Indonesia | Parliament speaker denies corruption allegations

The speaker of Indonesia’s parliament, once hailed by President Donald Trump as one of Indonesia’s most powerful men, has denied any wrongdoing after being named

Philippines | Duterte asks Congress to extend martial law

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has asked Congress to extend martial law in the southern third of the country until the end of the year because

Australia | Second senator quits because of dual citizenship

A second Australian senator in less than a week said yesterday she was quitting Parliament after discovering she was a dual national and had therefore never

Offbeat | US YouTube star in Thailand finds coin stunt falls flat

An American expat in Thailand who is a YouTube star with 3.29 million subscribers is in hot water for posting a video of an age-old practice among kids:

This Day in Hhistory | 1965 – South Korea’s first president dies in exile

The former leader of the Republic of South Korea, Syngman Rhee, has died in exile in the US state of Hawaii at the age of 90. In

Aged Portuguese mansion a window into India colonial history

Age sits lightly on the sprawling, 4-centuries- old Figueiredo Mansion. The home is a lived-in repository of memories tracing to the days when the west-coast Indian

India | Lawmakers choose president, likely a Hindu BJP ally 

Lawmakers voted yesterday to choose India’s next president in an election widely expected to be won by a little-known member of a Hindu political group closely

Two killed as soldiers trade fire in Kashmir

An Indian army soldier and a child were killed yesterday after Pakistani troops opened fire across a cease-fire line dividing the troubled region between India and Pakistan,

Amid disputes, Indonesia renames part of South China Sea

Indonesia has named waters in its exclusive economic zone that overlap with China’s expansive claim to the South China Sea as the North Natuna Sea, an assertion of

S. Korea offers talks on tension, family reunions with North

South Korea yesterday offered talks with North Korea to ease animosities along their tense border and resume reunions of families separated by their war in the

Afghanistan | UN reports rise in war deaths, blames insurgents

Afghanistan’s protracted war killed a record number of civilians during the first six months of this year, according to a U.N. report released yesterday, which blamed

Philippines | New kidnappings, jailbreak hit restive island

Suspected Abu Sayyaf gunmen abducted four workers in a school in a southern Philippine province where President Rodrigo Duterte visited troops waging an offensive against the

Sri Lanka | UN envoy flays continued rights violations

A visiting United Nations envoy said that torture remains “endemic and routine” in Sri Lanka’s counterterrorism methods and a number of persons being detained without trial under a harsh

Australians are divided over their economy like never before

Australian companies and consumers are divided as never before over their judgment of the nation’s economy. Business confidence is powering along and conditions - a

Indonesia | Telegram blocks terror content after ban threats

The encrypted messaging app Telegram is forming a team of moderators who are familiar with Indonesian culture and language so it can remove “terrorist-related content”

Nature | As Indonesia cuts forests, fake nature thrives

Indonesia’s capital is lush with fake greenery even as the country is cutting down its precious tropical forests at a record rate. Jakarta’s gleaming air-conditioned malls

North Korea’s Kim: Dictator? Reformer? Shrewd negotiator?

When Kim Jong Un took the helm of North Korea in late 2011, speculation swirled around the young, Swiss- educated leader. What would he do for an

Pakistan | Corruption claims, currency crisis rattle leaders

A deepening political crisis in Pakistan has spooked investors and risks fresh street protests amid a corruption probe into Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Sharif’s fate

India | Gold imports said to double ahead of new tax

Gold imports by India, the world’s second-biggest user, more than doubled in June from a year earlier amid a rush by jewelers to build up

Sri Lanka Cricket apologizes to undressed workers

Cricket authorities in Sri Lanka have apologized to stadium workers who were forced to walk away in their underwear at the completion of a game against Zimbabwe

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