Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah of central Pahang state was named Malaysia’s new king yesterday, replacing Sultan Muhammad V who abdicated unexpectedly after just two years on
The family of a Mongolian woman murdered in Malaysia 13 years ago hopes to find answers with a lawsuit that opened in court this week, their lawyer
Ascion of India’s most famous political dynasty yesterday formally entered politics, with the opposition Congress party assigning her a position as it prepares for national elections due
Torrential rains overwhelmed a dam and caused landslides that killed at least eight people and displaced more than 2,000 in central Indonesia, officials said yesterday. The
Thailand will hold a general election on March 24 for the first time since a coup in May 2014. The date was set by
Japan’s exports fell 3.8 percent in December from a year earlier, hit by slowing demand in China, as the trade balance shifted back into deficit for
The Philippines, among the top 10 producers of fish globally, is preparing to import anew to contain food prices that pushed inflation to the fastest in almost
Australia’s prime minister said yesterday he would be disappointed if radical cleric Abu Bakar Bashir were released from prison early and urged Indonesia to show respect for
A former Australian football player urged the sport’s governing bodies yesterday to push for the release of a Bahraini refugee athlete detained in Thailand while it weighs his extradition.
Afghanistan was reeling yesterday from a brazen Taliban assault on a military base in the country’s east the previous day that killed at least 45 people and
More South Korean female skaters are accusing their coaches of sexually abusing them, a group representing the athletes disclosed yesterday following claims by two-time Olympic champion Shim
Singaporean actor Aloysius Pang sustained serious injuries to his chest and abdomen during a military training exercise in New Zealand, Singapore’s defense ministry said yesterday. The
Advocates for the protection of refugees and asylum seekers lauded a commitment by Thailand yesterday to release children held in its immigration detention centers. The U.N.
A red-hot economy, business-friendly policies and a Communist party led by free-traders: that’s the elevator pitch Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc is delivering to global investors amid the
The world’s oldest man has died at his home — a hot springs inn — in northern Japan at the age of 113. Masazo Nonaka
An Islamic cleric who was the ideological leader of the Bali bombers and other Indonesian militants is being released early from a 15-year prison sentence after
Myanmar’s military announced Friday that the Arakan Army, a Buddhist rebel group in Rakhine state, has been classified a terrorist organization after mounting a flurry of
Japan faces unforeseen risks in guiding economic policy as its population of about 126 million ages and declines, the governor of its central bank said yesterday.
The body of a 62-year-old German tourist was found beneath a tree in the searing heat of the central Australia Outback yesterday, eight days after she was
A Belarusian model who claimed last year that she had evidence of Russian involvement in helping elect Donald Trump president was deported from Thailand yesterday, police said. Anastasia
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