India | Top court split as spotlight falls on chief justice

An unprecedented rift has opened in India’s supreme court, with four senior judges speaking out against the chief justice in a move that could hinder Prime Minister Narendra

Japan | Renewable energy goals lag world, Foreign Minister says

Japan’s plans to develop its renewable energy industry are lagging much of the world, as the nation has “prioritized keeping the status quo for fear of change,”

Philippines | Duterte rejects term extension, pushes for federal country

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has rejected calls from his allies to extend his six-year term and to cancel elections next year while supporting moves to shift to a federal

Thailand | Tattoos lead police to arrest Japanese gang member

Thai police said they have arrested a 74-year-old fugitive Japanese gang member who was recognized when photos of his full-body tattoos were circulated online. A police

Beijing to invest billions of dollars in ally Cambodia

Cambodia and China yesterday signed nearly 20 agreements worth several billion dollars to develop the impoverished Southeast Asian country’s infrastructure, agriculture and health care. The

China protests Australia criticism of Chinese aid in Pacific

China has protested an Australian minister’s criticisms that Chinese aid programs in poor Pacific island countries were creating “white elephants” that threatened economic stability without delivering

After Olympic deal, S. Korea floats summit with Kim Jong Un

South Korea’s president said yesterday he’s open to meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un if certain conditions are met, as he vowed to push for

China, Asia leaders discuss Mekong dam projects

Leaders of nations along Southeast Asia’s Mekong River gathered yesterday in the Cambodian capital amid a push by China to build more dams that are altering the

Malaysia to pay firm up to USD70m if it finds missing plane

Malaysia’s government said yesterday it will pay U.S. company Ocean Infinity up to $70 million if it can find the wreckage or black boxes of Malaysia Airlines

Sri Lanka | Lawmakers exchange blows over corruption claims

Sri Lankan lawmakers exchanged blows in Parliament yesterday during a debate over alleged corruption in a bond issue that has marred the reputation of a government elected

Pakistan | Mob angered by rape, murder of girl attacks police

A mob angered over the recent rape and murder of an 8-year-old girl attacked a police station and nearby government building in eastern Punjab province yesterday, triggering

Philippines | Huge procession secured tightly amid terror fears

A massive crowd of mostly barefoot Filipino Catholics joined a raucous procession of a centuries-old black statue of Jesus Christ under extra-tight security yesterday after

Sports diplomacy | North Korea to send delegation to Olympics in South

North Korea agreed yesterday to send a delegation to next month’s Winter Olympics in South Korea, Seoul officials said, as the bitter rivals sat for rare

Myanmar | Trial set to begin for two Reuters journalists

Myanmar is set to put two reporters from the Reuters news agency on trial this week after they were charged under a colonial-era state secrets act, in

Australia | Gays marry in midnight wedding ceremonies across country

Same-sex couples married in midnight ceremonies across Australia yesterday after the country’s last legal impediment to gay marriage expired. Marriage equality became law on Dec. 9

MDT Explains | What to expect from North-South Korean talks

North Korea’s recent abrupt push to improve ties with South Korea wasn’t totally unexpected, as the country has a history of launching provocations and then pursuing

Pope urges efforts to rebuild trust in North Korea, Syria

Pope Francis urged concerted international efforts yesterday to rebuild trust on the Korean peninsula and in Syria, using his annual foreign policy address to demand that political

Vietnam | Court tries former oil executives in widened crackdown

Vietnam opened a major corruption trial yesterday against defendants who include a former senior Communist official and a former oil executive the Vietnamese government is accused of

Cambodia | Appeals court upholds jail term for Australian in surrogacy case

An appeals court yesterday upheld the prison sentence of an Australian woman convicted of providing commercial surrogacy services in Cambodia. Judge Kim Dany said the appeals

India | Blast kills four policemen in disputed Kashmir

Police said four officers were killed Saturday when rebels fighting against Indian rule in disputed Kashmir detonated a bomb on a street the officers were patrolling.

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