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
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
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the U.S. is prepared to negotiate with North Korea without preconditions, but the Trump administration would first want a “quiet period”
The Philippine Congress voted overwhelmingly yesterday to approve President Rodrigo Duterte’s request to extend martial law in the south by a year after the military warned that
A top Indonesian politician accused of involvement in one of the country’s biggest corruption scandals told a court on the first day of his trial he’s suffering
Bangladesh’s government condemned an attack on New York City’s subway system, as it emerged that the suspect is an immigrant from the South Asian nation. “Bangladesh is committed to
The European Union said yesterday it has suspended assistance to Cambodia’s election commission following last month’s dissolution of the country’s main opposition party, and warned that
Thailand’s military junta has welcomed the European Union’s decision to ease political sanctions imposed against it for overthrowing an elected government in 2014. The EU’s announcement
Wearing nothing but loincloths, a group of boys warm up by climbing sturdy ropes that take them high into the trees. One teenager walks around the
A group of gunmen has broken through tight security to attack the parliament building in the Indian capital, New Delhi. At least 12 people have been killed
When President Donald Trump’s U.N. ambassador recently urged the world to sever diplomatic ties with North Korea, she was sketchy on the details: Should all embassies close?
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte asked Congress yesterday to extend the martial law he declared in the country’s south by one year to ensure the “total eradication” of
Indonesian police are hunting for an American citizen who escaped yesterday from an overcrowded and understaffed prison on the Indonesian resort island of Bali. Head
Activists burned U.S. and Israeli flags in front of the American embassy in Jakarta yesterday in a fourth day of protests in Indonesia against President Donald Trump’s
Since he became governor, Chris Sununu has rarely clashed with President Donald Trump, supporting the travel ban on citizens from several mostly Muslim nations and quick to
The Philippine government will demand a refund of 3.5 billion pesos (USD69.5 million) from vaccine maker Sanofi Pasteur and look at possible legal action after a study
The United Nations says its political chief and North Korea’s foreign minister agree that the current situation on the Korean peninsula is the most dangerous security issue
More than 10,000 Vietnamese filled up a stadium in a rare Christian evangelistic event led by the Rev. Franklin Graham, who said he wants the communist government
Hundreds of participants attended the opening of a human rights forum in Beijing yesterday in the latest installment of China’s energetic drive to showcase what it considers the strengths
China’s defense ministry expressed its “dissatisfaction and opposition” yesterday over the crash of an Indian unmanned aerial vehicle inside Chinese territory, the latest in a series of
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