzbek and local militants in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal region near the Afghan...
Thailand police ‘close to arrest’ in Brit tourist murder case
Thai police have refused to comment on claims that an arrest is imminent over the murders of two Britons on the island of Koh Tao.
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