US envoy Haley sees opportunities for expanded India-US ties

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

Japan | Space probe arrives at asteroid to collect samples

A Japanese space probe arrived at an asteroid yesterday after a 3½-year journey to undertake a first-ever experiment: blow a crater in the rocky surface to

Thailand | Top official says flooding complicates cave rescue

Intensive efforts to rescue 12 boys and their football coach who have been trapped inside a flooded cave in northern Thailand for three days hinge on pumping

Analysis | Solving the plastic crisis starts with Asia

Since Jan. 1, when China stopped accepting the rich world’s recyclable plastic waste, it’s gotten a ton of criticism for worsening the already deep crisis

Australia to ban covert foreign interference in politics

Australia’s House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved national security legislation yesterday that would ban covert foreign interference in domestic politics and make industrial espionage for a foreign power

Offbeat | Kangaroo stops play during Australian women’s soccer match

The Australian soccer team competing at the World Cup is called the Socceroos. But a different kind of soccer-roo has dominated a pitch for half an hour

Thailand | Officials believe 12 boys missing in cave are alive

Multiple attempts to locate 12 boys and their soccer coach missing in a flooded cave complex in northern Thailand for nearly two days have failed, but officials

Japan | Abe sees approval rating jump as scandal fears recede

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s approval rating jumped in two public opinion surveys, in the latest sign his premiership had escaped danger after a series of

Australia and Vanuatu to negotiate security treaty

Australia said yesterday that it would negotiate a security treaty with Vanuatu, weeks after the Australian prime minister warned China against building a military base in the

Indonesia Three dead in gun attack on airport in Papua

Gunmen killed three people in an attack yesterday at an airport in Indonesia’s easternmost Papua that targeted a light plane transporting paramilitary police, the military said.

Koreas discuss removing North’s artillery from tense border

The rival Koreas are discussing the possible relocation of North Korea’s long-range artillery guns away from the tense Korean border, South Korea’s prime minister said yesterday, as the

Offbeat | In India, rats have a USD19,000 meal

It was a cash machine heist with a difference: The attackers were hungry rodents. At least one rat slipped through a hole in the back of

Philippines | Duterte slammed for calling God ‘stupid’

The Philippine president, notorious for having cursed the pope and world leaders like former U.S. President Barack Obama, has sparked new outrage by calling God “stupid”

Obituary | Ex-S. Korean premier Kim Jong-pil, spy agency founder, dies

Kim Jong-pil, the founder of South Korea’s spy agency whose political skills helped him also serve twice as prime minister, first under his dictator boss and later

East Timor | New gov’t marred by corruption allegations

East Timor’s president has refused to swear in 11 Cabinet ministers because of corruption investigations in a rocky beginning for a new government formed after a protracted

Thailand | Junta chief says he’ll decide political future by September

Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan- Ocha said he may decide whether to enter the political fray in September while reiterating that his military government is committed

This Day in History | 1950 – UN condemns North Korean invasion

North Korea has invaded South Korea at several points along the two countries’ joint border. The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has denounced North Korea’s actions as

Indonesia | Military vows to recover bodies from sunken ferry

Indonesia’s military chief said yesterday that specialist navy equipment will be deployed to pinpoint a ferry that sank in the crater lake of an ancient supervolcano, offering

Malaysia | Skyscraper project goes ahead despite stolen funds

Malaysia said yesterday it will not cancel a skyscraper project billed as the tallest in Southeast Asia, even though 3 billion ringgit (USD747 million) from the

Thailand preparing total ban on import of electronic waste

Thai authorities, who began a series of raids last month on factories accused of illegally importing and processing electronic waste, say they may use special powers given

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