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Japan’s parliament on Friday passed a law allowing Emperor Akihito to become the country’s first monarch to abdicate in 200 years, but put off a debate over how to tackle
North Korea’s latest launches of several suspected anti-ship missiles were short-range and landed well short of past efforts, but they still served as a defiant message
Fishermen joined navy and air force personnel yesterday in recovering bodies and aircraft parts from the sea off Myanmar, where a military plane carrying 122 people including 15
A military transport plane with 120 people on board went missing yesterday on a flight from southern Myanmar to Yangon, a military spokesman said. There were fears it
A retired U.S. Navy commander in Hawaii charged in a growing corruption scandal pleaded guilty yesterday to lying about his relationship with a Malaysian defense contractor known by the
A letter drafted by a senior Islamic State militant and obtained by The Associated Press points to a growing power struggle within the group’s Afghan affiliate, pitting
Six suspected Islamic militants who Indonesian police accused of plotting to fire a rocket at downtown Singapore from a nearby island were sentenced to prison yesterday on
It was an audacious plot sketched out in chilling detail with blue pens on the back of a paper calendar: Islamic militants in the Philippines, including one of the
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said yesterday that President Donald Trump has asked him to rebuild the U.S. relationship with Russia and not allow the
A passenger has been charged with writing a threatening note that caused the emergency evacuation of an Australian domestic airliner at an airport yesterday, police said. Police would not comment on a
In their first joint appearance abroad, America’s top diplomat and its Pentagon chief offered public reassurances to a longstanding ally at odds with President Donald Trump’s
India successfully launched its heaviest-ever rocket yesterday which it hopes will eventually be able to carry astronauts into space, a feat that only Russia, the United
Japan’s most popular politician resigned from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling party, setting the stage for a potentially damaging local election confrontation after she thrashed his candidate
Cambodia’s opposition claimed victory in local elections yesterday that could shake Prime Minister Hun Sen’s longtime grip on power. Hun Sen has repeatedly warned of civil war
Joint patrols by three Southeast Asian countries in the Sulu Sea may be the start of a larger regional effort to keep Islamic militants at bay, officials
The lone suspect behind a deadly attack on a casino and shopping complex in Manila was a heavily indebted Filipino gambling addict, police said yesterday, bolstering their
MANILA, Philippines — A gunman stormed a crowded Manila casino early today (Friday) and used gasoline to set gambling tables on fire, creating clouds of smoke that swept through the crowds
A Malaysia Airlines plane returned to Australia after a mentally ill passenger threatened to detonate a bomb and attempted to enter the cockpit before he was tackled and tied
A Philippine bomber plane accidentally killed 11 soldiers and injured seven others, security officials said yesterday, as troops struggled to end a bloody siege by 500 Islamic State group-aligned extremists in a southern
An East Timor court yesterday dismissed a criminal defamation case brought by the country’s prime minister against two journalists due to lack of evidence. Rights groups and
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