Bodies of 38 workers killed in Iraq arrive back in India

A special plane carrying the bodies of 38 Indian construction workers killed by the Islamic State group in Iraq arrived in the northern Indian city of Amritsar

Pakistan | Malala returns to homeland, says she will continue fight for girls’ education

Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai yesterday said she was excited to be back in Pakistan for the first time since she was shot in 2012

Indonesia | Prosecutors demand 16 years prison for politician

Prosecutors demanded 16 years in prison for a senior Indonesian politician accused of playing a key role in the theft by officials of USD170 million of public

Korean Peninsula | Rival leaders to meet April 27 in historic summit

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will meet South Korean President Moon Jae-in at a border village on April 27, the South announced yesterday,

Japan | Exchanges embracing cryptocurrencies despite big theft cases

Four years after popular Tokyo-based bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox was hacked and went bankrupt, the case still casts a shadow over the regulatory regime put in

Pakistan | First trans TV anchor hopes to change perceptions

Marvia Malik has made history in Pakistan by becoming the first transgender newscaster in a conservative Muslim country where members of her community are taunted in public,

The Buzz | Thailand to give the beach from ‘The Beach’ film a breather

Authorities in Thailand have ordered the temporary closing of the beach made famous by the Leonardo DiCaprio movie “The Beach” to halt environmental damage caused by too many

Kim Jong Un’s China visit may be start of his world travels

After six years of seclusion, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un seems to want to get out and see the world. Kim's surprise summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping this week

Poll | Americans open to Trump’s planned North Korea talks

Americans appear open to President Donald Trump’s surprise decision to negotiate directly with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and at the same time are less

South Korean president visits his troops training Emiratis

Wrapping up his first trip to the Mideast, South Korean President Moon Jae-in yesterday visited his nation’s special forces training Emirati soldiers and pledged that peace

Cambodia | PM Hun Sen says no negotiations with opposition

Cambodia’s leader yesterday rejected the idea of reconciliation talks with the country’s only significant opposition party, which was dissolved by court order last November. Prime

Drone nearly hits plane landing in New Zealand from Japan

Air New Zealand said yesterday that a drone came within meters of a flight descending into Auckland Airport from Tokyo, putting the safety of 278 passengers and

US lawmakers call for pressure on Myanmar over Pyongyang ties

The Trump administration has slapped sanctions on companies across the globe to punish illicit trade with nuclear-armed North Korea, yet Myanmar, which is suspected of acquiring ballistic

New Zealand Central bank to weigh employment in decisions

New Zealand’s central bank said yesterday it will consider employment as well as inflation when setting interest rates and making other monetary policy decisions. The Reserve

South China Sea | Philippines to patrol disputed shoal despite China protest

The Philippine military said yesterday it will continue aerial patrols of a Chinese-held shoal near the South China Sea despite protests from Beijing over the flights, especially

Japan | Scandal clouds Premier’s chances of changing constitution

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reiterated his apology yesterday for a cronyism scandal as opposition lawmakers warned it would hamper his ambitions of changing the

Afghanistan | Car bomb near stadium kills 13, says official

A car bombing outside a sports stadium in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province on Friday killed 13 people and wounded 40 others, an official said. Aminullah Abed, the chief

Obama: Pyongyang’s isolation means less leverage in talks

Former President Barack Obama said yesterday that negotiations with North Korea on its nuclear weapons program are difficult, partly because the country’s isolation minimizes possible leverage, such

Koreas to hold high-level talks to set up Kim-Moon summit

The rival Koreas have agreed to hold high-level talks this coming week to prepare for an April summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President

India | Court jails powerful politician for embezzling funds

A powerful Indian politician was sentenced Saturday to 14 years in prison for embezzling 37 million rupees (USD570,000) from a state government’s treasury while he was the

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