Shortly before India’s mammoth elections began in April, New Delhi did something unprecedented: It banned civilian traffic on the only major highway connecting the heart of disputed Kashmir
Brunei’s sultan has said a moratorium on capital punishment is in effect for new Shariah criminal laws including stoning people for gay sex and adultery that sparked
North Korean state media yesterday showed leader Kim Jong Un observing live-fire drills of long-range multiple rocket launchers and what appeared to be a new
Thailand’s newly crowned King Maha Vajiralongkorn yesterday performed the second day of coronation activities, granting new titles to members of the royal family in front
Police in Sri Lanka have requested members of the public hand over swords or other large knives to the nearest police stations after hundreds of such
The widow and daughter of Korean Air Chairman Cho Yang-ho appeared in a South Korean court yesterday over charges they unlawfully hired housekeepers from the Philippines.
An Australian jury on Wednesday convicted a man of plotting to blow up an Etihad Airways airliner on a flight from Sydney to the United Arab Emirates
Chief Executive Carrie Lam met Japan’s Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport & Tourism Keiichi Ishii at Government House yesterday. According to HK’s information bureau, Lam welcomed Ishii’s visit to the neighboring SAR and
A Polish tourist sentenced yesterday to five years in prison in Indonesia for treason after meeting with Papuan independence supporters said that he was the victim of a
Sri Lanka’s president lifted a nationwide ban on social media sites yesterday, a day after he used emergency powers to ban veils worn by conservative Muslim women
New Zealand police said they arrested a 33-year-old man yesterday after they found ammunition and a package containing a suspected explosive device at a vacant property
Japanese Emperor Akihito announced his abdication at a palace ceremony yesterday in his final address, as the nation embraced the end of his reign with reminiscence
The Catholic Church in Sri Lanka urged the government yesterday to crack down on Islamic extremists with more vigor “as if on war footing” in the aftermath
Indonesia’s decades- long discussion about building a new capital has inched forward after President Joko Widodo yesterday approved a long-term plan for the government to abandon overcrowded,
Pakistan’s military spokesman says authorities plan to bring over 30,000 religious schools under government control as part of their campaign against extremism. Maj. Gen. Asif Ghafoor
For four hours, Khadeja begged her in-laws to take her to the hospital. The skin on her face and neck was peeling. The pain was
Japan’s soon-to-be-anointed new emperor is a musician and historian, both mild-mannered and quietly tenacious, a team player and a loyal husband and friend who will bring
Australia’s prime minister played down yesterday any potential link between the arrest of a suspected Islamic State group member in Turkey and a World War I
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka's prime minister said today (Thursday) that suspects linked to the coordinated Easter Sunday bomb attacks remain at large and could have access to
The death toll from the Easter suicide bombings in Sri Lanka rose to 359, police said yesterday, as the country’s leaders vowed to overhaul the
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