Officials from India and Pakistan met yesterday amid easing tensions to discuss opening a visa-free border crossing to allow pilgrims to easily visit a Sikh
Malaysia’s government backtracked Wednesday on abolishing capital punishment, saying instead that the death penalty would no longer be mandatory for selected offenses. Rights groups slammed the
A New Zealand government minister said he was punched in the face while walking to work in an attack that’s rare in a country where politicians often mingle
Malaysia’s attorney-general ordered the murder case to proceed against a Vietnamese woman accused in the killing of the estranged half brother of North Korea’s leader, prosecutors said
Vietnam seemed like the perfect place for Donald Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un to meet in late February for their latest summit on denuclearization. At
Chinese and Russian hackers are attacking Indonesia’s voter data base in a bid to disrupt the country’s upcoming presidential election, according to a senior election commission
The most senior Catholic to be convicted of child sex abuse will be sentenced to prison in Australia today in a landmark case that has polarized
The office of South Korean President Moon Jae-in responded sharply yesterday to a conservative lawmaker’s accusation that he was acting as the “top spokesman” of North
Production of methamphetamine is skyrocketing in Southeast Asia, with prices dropping and usage expanding, the U.N.’s anti-drug agency said Monday. Even as seizures of the
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is showing signs he might fire his first rocket in 15 months. Long-time observers suspect he is bluffing. Two days
The popularity of K-Pop is taking a dive - at least in the stock market - after South Korean police confirmed a member of the Big
A Japanese court has rejected a request by former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn, released on bail last week, to attend the Japanese automaker’s board meeting today.
A Pakistani anti-graft tribunal has indicted former Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf and six others over millions of dollars in losses because of delays to a power project.
Millions of North Korean voters, including leader Kim Jong Un, went to the polls on yesterday to elect a new lineup of roughly 700 members
A 116-year-old Japanese woman who loves playing the board game Othello was honored Saturday as the world’s oldest living person by Guinness World Records. The
India will hold elections from April 11 to May 19 to decide whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi wins a second term as leader of the world’s
Former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn’s release from detention nearly four months after his arrest has gripped Japan, giving the public a rare glimpse into how
Singapore is transforming its infrastructure to fend off competition from the seas to the skies. The island-city plans to begin operating its fifth terminal at
North Korea’s state TV has aired a documentary glorifying leader Kim Jong Un’s recent visit to Vietnam that omitted the failed nuclear negotiations with President
North Korea is restoring facilities at a long-range rocket launch site that it dismantled last year as part of disarmament steps, according to foreign experts and a
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