China’s increasingly powerful navy launched its most advanced domestically produced destroyer, at a time of rising competition with other naval powers such as the United
Millions of people in Nepal were voting yesterday in the second phase of local elections to choose municipal and village councils despite threats from ethnic groups that
A new cyberattack similar to WannaCry reached parts of Asia after hitting businesses, port operators and government systems in Europe, U.S. and South America. A terminal operated by
Philippine troops have retrieved 17 bodies believed to be of villagers killed by Muslim militants aligned with the Islamic State group who seized parts of southern Marawi
Wildlife researchers in Cambodia say they’ve found a clutch of eggs from one of the world’s most endangered crocodiles, raising hopes of its continuing survival in the
Mongolia will hold its first runoff election for president next month after none of the candidates attained the necessary majority in this week’s voting. Democratic
The U.S. Navy paid tribute yesterday to seven sailors who were killed when their destroyer collided with a merchant ship off Japan. The Japan-based
A New Zealand law student is taking the government to court in hopes of forcing it to set more ambitious climate change targets. The case brought by Sarah Thomson, 26,
Former U.S. President Barack Obama and his family were seen on a river rafting trip yesterday as they vacationed in Indonesia, where he lived for
Mongolians voted yesterday in a presidential election dominated by allegations of graft and concerns about financial upheaval in the landlocked country. A horse salesman, a former
Shattered by recall costs and lawsuits, Japanese air bag maker Takata Corp. filed yesterday for bankruptcy protection in Tokyo and the U.S., saying it was the
The head of Mongolia’s ruling party could consolidate power in today’s presidential election. First, he must survive one of the ugliest campaigns in the country’s
Police say four Indian tourists and a local resident died when a cable car came crashing down from a height of at least 30 meters after derailing from
The daily bustle of tourists and shoppers has died down in an upscale market in central New Delhi, but a toy shop owner is still busy poring
An overturned oil tanker burst into flames in Pakistan yesterday, killing 148 people who had rushed to the scene of the highway accident to gather leaking fuel,
Two suspected militants attacked a provincial police headquarters in western Indonesia yesterday, leaving an officer and an assailant dead during Islam’s most important holiday, an official
China’s imports from North Korea dropped almost 32 percent in May to USD123.75 million from a year earlier, after the world’s second-largest economy stopped buying coal from the
The Taliban claimed responsibility for a powerful suicide car bomb that killed at least 29 people, mostly civilians, yesterday in southern Helmand province. In an email,
Australia said yesterday it had lifted a suspension of its airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Syria that was imposed amid tensions with Russia after a U.S. fighter jet shot down
The text-messaging service Line plans to inaugurate an indoor digital theme park in Thailand’s capital, seeking to squeeze maximum advantage from its popularity
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