Asia-Pacific
Indian police arrest surgeon over botched sterilisations that killed 13 women
An Indian doctor who conducted mass sterilisations that killed 13 women has been arrested, after saying he was being made a scapegoat for a controversial...
India doctor blames tainted drugs for deaths after sterilisation surgery
The doctor who conducted sterilisation procedures which resulted in the deaths of 13 women in central India has been arrested.
Australia monitors Russian ships off north coast
Australia on Thursday said it was tracking four Russian naval vessels off its north coast, with relations between the two nations strained after the downing...
Sterilization deaths show India’s health care ills
The deaths of 12 women after they underwent sterilization procedures this week have raised serious ethical questions about India’s drive to curb...
'Smartphone zombies' in Japan are causing chaos at road junctions
It may be outrageously funny when a businessman chatting on his mobile phone walks into a street sign, but such a scenario takes a deadly serious tone...
Hong Kong protesters plan to occupy British consulate on Nov. 21
Hong Kong students plan to occupy roads surrounding the city’s British consulate in anger at a lack of support from London for their pro-democracy...
G20 leaders set to pledge $2 trillion in growth amid massive security op
G20 leaders meeting in Brisbane this weekend will pledge to rev up combined growth by $2 trillion, as Australia deploys its largest-ever peacetime security...
One sanctuary seeks to help save Myanmar’s timber elephants
Often when you’re traveling you just stumble upon things, things that end up changing your life.
Ever the gentleman, Vladimir Putin is censored in China
It was a warm gesture on a chilly night when Vladimir Putin wrapped a shawl around the wife of Xi Jinping while the Chinese president chatted with U.S.
More than 10 women die after botched surgery at Indian sterilisation ‘camp’
The Hindu reports that the death toll has climbed from 10 women to 11 after botched operations at a government mass sterilization “camp” in...
56 killed and 18 injured as bus collides with lorry in southern Pakistan
At least 56 people - 21 women and 19 children under the age of 14 - were killed on Tuesday when a bus collided with a goods truck loaded with coal in southern...
Eight Indian women die, dozens in critical condition after mass sterilisation
Eight women have died in India and dozens others were hospitalised, many in critical condition, after a state-run mass sterilisation programme, a local...
S. Korea ferry captain sentenced to 36 years as search for victims ends
The captain of the South Korean ferry that sank in April was on Tuesday found guilty of gross negligence and sentenced to 36 years in prison.
S. Korea court to rule on possible death penalty for Sewol ferry captain
A South Korean court is set to rule on whether the captain of a ferry that capsized killing more than 300 people, most of them children on a school trip,...
Leaders of China, Japan hold ice-breaking meeting amid longtime stormy relations
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held an ice-breaking meeting Monday on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific conference...
China criminal gang floods market with 100 tonnes of toxic tofu
A criminal gang in eastern China has sold almost 100 tonnes of toxic tofu onto the local market.
Hong Kong court orders psychiatric reports on British banker
A British banker charged with the grisly murders of two women had his case adjourned by a Hong Kong court on Monday for two weeks of psychiatric reports.
Grisly Hong Kong murders spark banker backlash
The alleged murder of two young Indonesian women in Hong Kong by a British expatriate has sparked a backlash against wealthy Western bankers accused of...
Indian PM Modi set for first cabinet reshuffle
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on Sunday expected to carry out the first major reshuffle of his cabinet since storming to power in May,...
State Department: U.S. prisoners freed by North Korea and returning home
U.S. citizens Kenneth Bae and Matthew Todd Miller have been freed from detention by the North Korean government and are returning to the United States,...
China to establish $40 billion Silk Road infrastructure fund
China will contribute $40 billion to set up a Silk Road infrastructure fund to boost connectivity across Asia, President Xi Jinping announced on Saturday,...
China media claim victory after nation reaches agreement with Japan
Chinese state-run media claimed victory Saturday for Beijing after it reached an accord with Japan to tone down tensions over territorial and historical...
One year after Typhoon Haiyan, a million Filipinos still homeless
A million people made homeless by Typhoon Haiyan are still living in tents and makeshift huts a year after 170mph winds devastated parts of the Philippines.
Australia and China ink billion dollar cattle export deal
One million Australian cattle worth AU$1 billion (US$860 million) will be shipped to China annually in a deal that will double the size of the live export...
Japan’s Sendai nuclear plant wins regional approval for restart
Regional authorities in Japan on Friday approved the restart of the idled Sendai nuclear plant of Kyushu Electric Power Co, paving the way for a revival...
Japanese woman abducted by North Korea died of drug overdose in 1994: report
New findings have revealed that a Japanese national abducted by North Korean agents decades ago as a schoolgirl died from an overdose of medication in...
Gunman confesses on TV then hijacks and smashes reporter’s camera van
A gunman flagged down an Australian TV cameraman to confess to his crimes - before changing his mind, stealing the news van and crashing into a petrol...
3 arrested after Hong Kong democracy protesters clash with police
For the first time in more than two weeks, Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters clashed with police in the densely populated district of Mong Kok early Thursday.
Officials fear al-Qaida grooming Indian militants for big attacks
Decrypted communications between Indian Mujahideen (IM) and al-Qaida and testimony from suspects have triggered alarm among intelligence officials in New...
Health boost for Kim Jong Un as North Korean leader pictured without cane
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appears to have recovered from the health problem that has seen him walking with a stick in the last month.
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