Japan | Emperor turns 84, thanks people over abdication plans

Japan’s Emperor Akihito marked his 84th birthday on Saturday with a pledge to fulfill his duties until the day of his abdication in 2019, and to prepare for “passing

North Korea ambassador demands US prove ransomware claim

North Korea’s envoy in charge of U.S. affairs at the United Nations demanded Washington provide evidence to back up its claim Pyongyang was behind the Wannacry ransomware

Southeast Asia | Vietnam escapes worst of typhoon that battered Philippines

A powerful storm that left a trail of death and destruction in the Philippines was downgraded to a tropical depression yesterday and failed to make landfall

Philippines | President Duterte declares Christmas truce with rebels

The Philippine president has declared a Christmas truce with communist guerrillas and urged them to reciprocate the goodwill gesture after recently scrapping peace talks with

Australia Car rams into pedestrians in Melbourne; up to 19 injured

Two men were arrested in Australia after the SUV in which they were travelling rammed into pedestrians on a busy central Melbourne street Thursday, leaving

World Bank sees growth moderating for next two years

China’s economic growth will moderate in the next two years as policies to reduce leverage gradually take hold, according to the World Bank. Growth in the world’s second largest

Indonesia | Landslide in sand quarry kills 8 workers

Disaster officials said eight people were found dead after being buried in a landslide Monday while excavating a sand pit on Indonesia’s main island of Java.

Anti-India rebels, woman killed during Kashmir fighting

A woman was killed during anti-India protests in disputed Kashmir yesterday following a gunbattle that killed two rebels, police and villagers said. Fighting erupted after Indian

Trump administration blames N. Korea for big ransomware attack

President Donald Trump’s administration is publicly blaming North Korea for a ransomware attack that infected hundreds of thousands of computers worldwide in May and crippled parts of

Japan approves missile defense system amid Pyongyang threat

Japan’s Cabinet yesterday approved a plan to purchase a set of costly land-based U.S. missile combat systems to increase the country’s defense capabilities amid escalating threats from

Australia sees narrower budget gap, reaffirms 2021 surplus

Australia’s government forecast a narrower budget deficit this fiscal year as swelling corporate profits boosted the tax take, even as weak wage growth weighed on collections.

Myanmar | Rights group reports more destruction of Rohingya villages

Satellite imagery shows that Rohingya villages in Myanmar continued to be destroyed even as Myanmar and Bangladesh signed an agreement last month to return refugees from the

Indonesia | American man recaptured after five-day manhunt

Authorities have recaptured an American man who escaped from an overcrowded and understaffed prison on the Indonesian resort island of Bali. Christian Beasley, 32, is believed

Philippines | More than 30 dead due to slow-moving storm

A slow-moving storm has left more than 30 people dead and several others missing mostly due to landslides and floods and stranded thousands of holiday travelers

India | Modi set to retain grip on home state after bellwether vote

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party is set to return to power in his home state, an election that’s considered a bellwether before the national vote

Pakistan Suicide bombers attack church, killing 5

Two suicide bombers attacked a church in the southwestern city of Quetta yesterday, killing five people and wounding 18 others, officials said. Sarfaraz Bugti, home minister

Indonesia | Clerics want boycott of US products over Jerusalem

Muslim clerics called for a boycott of American products yesterday in Indonesia’s largest protest against President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Wearing white

Sydney man charged with brokering North Korea missile sales

A South Korean-born Sydney man was charged yesterday with acting as an economic agent for North Korea in Australia by allegedly attempting to broker sales worth tens

Myanmar | Aid group says at least 6,700 Rohingya killed in crackdown

International aid group Doctors Without Borders said its field survey has found at least 6,700 Rohingya Muslims were killed between August and September in a

UN investigator to review North Korean abduction claims

The United Nations’ independent investigator on human rights in North Korea said yesterday he plans to examine North Korean claims that South Korea abducted 12 North Korean

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