Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto called for change in a rally Sunday, talking down the government’s economic performance as competition heats up ahead of an election
Tokyo prosecutors arrested Nissan’s former chairman Carlos Ghosn yesterday for a fourth time, cutting short his brief time outside detention. Ghosn and his lawyer protested
Malaysia’s human rights commission has urged the government to reinvestigate the disappearances of a Christian pastor and a Muslim activist after a public inquiry concluded
New Islamic criminal laws that took effect in Brunei on yesterday, punishing gay sex and adultery by stoning offenders to death, have triggered an outcry from countries,
A bomb injured at least 18 people yesterday in a southern Philippine town in an attack believed to be either an extortion attempt or retaliation by Muslim militants targeted
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak sat in the dock yesterday at the start of his corruption trial, with the chief prosecutor alleging he wielded “near absolute
The murder of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s estranged half brother at an airport in Malaysia was brazen, intricately orchestrated and, thanks to scores of
The Australian lawmaker who had an egg cracked on his head by a teenage boy for his comments about last month’s New Zealand mosque shootings faced
The era of Japan’s next emperor, which begins May 1, will be named “Reiwa,” connoting pursuit of harmony, the government said yesterday after selecting the phrase
Thailand’s king has stripped fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra of his royal decorations, citing his 2008 flight to escape serving a two-year prison term on a
Philippine police said yesterday that 14 suspected communist rebels were killed after they opened fire during raids in a central province, but rights groups countered that the
Thailand’s Election Commission held a sudden news conference yesterday to release full preliminary results of the country’s recent general election, though some of the data was
A United Nations human rights expert has urged communist-ruled Laos to focus less on foreign-invested dam and railway contracts and devote more resources to helping its children
Line Corp. and Mercari Inc. are joining forces on mobile payments as Japan’s internet companies race to dominate cashless transactions in the world’s No. 3 economy.
Singapore will allocate SGD724 million under a current plan to transform its economy into one that relies more on fields such as research and on companies
Officials say about 500 people were evacuated during a fire at a luxury hotel in Singapore, but there were no reports of injuries. Smoke billowed out of
Australia’s prime minister yesterday accused an influential minor political party of trying to “sell Australia’s gun laws to the highest bidders” by asking the U.S. gun lobby
Nissan Motor Co. paid tuition for all four of ousted chairman Carlos Ghosn’s children when they attended Stanford University between 2004 and 2015, according to people
A former senior Philippine police official said President Rodrigo Duterte, who has faced widespread criticism over his deadly drug crackdown, has been photographed with two Chinese men involved
South Korea said some North Korean officials returned to an inter- Korean liaison office yesterday, three days after the North abruptly withdrew its entire staff citing unspecified
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