Indonesian police said they arrested more suspected militants yesterday following suicide bombings in Jakarta last week that killed three policemen. Central Java Police spokesman Djarod Padakova said a man
Yasuhiro Nakasone makes a speech as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (seated left) listens to him during the annual rally on revising Japan's constitution Poll results released yesterday
Indonesia’s central bank said economic growth of 5.4 percent this year is too optimistic and the nation should aspire for higher credit ratings to catch up with Southeast
Nepal's mountaineering community was celebrating the first conquest of Mount Everest 64 years ago yesterday, as well as this year's climbing season during which hundreds scaled the world's
North Korea's latest missile test yesterday may have less to do with perfecting its weapons technology than with showing U.S. and South Korean forces in the region that it can
A 73-year-old Australian fisherman said yesterday that he caught a far bigger fish than he hoped for when a 2.7-meter (9-foot) great white shark leapt into his boat, knocking him
The Secretary for Administration and Justice, Sonia Chan, is currently touring Vietnam, following an invitation from the country’s Ministry of Public Security, a statement from her office said. The
Government forces enforced a strict curfew in parts of Indian-controlled Kashmir yesterday, a day after the killing of a prominent rebel commander by Indian soldiers sparked massive protests
South Korea said Saturday that it has confirmed the safety of crew members from a fishing vessel that had lost contact in waters off Somalia, prompting Seoul to dispatch
Philippine forces found the bodies of what appeared to be eight executed civilians as authorities launched fresh airstrikes yesterday to drive militants linked to the Islamic State group
Hundreds of women were brought from Thailand to the U.S. and forced to be “modern day sex slaves,” according to an indictment unsealed last week that charges high-level members
Myanmar was supposed to turn away from China and toward the West when the United States helped the Southeast Asian country make the transition to a civilian government after
Army tanks packed with soldiers rolled into a southern Philippine city yesterday to try to restore control after ISIS-linked militants launched a violent siege that sent thousands of
Indonesia’s president ordered a thorough investigation yesterday of twin suicide bombings that targeted police, killing three officers, in the deadliest attack by suspected militants in
Dozens of foreigners seeking permission to stay in Japan have staged a hunger strike while in detention, highlighting what human rights advocates say is shoddy treatment
Jim Gomez, Teresa Cerojano Islamic State group-linked militants swept through a southern Philippine city, beheading a police chief, burning buildings, seizing a Catholic priest and his worshippers and
A South Korean military court on yesterday sentenced an army captain to a suspended prison term for having sex with a fellow male soldier in
South Korea’s military said yesterday an unidentified object that flew across the border from rival North Korea and prompted the South to respond with warning
China’s U.N. ambassador said that multiple North Korean nuclear and ballistic missile tests, with no end in sight, show the “very strong” need for new talks
Japan’s lower house approved a bill yesterday allowing authorities to punish those found guilty of planning serious crimes, legislation that opponents say could be used to
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