Asia-Pacific
Singapore’s founding father, Lee Kuan Yew, dies at 91
Lee Kuan Yew, who founded modern Singapore and was both feared for his authoritarian tactics and admired for turning the city-state into one of the world’s...
Religion helps Vanuatuans through cyclone shock
Celine Jimmy prayed three times before running out of a clubhouse into the darkness to a family home as Cyclone Pam roared through her village in Vanuatu,...
Half of Vanuatu’s population affected by Cyclone, death toll creeps up
More than half of the South Pacific island nation Vanuatu’s population has been affected by Cyclone Pam, the UN said Saturday as the death toll rose...
South Korea, China and Japan vow to hold leadership summit
The foreign ministers of South Korea, China and Japan gathered in Seoul Saturday for their first meeting in nearly three years, aimed at calming regional...
U.S. first lady in Cambodia to promote girls’ education
U.S. first lady Michelle Obama traveled Friday from Japan to Cambodia - a journey from one of Asia’s richest countries to one of its poorest - as...
34 dead as packed express train derails in northern India
At least 34 people, including children, were killed and dozens more injured when an express train derailed in northern India on Friday, authorities said. Television...
Australia’s 22nd prime minister Malcolm Fraser dies at age 84
Australia’s 22nd prime minister Malcolm Fraser who led the country from November 1975 to March 1983, died at 84, his office announced on Friday.
'Mutiny on the Bounty' descendants to cede troubled island to Australia
A remote Pacific island whose residents are descendants of the swashbuckling British sailors and Tahitian women immortalised in the “Mutiny on the...
Vanuatu’s cyclone survivors desperate for food and water
Relief groups struggled to get supplies to residents living in Vanuatu’s cyclone-ravaged outer islands on Thursday, as survivors grew desperate for...
Singapore probes hoax on Lee Kuan Yew’s death
The Singapore government quashed rumours that ailing former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew had died and asked police to investigate a “doctored”...
Relief groups rush aid to Vanuatu’s cyclone-stricken islands
Relief workers rushed to deliver desperately needed food and water Wednesday to survivors living on Vanuatu’s outer islands, after a monstrous cyclone...
Fears of food shortages in Vanuatu as huge damage revealed
Vanuatu warned Tuesday it faces imminent food shortages as accounts emerged of huge damage to a large outer island, days after one of the fiercest cyclones...
Myanmar jails bar manager for using Buddha in drinking promotion
A New Zealand bar manager and his two Myanmar colleagues were jailed for two and a half years with hard labour by a Yangon court Tuesday for using a Buddha...
Pakistan hangs 12 men in largest execution since moratorium lifted
Pakistan hanged 12 male convicts on Tuesday, an Interior Ministry spokesman said, the largest number of people executed on the same day since an unofficial...
Mumbai Is being buried under a mountain of Its own trash
A memorable scene in the movie “Slumdog Millionaire,” set in Mumbai, depicts the boy hero plunging into a ghastly pool of liquid excrement.
Death toll, destruction rises in Vanuatu after Cyclone Pam
The United Nations reported Monday that 24 people are confirmed dead and 3,300 have been displaced by Cyclone Pam in the South Pacific archipelago of Vanuatu. Radio...
Vanuatu slowly picks up the pieces following battering from Cyclone Pam
Days after a massive tropical cyclone lashed the Pacific island of Vanuatu, residents of the capital Port Vila began picking up the pieces amidst apocalyptic...
Aid arrives to assist Vanuatu after Cyclone Pam ‘wiped out’ development
Aid agencies Monday described conditions in cyclone-ravaged Vanuatu as among the most challenging they have ever faced, as the Pacific nation’s president...
Myanmar, China, move to cool border tensions
Myanmar expressed “deep sorrow” on Monday for the deaths of five people across the border in China’s Yunnan province that it has been...
Twin Lahore church blasts claimed by splinter group as death toll rises to 14
At least 14 people were killed and 70 others wounded when twin blasts rocked a Christian neighbourhood of Pakistan’s Lahore on Sunday, police said.
Revamped environmental law raises hope for cleanup in China
People in China who want to take industries to task for fouling their surroundings have been rushing to file complaints and lawsuits this year in a test...
Nun, 72, critical after gang-rape in Indian convent school attack
A 72-year-old nun has been gang-raped by bandits at a Christian missionary school in eastern India.
21 dead, dozens missing after Myanmar ferry sinks in bad weather
Rescuers were frantically searching for survivors on Saturday after an overloaded ferry sank in rough waters off the coast of western Myanmar killing at...
At least 8 killed and dozens more feared dead as Cyclone Pam hits Vanuatu
Powerful winds from Cyclone Pam have caused widespread destruction in the Vanuatu islands, killing at least eight people, aid officials have said.
About 50 dead as Myanmar ferry sinks in bad weather
About 50 people were believed to have drowned off Myanmar when a ferry sank in bad weather, government officials said on Saturday, though residents said...
Dozens feared dead as Typhoon Pam pounds Pacific island of Vanuatu
A huge tropical cyclone smashed into Vanuatu in the South Pacific, terrifying residents and leaving “complete devastation” with fears Saturday...
China summons Myanmar ambassador after bomb kills four Chinese
China has summoned the Myanmar ambassador for a meeting in Beijing after a bomb from a Myanmar aircraft fell in Chinese territory and killed four Chinese...
United Nations ‘fears the worst’ after typhoon batters Vanuatu
Widespread casualties are feared after a powerful typhoon battered Vanuatu overnight, triggering flash floods and knocking out telephone lines in the isolated...
Flooding in Vanuatu as cyclone hits maximum strength
A “once-in-a-lifetime” storm is bearing down on the South Pacific islands of Vanuatu - threatening more than 260,000 people in its path. The...
260,000 under threat as Cyclone Pam bears down on islands of Vanuatu
A “once-in-a-lifetime” storm is bearing down on the South Pacific islands of Vanuatu - threatening more than 260,000 people in its path. The...
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