Asia-Pacific
Anti-abortion campaigner loses high court bid to stay in Australia
Anti-abortion campaigner Troy Newman has lost his attempt to have his visa cancellation overturned in the High Court.
Mob beats Muslim farmer to death with sticks over rumour he was eating beef
Villagers beat a Muslim farmer to death and severely injured his son after hearing rumours the family was eating beef — a taboo for many among...
Indian court sentences five to death over 2006 Mumbai train bombs
An Indian court sentenced five men to death on Wednesday for a series of bomb blasts that ripped through packed trains in Mumbai in 2006, killing nearly...
Thai police lead key suspects to Bangkok bomb site for re-enactment
Police in Thailand led two suspects to the scene of last month’s Bangkok bomb blast for a re-enactment of their alleged crimes on Saturday, a day...
I’m healthy but want to come home, says student held for five months in North Korea
An American student who has been held in North Korea for five months appeared at a carefully stage-managed press conference on Friday.
Singapore shuts schools, distributes free anti-pollution masks to combat smoke haze
Singapore shut schools Friday and began distributing free anti-pollution masks to the elderly and other vulnerable people as a thick smoky haze cast covered...
Three tourists abducted in southern Philippines by gunmen posing as travellers
Two Canadian tourists, a Norwegian resort manager and a Filipino woman have been kidnapped by unidentified gunmen from a popular resort island in the southern...
Tiger mauls keeper to death as visitors throng New Zealand zoo
A New Zealand zookeeper was killed Sunday by a Sumatran tiger on a morning when the zoo was open to visitors.
Pro-democracy protesters stage rare rally in Thai capital
Pro-democracy protesters in Thailand’s capital defied a ban on protests and staged a rare rally Saturday against the country’s ruling military...
Executives arrested over illegal forest fires which made tens of thousands ill
Seven company executives have been arrested over illegal agricultural fires which have cloaked south-east Asia in haze. They were detained on Indonesia’s...
Scuffles in parliament as Japan defies protests to unleash might of its army
Politicians scuffled in parliament on Thursday during a heated debate over a security bill that could see Japan’s military fight abroad for the first...
U.N. calls for special court to prosecute Sri Lanka war crimes
A long-awaited U.N. report has detailed horrific abuses committed in Sri Lanka’s civil war and said the country needed international help to probe...
Japan protests after ‘Russian’ plane enters airspace
Tokyo has lodged a protest with Moscow after a foreign aircraft – believed to be Russian – briefly violated its airspace, prompting Tokyo to...
North Korea says its nuclear complex fully operational as it takes aim at U.S.
North Korea has said its main nuclear complex is fully operational and the country is ready to face U.S.
Indonesia sends thousands of troops to fight fires as haze cloaks south-east Asia
Indonesia on Tuesday deployed an extra 1,600 military personnel to fight forest and agricultural fires producing thick haze, as the smog closed schools...
Malaysia arrests three suspects in connection with Bangkok shrine blast
Malaysia has arrested three suspects in connection with the bomb blast in central Bangkok last month that killed 20 people, police chief Khalid Abu Bakar...
At least 80 die as gas blast rips through breakfast restaurant in central India
At least 82 people died when a gas cylinder exploded in a packed restaurant in India’s central Madhya Pradesh state on Saturday morning, a senior...
Singapore’s ruling party sweeps elections as voters shun risk
Singapore’s ruling party romped to a strong election victory on Friday and increased its share of the vote and seat tally as it brushed off an opposition...
Anti-American activist who slashed face of ambassador is jailed for 12 years
An anti-American activist who slashed and seriously injured the U.S. ambassador to South Korea has been jailed for 12 years.
20 people missing and thousands evacuated after floods devastate Japan
Thousands of rescue workers have continued to search for more than 20 missing people in a flooded city near Tokyo, a day after a raging river washed away...
Witnesses’ traumatised after double shooting at Australian McDonalds
A woman has died in an horrific double shooting at a fast food restaurant on the Gold Coast on Thursday.
Mastermind of Bangkok Erawan Shrine attack named as Chinese national
Thai security forces have named the mastermind of the Bangkok Erawan Shrine bombing as Abudureheman Abudusataer, a Chinese national from the Xinjiang region.
Bangkok bombing suspect tells police he’s ‘guilty’ of holding explosives
A key suspect in last month’s deadly Bangkok bombing has been transferred to police custody after a week of military interrogation, and was asked...
Thousands wait in hope as Koreas begin talks to prepare for family reunions
North and South Korea started talks on Monday on resuming the reunions of families separated by the war which split the peninsula in the early 1950s.
18 feared dead as fishing trip boat capsizes after snagging nets
Ten people died and eight others were believed to be missing after a boat carrying passengers on a fishing trip capsized off South Korea’s southern...
Democracy blow: Thailand’s army-backed council rejects new constitution
Thailand’s military-backed legislature on Sunday rejected an unpopular draft of a new constitution, delaying a return to democracy following a coup...
Four years later, Japan lifts evacuation order for town near doomed nuke plant
Japan’s government on Saturday lifted a 4 ½-year-old evacuation order for the northeastern town of Naraha that had sent all of the town’s...
Thai police seek 10th suspect in Bangkok blast as ‘conspirator’ in court
Thai police say they’re looking for a 10th suspect in last month’s bombing of a landmark in central Bangkok that killed 20 people.
65-year-old man mauled by a shark off east coast of Australia
A 65-year-old man was mauled by a shark off Australia’s most populous state on Friday, but managed to get back on his surf ski and get help on shore,...
China pledges to cut 300,000 troops from its massive army
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday pledged to cut China’s 2.3 million-member People’s Liberation Army by 300,000 troops, amid rising...
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