Indonesia | American man escapes from Bali prison

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

Indonesia | Protestors burn US flags in fourth day of Jerusalem protests

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

GOP governor sides with Indonesians facing deportation

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

Philippines wants money back from Sanofi for dengue vaccine

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

Officials from UN, N. Korea agree situation is dangerous

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

Vietnam | American evangelist leads rare event

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

Global forum featuring Beijing’s take on human rights

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 criticizes India over drone crash inside border

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

North Korea | Senior UN official meets deputy foreign minister

A senior United Nations official met with North Korea’s vice foreign minister yesterday, the first full day of a four-day trip to Pyongyang. It was not immediately clear

US flies B-1B over South in show of force against North Korea

The United States flew a B-1B supersonic bomber over South Korea yesterday as part of a massive combined aerial exercise involving hundreds of warplanes, a clear warning

United Nations | Myanmar’s Rohingya likely faced crimes against humanity

Myanmar’s Rohingya minority has “very likely” faced crimes against humanity and possibly genocide at the hands of Myanmar security forces and their helpers, the U.N.’s top human

Australia | New laws to ban foreign interference in politics

Australia will ban foreign interference in its politics — either through espionage or financial donations — in a move motivated largely by Russia’s alleged involvement in

India | Rahul Gandhi set to be opposition Congress party chief

Rahul Gandhi, the scion of India’s Nehru-Gandhi political dynasty, submitted nomination papers to succeed his mother as president of the main opposition Congress party, which previously

North Korea | Senior UN official in Pyongyang to meet top leaders

A senior United Nations official arrived in Pyongyang yesterday for a rare, four-day visit at the invitation of the North Korean government. Undersecretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey

North Korean national football teams in Japan for tournament

North Korea’s national football teams have arrived in Tokyo as an exception to Japanese sanctions against Pyongyang’s missile and nuclear development. North Korea is competing against

Two kiwi birds are rare bright spot in grim extinction report

Two types of New Zealand kiwi birds are a rare bright spot in a mostly grim assessment of global species at risk of extinction. The International

Word Cloud | The message in Pyongyang’s propaganda

Kim. Nuclear. War. Nothing sums up the message embedded in North Korea’s propaganda better than those three words. That’s exactly what the world hears — and what’s

South Korea-US | Stealth jets, other aircraft fly in joint drills

Hundreds of aircraft including two dozen stealth jets began training yesterday as the United States and South Korea launched a massive combined air force exercise.

Cathay Pacific crew saw North Korea missile test

A second airline has reported seeing North Korea’s latest missile test during a flight last week. Cathay Pacific says the crew on a San Francisco-to-Hong Kong

Japan | More N. Korean ‘ghost boats,’ bodies wash up on shores

Three bodies and a dilapidated wooden boat believed to have come from North Korea washed ashore in northern Japan yesterday, coast guard officials said.

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