India | Police patrol for poachers as animals flee flooding

Police are patrolling for poachers as rhinoceros, deer and wild buffalo move to higher ground to escape floods devastating parts of northeast India, including a

Pakistan | Senior diplomat summoned after Kashmir fire

Pakistan summoned India’s deputy high commissioner in Islamabad Sunday after five civilians were killed by “unprovoked” Indian fire across the Line of Control in the disputed Kashmir region.

Briefs | Vietnam seizes 3 tons of ivory

Police in northern Vietnam have seized nearly 3 tons of ivory smuggled from South Africa in the latest action taken against the illegal trade. Thanh Hoa provincial police

Cambodia passes bill tightening screws on opposition

Cambodia’s National Assembly passed a bill yesterday barring political parties from having links with convicted criminals, a move aimed at keeping the opposition Cambodia National Rescue

Indonesia | Bomb maker wanted to join Philippine fight

Indonesian police said yesterday that a man whose home-made bomb accidentally exploded in the West Java city of Bandung was obsessed with the idea of joining Islamic

Japan | Abe sees popularity sink, seeks Cabinet shuffle

With his government’s approval ratings sinking to their lowest level since he returned to power in 2012, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says he will reshuffle

Sri Lanka | Owners of poached elephants may escape sanction

A group of wealthy businessmen, a Buddhist priest and other social higher-ups on trial in Sri Lanka for allegedly keeping illegally captured elephants may get their

Philippines | President says he’s likely to extend martial law

President Rodrigo Duterte said Friday he will likely extend 60 days of martial law he imposed in the southern Philippines to deal with a deadly siege of

Japan | Flood deaths rise to 15

The death toll from heavy rain and flooding in southern Japan this week has risen to 15, officials said Saturday, as rescue workers reached isolated villages

Australia | PM greenlights missile defense development

Australia will press ahead with a missile defense program to protect its forces, but a U.S. shield system isn’t appropriate, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said.

Feature | Reporters on how North Korea, other nations view standoff 

One reason North Korea is the world’s most dire nuclear hotspot is that among the most important players, even allies and semi-allies have different desires and priorities.

Floods in southern Japan force hundreds to flee

Troops were working yesterday to rescue families left stranded by flooding in southern Japan. At least two people were found dead and more than a dozen

EU, Japan laud free trade

The leaders of the European Union and Japan are lauding their agreement in principle on free trade between the economic juggernauts as the best antidote against the protectionism seen

Watchdog blames Bangladesh agencies for many disappearances

When prominent Bangladeshi writer, columnist and government critic Farhad Mazhar went out to buy medicines, he was dragged into a car and taken away. He

Philippines | Quake knocks over building, panics residents

A strong, shallow earthquake shook the central Philippines yesterday, injuring dozens of people, including at least 10 in a collapsed building, knocking out power in some areas and

Cambodia deports 74 Chinese

Cambodia has deported more than 70 Chinese citizens accused of defrauding people back home in an internet scam. Gen. Ouk Haiseila, chief of the Cambodian Interior

Gaming | Resorts World Manila aims to win back trust

Resorts World Manila, the Philippine casino where 38 people died after an arson attack last month, aims to complete a new gaming zone this year as

Briefs | Plane reported missing in Indonisia’s Papua

A small plane with five people on board went missing yesterday in Indonesia’s easternmost province of Papua, officials said. The PT Associated Mission Aviation plane went missing on

2 Vietnamese captives found dead in southern Philippines

The decapitated bodies of two Vietnamese crewmen abducted last year by suspected Abu Sayyaf militants were found yesterday on the southern Philippine island of Basilan, the

North Korea | Kim vows nukes are not on negotiation table

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed yesterday his nation will “demonstrate its mettle to the U.S.” and never put its weapons programs up for

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