Malaysia | Authorities seize 330 exotic tortoises from Madagascar

Malaysian authorities said yesterday that they have seized 330 exotic tortoises from Madagascar worth 1.2 million ringgit (USD276,721), in the latest heist of illegal wildlife and animal parts

Philippines | Lawmakers kill impeachment against Duterte

Philippine lawmakers yesterday killed an impeachment complaint accusing President Rodrigo Duterte of crimes against humanity for the thousands of people who have died in his

North Korea | New long-range missile can carry heavy nuke

North Korea said yesterday the missile it launched over the weekend was a new type of “medium long-range” ballistic rocket that can carry a heavy nuclear

Hawaii lawsuit | Another appeals court to weigh Trump’s revised travel ban

For the second time in a week, government lawyers will try to persuade a federal appeals court to reinstate President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban — and once again,

Vigils held for Christian politician imprisoned in Indonesia

The imprisonment of a Christian politician for blaspheming Islam has triggered an outpouring of anger and support around Indonesia. Nightly candlelight vigils have been held in cities across

Philippines | Police make more child cybersex arrests, rescues

Authorities in the Philippines have rescued four girls and arrested a mother and two other women for allegedly livestreaming sexually exploitative videos of children to men paying by the minute to

Nepalese vote in 1st local elections in 20 years 

Nepalese were voting yesterday for representatives in municipal and village councils for the first time in two decades, a sign that the country’s fractious democracy may be

N. Korea test-fires missile, challenging new leader in South

North Korea yesterday test-launched a ballistic missile that flew for half an hour and reached an unusually high altitude before landing in the Sea of Japan, the South Korean, Japanese

Nature | New Zealand’s ambitious plan to save birds: Kill every rat

New Zealand has set itself an environmental goal so ambitious it’s been compared to putting a man on the moon: ridding the entire nation of every last rat, possum

The Buzz | Indonesia deports Japanese documentary makers

Six Japanese making a documentary about indigenous people in the tightly controlled Indonesian province of Papua were deported for lacking journalist visas just days after the country was

Phone diplomacy | S. Korea’s Moon to send delegation to China amid frayed ties

Chinese President Xi Jinping called his new South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in yesterday to congratulate him on his inauguration, the first time such a call has

North Korea | Pyongyang says it will seek extradition of plot culprits

Pyongyang will seek the extradition of anyone involved in what it says was a CIA-backed plot to kill leader Kim Jung Un last month with a

Myanmar | Uber chases GrabTaxi, expanding in Southeast Asia

The private ride-hailing service Uber officially launched operations yesterday in Myanmar’s main city Yangon, aiming to tap into one of the world’s youngest and fastest-growing online markets.

Offbeat | Australia warns travelers to not bring in hitchhiking toads

Australian quarantine authorities yesterday urged travelers through Asia to avoid bringing in hitchhiking amphibians after a passenger arrived at an airport with a dead Indonesian toad in his shoe.

The Buzz | India top court reviews Islamic instant divorce

India’s Supreme Court has formally opened hearings into a number of petitions challenging the controversial practice of instant divorce in Islam, BBC reported. The court said it

Opinion | Moon floats summit; will North bite?

First it was an off-the-cuff offer from then-candidate Donald Trump to have hamburgers in Washington. Now, South Korea’s new president says he is willing to meet with North

South Korea | Moon’s rise to power causes worries, hopes abroad

Which of South Korea’s neighbors and allies stand to benefit most from liberal Moon Jae-in’s ascension to the presidency this week? It might be North Korea,

Vietnam | Ministry puts pork on menus as farmers face glut, low prices

Pork may be hogging menus in Vietnam’s factories and army canteens for some time to come, as the country tries to keep pig farmers stricken

Offbeat | Qantas boss gets pie in face from gay marriage opponent

A man who squashed a lemon meringue pie into Qantas Airways chief executive Alan Joyce’s face during a public address in Australia said Wednesday he was protesting Joyce’s

Prosecutors seek caning for gay couple in Indonesia’s Aceh

Shariah prosecutors in Indonesia’s Aceh province say two men on trial for gay sex should each be punished with 80 lashes, in another blow to the country’s

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