Malaysian police said yesterday that an investigation was underway into the gunning down of a Palestinian man a day earlier and gave assurances that security was being
The world’s oldest person, a 117-year-old Japanese woman, has died. Nabi Tajima died of old age in a hospital Saturday evening in the town of Kikai
Government forces killed at least 14 Maoist rebels during a raid on their hideout yesterday in a forested area in western India, police said. The fighting
Japan’s vice finance minister denied sexual misconduct allegations against him yesterday and challenged a TV station’s report that its employee was a victim. Junichi Fukuda announced
President Donald Trump said that although he’s looking ahead optimistically to a historic summit meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un he could still pull out
CIA Director Mike Pompeo recently traveled to North Korea to meet with leader Kim Jong Un, a highly unusual, secret visit undertaken as the enemy nations prepared
President Donald Trump has given his “blessing” for North and South Korea to discuss the end of the Korean War amid a diplomatic push to end
President Donald Trump will play host to Japan’s Shinzo Abe at Mar-a-Lago this week amid growing strain between the two countries over the president’s planned meeting with
Vietnam and Indonesia have pledged to work together to resolve fishing violations in the South China Sea as the two countries seek to boost their bilateral trade.
Myanmar President Win Myint has granted amnesty to more than 8,500 prisoners, reportedly including at least three dozen political prisoners. The amnesty, announced yesterday, coincided
Bangladesh yesterday rejected a claim by Myanmar that the Buddhist-majority nation had repatriated the first five among some 700,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees who fled to the neighboring
An independent Pakistani watchdog criticized the country’s human rights record over the past year in a new report released yesterday, saying the nation has failed to make
China and Japan took another step toward mending their troubled relations yesterday, resuming high-level economic talks for the first time in nearly eight years. Foreign Minister
An Australian army general who led a secretive military operation to stop asylum seekers from coming to Australia by boat was named yesterday as the country’s next
A lawmaker from India’s ruling Hindu nationalist party was arrested after being accused of abducting and raping a teenage girl last year, officials said. Kuldeep Singh
Cambodia’s self-exiled opposition leader urged Japan, his nation’s biggest donor, on Friday to use its leverage and convince his nation’s autocratic government to ensure that July elections
Tens of thousands of people joined a demonstration outside Japan’s parliament Saturday, in a sign of growing public anger over cronyism scandals engulfing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Myanmar has accepted what appears to be the first five among some 700,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees who fled military-led violence against the minority group, even though
Beachfront, five-star hotels? Skyscrapers just blocks from Kim Il Sung Square? North Korea is racing forward with major development projects some experts believe are
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said yesterday there is “some tension” in relations with Beijing, following accusations of Chinese meddling in the country’s politics and concerns over
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