Asia-Pacific
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INDONESIA | 2 foreigners still missing in boat sinking
Rescuers yesterday safely recovered 13 more people from a tourist boat that sank after hitting a reef in central Indonesia, but were searching for a ... -
NEPAL | Flood toll hits 101, fears of disease rise
Nepalese authorities said yesterday they feared an outbreak of diseases as they attempt to reach thousands of people stranded by flooding that has already ... -
KOREA | Elderly ex-sex slaves want solace, help from pope
Lee Yong-soo hopes a meeting today with Pope Francis will provide some solace for the pain that still feels fresh more than seven decades ... -
PAKISTAN | Thousands of protesters rally demanding Sharif step down
Tens of thousands of protesters thronged the streets of Pakistan’s capital Saturday, defying pouring rain to answer the call of a fiery cleric and a cricket ... -
SOUTH KOREA | North fires missiles as Francis calls for greater diplomacy
Pope Francis called for greater efforts toward reconciliation between North and South Korea at the start of the first papal trip in 25 years ... -
PAKISTAN | Lahore braces as 1 million gather for opposition protest
Pakistan opposition leader Imran Khan was seeking to rally 1 million people yesterday for a march from Lahore to the capital to oust Prime ... -
TERRORISM | Report: Islamic State attracting SE Asian fighters
Islamic State is attracting a growing number of militants from Southeast Asia to fight in Iraq and Syria, raising the risk they will ... -
INDONESIA| US woman’s body found stuffed in suitcase on Bali
The body of a 62-year-old American woman was found stuffed inside a suitcase on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, and authorities on Wednesday arrested ... -
INDIA | Asbestos pushed as product for the poor
The executives mingled over tea and sugar cookies, and the chatter was upbeat. Their industry, they said at the conference in the Indian capital, ... -
AUSTRALIA| US secretary of state condemns severed head image
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry yesterday described a photograph of a Sydney-born 7-year-old boy clutching the severed head of a Syrian soldier ... -
US, Australia sign military cooperation pact
Lolita C. Baldor, Sydney The U.S. and Australia signed an agreement yesterday that will allow the two countries’ militaries to train and work better together as ... -
RELIGION | Pope kicks off Asia missionary boost in S Korea
When Pope Francis was a young Jesuit, he wanted to follow in the great Jesuit tradition and become a missionary in Asia. Health problems ... -
AUSTRALIA Newspaper: Terrorist’s son poses in gruesome photo
An Australian newspaper yesterday published a photograph of a child it said was the son of an Australian convicted terrorist holding aloft the severed ... -
S CHINA SEA DISPUTE | No solution in sight on sea row after Myanmar meet
Despite U.S. and Asian calls for self-restraint and new impetus for the resolution of territorial disputes involving China, a high-profile Asian security summit ended over ... -
MYANMAR | Kerry presses regime on democratic reform
To improve relations with the United States, Myanmar must make progress in its democratic transition and halt what Washington sees as backsliding on commitments to improve ... -
JAPAN | Halong drenches the country; 1 dead, dozens hurt
A tropical storm was moving out into the Sea of Japan yesterday after lashing the country with rain and wind, leaving one person dead, ... -
THAILAND | Australian case casts spotlight on business of surrogacy
For thousands of well-off childless couples, the dream of having a baby is often realized in places like Thailand and India. Ready to help ... -
CAMBODIA | UN-backed tribunal convicts 2 Khmer Rouge leaders to life
Three and a half decades after the fall of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge, a U.N.-backed tribunal yesterday sentenced two top leaders of the former regime to life ... -
SENKAKU-DIaoYU ISLANDS DISPUTE | Them’s fighting words! The politics of place names
Is it the Persian Gulf or the Arabian Gulf? Mount McKinley or Denali? Mumbai or Bombay? Some geographic names don’t just tell us ... -
JAPAN | Hiroshima marks 69th anniversary of atomic bombing
Japan marked the 69th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima yesterday, as Mayor Kazumi Matsui called on U.S. President Barack Obama and other ... -
INDONESIA | Court begins hearing election dispute
Indonesia’s Constitutional Court yesterday began hearing a challenge of the result of the country’s July 9 presidential election, in which Jakarta Gov. Joko Widodo ... -
PHILIPPINES | Arrested militant: Terror suspect alive
A captured Abu Sayyaf commander told investigators that a top Southeast Asian terror suspect, who the military reported was killed in a U.S.-backed airstrike ... -
PHILIPPINES | 12 Chinese convicted of poaching
A Philippine court yesterday convicted 12 Chinese men of poaching after their boat carrying frozen meat of protected pangolins ran aground in a marine ... -
BANGLADESH | 125 presumed dead in ferry sinking
Families of scores of people presumed dead after their ferry capsized in central Bangladesh accused authorities yesterday of launching a feeble rescue effort and ... -
AFGHANISTAN | ‘Insider’ attack at base kills 1, wounds 15
A man dressed in an Afghan army uniform opened fire yesterday on foreign troops at a military base, killing at least one NATO ... -
JAPAN | China top worry in annual defense report
China’s growing airspace and maritime activities have escalated tension in area waters, Japan’s Defense Ministry said in an annual report yesterday, stressing the need for ... -
Japanese scientist in research scandal found dead
A senior Japanese scientist embroiled in a stem-cell research scandal died yesterday in an apparent suicide, police said. Yoshiki Sasai, who supervised and ... -
THAILAND | Australia may intervene in surrogate baby case
Australia’s government is considering intervening in the case of a baby with Down syndrome who was left with a Thai surrogate mother by his ... -
BANGLADESH | Ferry capsizes in river; dozens safe
A passenger ferry carrying hundreds of people capsized yesterday in central Bangladesh, and authorities said two people died and at least 44 reached safety. ... -
NEPAL | Indian prime minister aims to bolster ties
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi flew to Nepal yesterday to meet top leaders, offer prayers at a revered Hindu temple and address the parliament. Modi’s visit ... -
NORTH KOREA | 2 detained Americans seek US help
Two American tourists charged with “anti-state” crimes in North Korea said Friday they expect to be tried soon and pleaded for help from the U.S. government ... -
NEPAL | ‘No chance’ of finding 159 landslide victims
There is no chance of finding any of the more than 150 people who are believed to have been buried by a massive landslide ... -
PHILIPPINES | Super typhoon to bring rain as it threatens Japan
Typhoon Halong will probably bring downpours to the Philippines in the next few days as it passes offshore on a track to slam into ... -
INDIA | Mudslide swallows village; at least 30 dead
Rescuers using earth-moving equipment and their bare hands dug through heavy mud and debris yesterday after a landslide engulfed an entire village in western India, ... -
INDIA | Landslide hits village, 150 may be trapped
Torrential rains triggered a massive landslide that buried a remote village in western India yesterday, sweeping away scores of houses and possibly trapping more than ...
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