Myanmar | Buddhists seek tougher action against Rohingya

Several hundred Buddhist nationalists, including monks, rallied in Myanmar’s largest city on Wednesday to urge stronger action against insurgents from the Muslim Rohingya minority for attacks

India | Building collapses killing at least 12

A five-story building collapsed in India’s financial capital of Mumbai, killing 12 people and injuring 14 others yesterday, after torrential rains lashed the country’s west. Another

Analysis | Will North Korea make missiles over Japan the new normal?

The language from North Korea on Wednesday is as familiar as it is chilling, a declaration to the world to expect more missile tests. But there

United Nations | Security Council ‘strongly condemns’ North Korea missile test

The U.N. Security Council strongly condemned North Korea’s launch of a ballistic missile over Japan yesterday , reiterating demands that Pyongyang halt its ballistic missile and

The Buzz | Japanese official retracts remark about Hitler’s intentions

Japan’s deputy prime minister yesterday retracted a comment made a day earlier that seemed to suggest that Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had good intentions. Taro Aso was

Korean crisis | Trump: ‘All options are on table’ after missile launch

U.S. President Donald Trump said that North Korea had signaled its “contempt for its neighbors” and that “all options are on the table” in terms of

Korean crisis | In a first, North fires missile over Japan in aggressive test

In a first, North Korea yesterday fired a midrange ballistic missile designed to carry a nuclear payload that flew over Japan and splashed into the northern Pacific Ocean,

Russia, UAE tell North Korea: Stop your ‘provocations’

The foreign ministers of Russia and the United Arab Emirates urged North Korea yesterday to stop its provocations and obey United Nations resolutions, after Pyongyang’s launch

China urges end to ‘malicious cycle’ of tensions

China has urged all countries involved in the nuclear standoff on the Korean Peninsula to show restraint and end a “malicious cycle” of escalating tensions. Chinese

Indonesia | Woman sentenced to seven years for terrorism plot

A would-be suicide bomber was sentenced to seven and a half years prison for plotting to bomb a guard-changing ceremony at Indonesia’s presidential palace in Jakarta, her lawyer said

Vietnam | Dozens of bankers tried for graft

Some 50 bankers were on trial yesterday in Vietnam’s capital of Hanoi for alleged graft and mismanagement causing USD69 million in losses. The case is

South Korea | Jailed leader Park draws small but growing protests

A small but growing army of often elderly men and women regularly swing South Korean banners and scream outrage at the jailing of a woman they consider their

Thailand | Police say Interpol has issued notice for Red Bull heir

Interpol has issued an international request for the arrest of the billionaire heir to the Red Bull energy drink fortune, stepping up of the hunt for the

Myanmar | Ongoing clashes leave 96 dead, including six civilians

Myanmar’s government and advocates for the country’s Muslim Rohingya ethnic minority traded charges yesterday of killing civilians, burning down buildings and planting land mines, as clashes that

India | Guru faces up to life in prison in rape case

Thousands of supporters of an Indian quasi-religious sect leader left his headquarters in northern India yesterday as authorities relaxed a curfew a day ahead of his sentencing

Thailand awaits verdict that could send former PM to prison

Friends and foes alike of former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra are anxiously awaiting a verdict today by the Supreme Court on charges she was criminally negligent

India | Top court says privacy is a fundamental right

India’s top court ruled yesterday that privacy is a fundamental right of every citizen in a landmark judgment that could affect the country’s mammoth, unique

Ship collision exposes Southeast Asian territorial spat

The collision between the USS John S. McCain and an oil tanker has exposed a long-simmering dispute between Singapore and Malaysia over which country should

Korea | As Pyongyang vows response, US dismisses calls to pause drills

As North Korea vowed “merciless retaliation” against U.S.-South Korean military drills that it claims are an invasion rehearsal, senior U.S. military commanders yesterday dismissed calls to pause

Japan | Minister sees unity with Trump, pressure on North Korea

Japan’s new foreign minister is a reputed renegade, famous for bashing his ruling party’s policies with stands against nuclear power and for stricter checks on foreign aid.

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