Asia-Pacific
Wild things: Crackdown on China’s animal eaters fails to bite
Porcupines in cages, endangered tortoises in buckets and snakes in cloth bags – rare wildlife is on open sale at a Chinese market, despite courts being...
Australia returns asylum seekers to Sri Lanka in sea transfer
The Australian Federal Government has admitted that 41 asylum seekers who attempted to get to Australia were returned to Sri Lanka on Sunday.
To the wire: Indonesia’s tight, dirty presidential race may be decided in West Java
The closest and dirtiest presidential race in Indonesia’s young democracy could be decided on Wednesday among the mosques and rice paddies of West...
Japan braces itself for ‘once in decades’ super typhoon Neoguri
A “once in decades storm” is heading north Japan and set to hit the southern Okinawa island chain on Wednesday with powerful winds before making...
Easy prey: German spy warns about industrial espionage as Merkel visits China
A German intelligence chief warned, as Chancellor Angela Merkel embarks on her latest visit to China, that some firms in Europe’s biggest economy...
46 Indian nurses stranded in Iraq return home
A group of 46 Indian nurses who had been stranded in Iraqi territory held by Islamic extremists were greeted with hugs and flowers on Saturday as they...
Pregnant woman falls under Beijing train and survives
A pregnant woman is lucky to be alive after she was run over by an underground train in Beijing.
Japan lifts some N. Korea sanctions amid report of surviving abductees
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Thursday his government will lift some of its sanctions on North Korea in response to Pyongyang’s decision...
China bans Muslims in Xinjiang from observing Ramadan
The Chinese government has banned Muslims in the Xinjiang region from celebrating Ramadan, the month of fasting.
Hundreds arrested as half a million Hong Kong residents march for democracy
Hong Kong police have arrested more than 500 people after record numbers of residents joined a massive march to push for democracy.
Thousands at rally in Hong Kong as democracy push gathers steam
Around 4,000 police officers have been deployed to the streets of Hong Kong in anticipation of a huge turnout for the annual July 1 pro-democracy rally...
Corruption crackdown snares former Chinese general
A former top Chinese military officer has been expelled from the ruling Communist Party, becoming the highest-ranking official to fall in a wide-reaching...
North Korea preparing to try two American tourists
North Korea said Monday it is preparing to try two Americans who entered the country as tourists for carrying out what it says were hostile acts against...
Senior Australian bishop charged with child sex abuse
One of the most senior members of the Catholic Church in Australia has stepped down from his role after being charged with child sex abuse, the Church...
China jails 113 in ethnic Xinjiang region
Chinese courts in the far west, ethnic region of Xinjiang have imprisoned 113 people for terrorism or other charges, according to a government-run news...
Indonesia overtakes Brazil in forest losses despite moratorium
Indonesia has for the first time surpassed Brazil in clearing tropical forests and losses are accelerating despite a 2011 moratorium meant to protect wildlife...
Man sets himself on fire in Japan in defence protest: witnesses
A Japanese man is recovering from severe burns after he set himself alight in protest of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s plans to ease limits of the...
India detains two after deadly building collapses
Police in southern India have detained two construction company directors as rescuers continue the search for those trapped in the rubble of two weekend...
China jails members of cult in crackdown
A Chinese court has found 25 members of a religious cult guilty of “acting illegally” in northwestern China, state television reported.
Indonesia’s presidential front-runner battles the puppet image
Joko Widodo has stormed his way to the top rungs of leadership with a clean image and a reputation for competence.
Seoul: North Korea fires more short-range missiles
North Korea fired two short-range missiles into its eastern waters Sunday, a South Korean official said, an apparent test fire that comes just days after...
Filipinos to receive disaster alerts on cellphones
The Philippines has passed a law that requires cellphone companies to send warnings to millions of people in the path of deadly typhoons, volcanic eruptions...
Junta expects next Thai elections in October 2015
Thailand’s military junta will install an interim constitution next month, and elections will be held around October 2015, its leader announced Friday.
Gas pipeline blast kills 16 in southern India
More than a dozen people have been killed in a gas pipeline explosion in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, according to officials.
Frugality bites as China curbs construction of government buildings
China plans to curb construction of unapproved government buildings, amid a national campaign against wasteful spending and graft, according to an updated...
Malaysia jet passengers likely suffocated, Australia says
The passengers and crew of the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 most likely died from suffocation and coasted lifelessly into the ocean on autopilot,...
Spreading cancer: Southeast Asia fears militant fallout as Mideast conflict widens
As Sunni Islamist rebels surge from Syria into Iraq, security officials in Southeast Asia and Australia worry the conflict is radicalising a new generation...
Missing Malaysia Airlines jet was ‘flying on autopilot when it disappeared’
Australian officials say they are confident missing Flight MH370 was flying on autopilot when it disappeared.
No laughing matter: Japan’s manga comics boldly tackle Fukushima
Manga, Japan’s ubiquitous comics for adults and teens, have taken up Fukushima on an unprecedented scale even as Japanese film largely avoids the...
We will not forget: Ferry disaster survivors return to school amid tears, grief
Holding hands as they walked through the school gates, some fighting back tears, 75 children who survived South Korea’s worst maritime disaster in...
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