When the 12 young boys and their soccer coach walked into a cave complex in northern Thailand a year ago yesterday, they didn’t know their lives
Asian nations are scrambling to contain the spread of highly contagious African swine fever, with Vietnam culling 2.5 million pigs and China reporting more than a
India’s government has created a new ministry to respond to a growing water crisis, with more than 60% of the country’s 1.3 billion people dependent on
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad yesterday rejected the implication that Russia may have been involved in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine, after international
Thousands of people gathered in Katmandu’s yesterday to protest proposed legislation that would allow the government to nationalize centuries-old community and religious trusts responsible for organizing festivals
The international team investigating the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine leveled murder charges against three Russians and a Ukrainian that it
South Korea said yesterday it plans to send 50,000 tons of rice to North Korea through the World Food Program, in its second aid package announced in
The eldest of three orphaned Australian siblings pleading for repatriation from a Syrian refugee camp has been an Islamic State group propagandist who could potentially face
Filipino kidnap-for-ransom gangs raided two fishing boats and abducted 10 crew members yesterday in waters off Borneo island, a Malaysian official and a maritime watchdog said.
More than 100 children have died in an encephalitis outbreak in India’s eastern state of Bihar, authorities said yesterday. Bihar health secretary Sanjay
An overloaded boat carrying people home to celebrate the end of Ramadan with their families capsized off Indonesia’s main island of Java, killing at least 17 and
A powerful earthquake jolted northwestern Japan last night, and officials warned of a tsunami up to one meter (3.3 feet) high along parts of the coast. Japan’s
India’s recent national election delivered a historic victory to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party, but also exposed the influence of money, power and questionable morality
Pakistani police say an activist known for his online criticism of the country’s military and politicians has been killed by unknown assailants in a wooded area of
Chinese President Xi Jinping will make a state visit to North Korea this week, state media announced yesterday, as U.S. talks with North Korea on
The man accused of the New Zealand mosque attacks smirked as his lawyer entered not guilty pleas to terrorism, murder and attempted murder charges Friday
India has imposed higher customs duties on a raft of U.S. goods effective yesterday in response to similar measures taken by Washington, according to a government
The Philippines’ top diplomat said yesterday he has filed a diplomatic protest after an anchored fishing boat was hit by a suspected Chinese vessel which
A former Australian army lawyer charged with leaking secret documents to journalists said his prosecution was not about protecting national security but concealing “a national shame.”
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe landed yesterday in Tehran on a mission to ease tensions between the U.S. and Iran, just hours after Iranian-backed rebels
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