Japan yesterday approved an energy plan that sets ambitious targets for nuclear energy use and sustains a struggling program for spent-fuel recycling despite setbacks after the 2011
President Rodrigo Duterte’s two years in office in the Philippines have been marred by controversy, but with one big success: a booming economy. The jury is
Rescuers located 12 boys and their soccer coach alive deep inside a partially flooded cave in northern Thailand late yesterday, more than a week
Indonesia’s police and military are responsible for at least 95 unlawful killings in the easternmost Papua region since 2010, including targeted slayings of activists, Amnesty International said
A New Zealand man yesterday became the first person to kayak solo across the daunting stretch of water that separates New Zealand from Australia. Scott Donaldson
Evidence of new efforts by Kim Jong Un to expand his nuclear arsenal underscore the challenge facing U.S. President Donald Trump three weeks after declaring that
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe yesterday called for an early conclusion of a regional trade pact that ensures free and rules-based commerce in the face of an
Singapore faces its highest terrorism threat level since the time of the September 11 attacks in the U.S. in 2001 and the 2002 Bali bombings, Singapore’s defense
At least 48 people were killed yesterday when an overcrowded bus plunged off a mountain road into a gorge in northern India, officials said. Chief Minister of Uttarakhand
A Hello Kitty-themed “shinkansen” bullet train has debuted in Japan. Adorned with the cartoon icon inside and out, it’s a dream ride for fans of the internationally
Thailand’s military government praised the U.S. State Department’s decision to upgrade the country in its annual report on efforts to fight human trafficking, even as
A team of Thai soccer players — 12 boys aged 11-16 and their coach — have been missing inside a flooded cave in the country’s far north
Two people were killed and two are missing after gunmen attacked police and civilians in a mountainous region of Indonesia’s easternmost Papua province during local elections, police
Two Southeast Asian women on trial for killing the estranged half brother of North Korea’s leader are trained assassins who used “criminal force” to rub the toxic
Circumstantial evidence against two women accused of poisoning to death the estranged half brother of North Korea’s leader is feeble, the women’s lawyers told a court yesterday,
The total value of cash, jewelry, watches and handbags seized from properties linked to former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak in a money-laundering investigation amounted to at least
Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s allies led in key provincial races in elections held across the country yesterday, giving him a major boost before the presidential vote next year.
Along a muddy mountain path not far from the entrance to a flooded cave where 12 young members of a Thai soccer team have been missing for
Amnesty International released a report yesterday that details new evidence of atrocities inflicted on Myanmar’s Rohingya population and names 13 top military commanders the human rights group
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley yesterday said she saw opportunities in developing stronger ties with India in multiple ways, especially in countering
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