Ships identify themselves as Chinese to avoid Iranian attacks

Oil tankers and cargo ships line up in the Strait of Hormuz as seen from Khor Fakkan Some commercial ships near or in the Strait

Lawmakers pass law to manage pledge of $350 billion in US investments

South Korean lawmakers yesterday passed a law to implement a pledge of $350 billion in U.S. investments Seoul made last year to avoid the Trump

Cambodia aims to shut down all online scam centers there by the end of April

Cambodia hopes to shut down all of the country’s notorious online scam centers by the end of next month, the head of the Southeast Asian nation’s effort

Voting peaceful in first election since September youth-led protests

Voting was peaceful Thursday in Nepal’s first nationwide election since a violent, youth-led uprising forced the government from power in September. Security forces patrolled streets and

Punch the orphan macaque is outgrowing his plushie and making friends 

Punch the baby orphan macaque is outgrowing the orangutan plushie that comforted him through early rejection from his mother and other monkeys. Images of

Seoul relaunches truth commission with focus on adoption fraud

Truth and Reconciliation Commission Chairperson Park Sun Young (right) comforts adoptee Yooree Kim during a press conference in Seoul, in March 2025 South Korea has

A bumper berry harvest has weird flightless parrot in a rare mood for romance

In this photo provided by the Dept. of Conservation, New Zealand, Kakapo, Kohengi sits with her three eggs, on Anchor Island, Pukenui The world’s only

Lunar New Year prayers and festivities usher in the Year of the Horse

A worshiper wears a horse head decoration at Wong Tai Sin Temple to welcome the Lunar New Year of the Horse in Hong Kong (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei) People are

Technology investor SoftBank Group sees profitability return on AI boom

Japanese technology and telecoms giant SoftBank Group Corp. swung back into profitability in the last quarter of 2025 as its investments in OpenAI and other

The economic toll of backsliding rights in Asia

An Australian flag lies on the floor of an abandoned bedroom at a scam center in O’Smach, Cambodia Widespread backsliding on protections of basic rights

Teacher who created hundreds of learning centers wins $1 million Global Teacher Prize

Rouble Nagi (left) receives the trophy from Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, at a ceremony in Dubai yesterday An Indian teacher and

Northern areas hit by heavy snowfall, as warnings issued for more

People clear snow near a building in Aomori Heavy snow piling up in northern Japan in the last two weeks has blocked roads and is

Modi praised for US trade deal as opposition questions impact on agriculture

Indian lawmakers from the ruling coalition praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday for striking a deal with the U.S. that seeks to reduce tariffs

13-year-old swims for hours to save family swept out to sea

This image taken from video shows Austin Appelbee, right, posing with his family in Gidgegannup, yesterday A 13-year-old boy is credited with saving the lives of his

People mark Setsubun with bean-throwing to ward off evil spirits

Scores gathered at a shrine in Japan’s Hakone to try and catch “lucky beans,” hoping to ward off evil spirits as they celebrate the last

An internal document shows the Vietnamese military preparing for a possible American war

A year after Vietnam elevated its relations with Washington to the highest diplomatic level, an internal document shows its military was taking steps to prepare for a

Hanoi and the EU upgrade ties as US tariffs reshape global trade

European Council President Antonio Costa and Vietnamese President Luong Cuong meet after a press conference in Hanoi, yesterday Vietnam and the European Union yesterday upgraded

China executes 11 members of Myanmar-based group in crackdown on scam operations

China executed 11 people it found guilty of killing 14 Chinese citizens and running scam and gambling operations worth more than $1 billion, authorities said.

Unmentioned but present, Trump is a common denominator in efforts to strengthen Asia-Europe ties

Stability. Consistency. Ever-changing complexity. With language like that, deployed in separate meetings in three Asian capitals this week, government leaders forged closer ties driven in

Former first lady sentenced to 20 months in prison for corruption

The wife of South Korea’s ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol was sentenced to 20 months in prison for corruption yesterday, as her husband awaits a

PM says man who allegedly tried to bomb rally deserves ‘full force of law’

  Police should “throw the book” at a man who allegedly lobbed a homemade bomb into a crowd at a rally in support of Indigenous Australians,

India and EU clinch the ‘mother of all deals’ in a historic free trade agreement

Indian PM Modi (center) welcomes European Council President Antonio Costa (left) and European Commission PresidentUrsula von der Leyen before their meeting in New Delhi, yesterday A

Gov’t grounds company’s fleet of passenger ships after at least 18 die

Philippine officials yesterday grounded the entire fleet of passenger ships belonging to a company that owned a ferry that sank in the south and left at

At least 18 killed, hundreds rescued after ferry disaster

Rescued passengers from M/V Trisha Kerstin, 3 an inter-island cargo and passenger ferry that sank, on a boat around waters of Isabela City, Basilan Provincey, yesterday A ferry

A suicide bomber strikes a wedding in northwestern Pakistan and kills seven people 

A suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest among guests at a wedding ceremony in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing at least seven people and wounding 25, police said. The

Cambodia will send 73 online scam suspects to South Korea

South Koreans, walking in the line to the left, arrive at the Incheon International Airport last October Dozens of South Koreans detained in Cambodia for

Man who assassinated prime minister Abe gets life in prison

A Japanese court sentenced a man who admitted assassinating former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to life imprisonment yesterday. The case has revealed decades of cozy

Former prime minister jailed for 23 years in martial law case

A South Korean court ruled yesterday that the ill-fated imposition of martial law by the then President Yoon Suk Yeol constituted an act of rebellion, as

Social media platforms removed 4.7 million accounts after Australia banned them for children

Social media companies have revoked access to about 4.7 million accounts identified as belonging to children in Australia since the country banned use of the platforms by those under 16,

Manila and Tokyo sign a new defense pact as they face growing China influence

Japanese FM Toshimitsu Motegi (left) and Philippine Foreign Secretary Theresa Lazaro shake hands in Manila, yesterday Japan and the Philippines signed a defense pact yesterday

Another construction crane collapse kills 2 people a day after deadly train derailment

A construction crane collapsed onto an elevated road near Bangkok, killing two people yesterday, a day after another crane fell onto a moving passenger train in

Construction crane falls onto a moving train, killing 30 people

Rescuers work amidst the wreckage after a construction crane fell into a passenger train in Nakhon Ratchasima province, yesterday A construction crane fell onto a moving

Adelaide Writers Week canceled as 180 speakers withdraw

Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern Organizers of Australia’s largest free literary festival canceled the event yesterday after more than 180 writers and speakers

Malaysia, Indonesia become first to block Grok over sexually explicit AI images

Malaysia and Indonesia have become the first countries to block Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s xAI, after authorities said it was

Bride and groom among eight killed in gas cylinder blast at wedding in Pakistan’s capital

A gas cylinder explosion yesterday after a wedding reception at a home in Pakistan’s capital killed at least eight people, including the bride and groom, police and officials said.

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