Thailand | Former Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda dies at 98

Prem Tinsulanonda, who as an army commander, prime minister and adviser to the royal palace was one of Thailand’s most influential political figures over four decades,

India | Ruling party claims win with assured lead in votes

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party claimed it had won reelection with a commanding lead in yesterday’s vote count, while the stock market soared in anticipation

Japan | Mobile app to warn gropers, get help proves popular

A  smartphone app developed by Japanese police is being widely downloaded by women trying to protect themselves from gropers on packed rush-hour trains. The “Digi Police”

Japan | Former Nissan chairman Ghosn appears in court

Nissan’s former chairman, Carlos Ghosn, appeared in a Japanese courtroom yesterday for a hearing ahead of his trial on accusations of financial misconduct. It was

Australia | Geoffrey Rush awarded AUD2.9 million in defamation case

Oscar-winning actor Geoffrey Rush was awarded an Australian record of 2.9 million Australian dollars damages by a Sydney judge yesterday in defamation case against a newspaper

Indonesia | Six dead in riots; Widodo says he won’t tolerate unrest

Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo yesterday that authorities have the volatile situation in the capital Jakarta under control after six people died in riots by supporters of his

N. Korea calls Biden ‘fool of low IQ’ over Kim criticism

North Korea has labeled Joe Biden a “fool of low IQ” and an “imbecile bereft of elementary quality as a human being” after the U.S.

Philippines | Duterte moves to forcibly send garbage back to Canada

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has moved to have truckloads of garbage that Filipino officials say were illegally shipped to the Philippines years ago be forcibly shipped back

Australia | Gov’t says it won’t break tax cut pledge

Australia’s newly reelected government said yesterday that its promise to slash income taxes might be delivered late but would not be broken as it seeks to stimulate

Indonesia| Official count shows Widodo reelected as leader

Indonesian President Joko Widodo has been elected for a second term, official results showed, in a victory over a would-be strongman who aligned himself with

Koreas | South vows to send aid to North quickly, may send food

South Korea vowed yesterday to move quickly on plans to provide USD8 million worth of medical and nutritional aid for North Korean children through U.N. agencies

Australia | PM Morrison set to form majority government

Prime Minister Scott Morrison looked set yesterday to form a majority government as vote counting from Australia’s weekend election allayed fears that his conservative coalition may have

India | Residents vote in final phase of grueling national election

Indians voted yesterday in the seventh and final phase of a grueling national election that lasted more than five weeks, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s

Australia | Leader vows to get back to work after shock win

A jubilant Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison vowed yesterday to get straight back to work after a shock election victory by his conservative government that has left bewildered voters

Obituary | Eric Talmadge, AP’s North Korea bureau chief, dead at 57

Eric Talmadge, who as North Korea bureau chief for The Associated Press tenaciously chronicled life and politics in one of the world’s least-understood nations, has died.

The Buzz | Thai English-language daily The Nation to end print edition

The Nation, one of Thailand’s two English-language dailies, has announced it will stop publishing its print edition by the end of June but will continue with an online

Sri Lanka | 1 dead, mosques attacked as communal tensions rise

Mob attacks on Muslim communities in Sri Lanka’s northwest have left one person dead and dozens of shops and mosques destroyed, a government minister said

North Korea says it is suffering worst drought in decades

North Korea said yesterday it is suffering its worst drought in nearly four decades amid reports of severe food shortages. The official Korean Central News Agency

Philippines | Unofficial tally shows Duterte allies winning big in polls

President Rodrigo Duterte’s allies appeared to have overwhelming leads in elections for the Philippine Senate, one of the opposition’s last bulwarks against a brash populist leader

Australia | Political leaders agree gays don’t go to hell

The leaders of both of Australia’s major political parties agreed yesterday that gays don’t go to hell because of their sexual orientation, as Christian beliefs rose to

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