India | Regular troops enforce lockdown to foil Kashmir protest march

Soldiers and police fanned out across Indian-controlled Kashmir yesterday to enforce a security lockdown for a second straight day to stop anti-India protests and foil a

Malaysia | KL files criminal charges against Goldman Sachs over 1MDB

Malaysia filed criminal charges against Goldman Sachs and two former executives yesterday for their role in the alleged multibillion-dollar ransacking of state investment fund 1MDB. Attorney

Thailand | Philippines contestant Catriona Gray named Miss Universe

The Philippines’ Catriona Gray was named Miss Universe 2018 in a competition concluding yesterday in Bangkok, besting contestants from 93 other countries and delighting her home

Australia | Canberra recognizes west Jerusalem as Israel’s capital

Australia has decided to formally recognize west Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, but won’t move its embassy until there’s a peace settlement between Israel and the Palestinians, Prime

North Korea marks 7th anniversary of Kim Jong Il’s death

North Koreans are marking the seventh anniversary of the death of leader Kim Jong Il with visits to statues and vows of loyalty to his son, Kim

Indonesia | Migrant girls vanish into Asian trafficking networks

The stranger showed up at the girl’s door one night with a tantalizing job offer: Give up your world, and I will give you a future.

Indonesia arrests five foreigners in Bali for drug smuggling

Indonesian police said some of the five foreigners who have been arrested for alleged drug smuggling on the tourist island of Bali since the end of

Vietnam is coming out on top in the US-China trade war

In the race to lure companies looking for alternative sites amid the U.S.-China trade war, Vietnam wields a slew of advantages over its rivals. Vietnam

Korean border troops verify removal of each other’s posts

Dozens of North and South Korean soldiers crossed over the world’s most heavily armed border Wednesday as they inspected the sites of their rival’s front-line guard posts

US returns three disputed bells taken in 1901 to Philippines

Three church bells seized by American troops as war trophies more than a century ago were returned to the Philippines yesterday in a move long demanded by

Lion Air crash shows challenges of Asia’s budget airline boom

The investigation into the fatal crash of a Boeing jet from Asia’s second-largest budget airline has turned the spotlight on the ballooning growth of low-cost carriers in

New Zealand | Law makes medical marijuana widely available

New Zealand’s government yesterday passed a law that will make medical marijuana widely available for thousands of patients over time. The legislation will also

India | Thousands flock to funeral of two teenage Kashmir rebels

Thousands of people in Indian-controlled Kashmir joined a funeral procession yesterday for two teenage rebels who were killed over the weekend in a long gunbattle with

South Korea | Prosecutors charge four with illegally importing North coal

South Korean prosecutors said yesterday that they have charged four people with illegally importing North Korean coal via Russia in violation of U.N. sanctions. The indictments, handed

New Zealand | PM Ardern apologizes for death of British tourist

New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern made an emotional apology yesterday to the family of a 22-year-old British tourist who police say was murdered. Ardern

Japan | Divisive bill allowing more foreign workers approved

Japanese lawmakers early Saturday approved government-proposed legislation allowing hundreds of thousands of foreign laborers to live and work in a country that has long resisted accepting outsiders.

New Zealand | Police find body they believe is British tourist

New Zealand police said yesterday they found a body they believe to be that of missing 22-year-old British tourist Grace Millane. Police said the body was

Malaysia | Big rally by Muslims calls for upholding privileges

Tens of thousands of Malaysian Muslims rallied Saturday in Kuala Lumpur against any attempt to strip the ethnic Malay majority of its privileges, in the first massive

Philippines | Duterte seeks martial law extension in the country’s south

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has asked Congress to extend martial law in the country’s south by another year amid continuing concerns over possible militant attacks, although democracy

Friends close | North Korean sends top diplomat to key ally China

North Korea’s foreign minister arrived in key ally China yesterday for talks amid stalled efforts to persuade his government to dismantle its nuclear weapons programs.

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