Australia: US vetting of Pacific island refugees nearly done

U.S. officials are “in the final stages” of vetting up to 1,250 refugees rejected by Australia for resettlement in the United States, an Australian official said yesterday.

Toshiba chooses | US-Japan bidder for memory chip biz sale

Money-losing Toshiba Corp. said yesterday that it has chosen a U.S.-Japan consortium as the preferred bidder in the sale of its lucrative memory chip business,

Singapore arrests two police over plan to join Syria conflict 

A Singapore auxiliary police officer who planned to join the armed conflict against Syria’s government has been arrested along with one of his colleagues, the Home Affairs Ministry said Tuesday.

Warship clash site known for congested traffic 

The site of a fatal collision between a U.S. Navy destroyer and a container ship off Japan’s coast is notorious for congested sea traffic, particularly during the night when

Warmbier | Trump calls North Korea ‘brutal’ after US student’s death 

President Donald Trump is calling North Korea a “brutal regime” following the death of American college student Otto Warmbier. Trump says, “Lot of bad things happened but at least we

New Zealand | English faces questions over alleged secret tapes

Three months away from an election, New Zealand Prime Minister Bill English is facing awkward questions about how he handled a lawmaker who is accused of making secret recordings and then

India | No-meat, no-lust advice for pregnant women ridiculed

India’s government is advising pregnant women to avoid all meat, eggs and lusty thoughts. Doctors say the advice is preposterous, and even dangerous, considering India’s already-poor record with maternal

Myanmar | Court gives exorcist death for killing three children

A  court in Myanmar sentenced a self-styled exorcist to death yesterday for killing three children during a ritual he carried out after telling their parents their offspring were

Dried lizard penises from India sold as good luck charms

Wildlife investigators from India and Britain said yesterday they have uncovered an international fraud in which dried penises of endangered monitor lizards are being sold as a

Pakistan | Journalists under fire from many sides

Bakhsheesh Elahi was waiting for the morning bus when a lone gunman on a motorcycle pulled up beside him and shot him dead. Rana Tanveer had

Japan | Coast guard investigates delay in reporting US Navy ship collision

Japan’s coast guard is investigating why it took nearly an hour for a deadly collision between a U.S. Navy destroyer and a container ship to be reported.

Indonesia | Four foreign inmates escape from Bali prison

Four foreign inmates escaped early yesterday from a prison on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, police said. Prison officers became aware of the escape

IS threat in Southeast Asia raises alarm in Washington

Southeast Asia’s jihadis who fought by the hundreds for the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria now have a different battle closer to home in the

Navy stops search for 7 missing sailors after bodies found

The search for seven U.S. Navy sailors missing after their destroyer collided with a container ship off Japan was called off yesterday after several bodies were found in the

Malaysia | 400 kilograms of pangolin scales from Ghana seized

Malaysian customs officials said Friday they have seized nearly 400 kilograms of pangolin scales worth 5 million ringgit (USD1.2 million) from Ghana. The seizure brings the

Thai PM gives order to fast-track Chinese-backed railway

 The head of Thailand’s military government has used his special powers to cut through regulations and launch work on a much-delayed 179 billion baht (USD5.27 billion)

Feature | Rural Indian girls get discrimination-fighting tool: football 

The aging bus meanders through the narrow streets of a tiny village in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand, the smell of manure wafting through the air. A thick

North Korea | Rodman brings gifts to Kim, including President’s book ‘The Art of the Deal’

Dennis Rodman has delivered a message from President Donald Trump to North Korea — sort of. Yesterday, the former NBA player gave the country’s sports minister a copy of

Australia | Laws would make aspiring citizens pledge to share values

Aspiring Australian citizens will have to make a pledge to share Australian values under proposed new laws introduced to Parliament yesterday. The law would give Immigration and Border Protection

Singapore| Feud heats up between prime minister, siblings

A lengthy tussle heated up yesterday between Singapore’s prime minister and his siblings over the last wishes of their father, the founding leader of the city-state. The feud offers a

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