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A strong earthquake rocked Indonesia’s Aceh province early yesterday, killing nearly 100 people and sparking a frantic rescue effort in the rubble of dozens of collapsed and
Thailand’s prime minister warned yesterday that the BBC could be prosecuted if an online report published by its Thai- language service about the country’s new king is found to
Australia’s prime minister yesterday ruled out making power companies pay for greenhouse gas pollution they create — a policy option that angered conservative government lawmakers when proposed by
The Myanmar soldiers came in the morning, the young mother says. They set fire to the concrete-and-thatch homes, forcing the villagers to cluster together. When some of her neighbors
Thailand's new king named an 11-member council of advisers yesterday, bringing in three new officials, including a former army chief and two representatives of the ruling junta.
South Korean President Park Geun-hye is willing to "calmly" accept the outcome if the opposition-controlled parliament votes for her impeachment this week, but prefers to resign on her own
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe won't apologize for Japan's attack when he visits the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor later this month, a government spokesman said yesterday. Chief
Floods from torrential rains have killed 13 people in central Vietnam, with more rain forecast for the region. Local disaster officials said yesterday that floods since late November have
President Rodrigo Duterte gestures as he attends the 80th anniversary of the National Bureau of Investigation in Manila on Nov. 14 The Philippine vice president resigned her Cabinet
New Zealand’s popular Prime Minister John Key stunned the nation yesterday when he announced, in a breaking voice, he was resigning after eight years as leader. Key had
Tens of thousands of Indonesians rallied in the center of the capital Jakarta yesterday, calling for tolerance and unity after massive protests by conservative Muslims against the city’s minority
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak led a protest rally yesterday against what he called a “genocide” of Myanmar’s Muslim Rohingyaminority, as he urged Asian neighbors and the world
Chinese troops have entered the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, as United Nations forces are pushed steadily back towards South Korea. The North Korean People’s Army (NKPA)
The Philippines asked Bangladesh for the results of its investigation into a USD81 million cyber heist as it commits to help the Bangladesh central bank recover
For hundreds of years, the tiny village was just a speck lost amid the grandiose mountains of the Indian Himalayas. Nestled at 2,700 meters between
Warming oceans this year have caused the largest die-off of corals ever recorded on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, scientists said last week. The worst-affected area is a 700-kilometer (400-mile) swath in the north
For decades, Singapore has walked a careful line between the U.S. and China. Now, the tiny Southeast Asian state is finding itself in Beijing’s cross hairs. China has
Nepal’s government proposed amending its new constitution to carve out a new state to meet the demands of an ethnic group whose protests for bigger federal state
Vietnam has granted amnesty to more than 4,000 prisoners, including one sentenced to five years in jail for a national security-related crime. Giang Son, deputy chairman of the President’s
South Korean President Park Geun-hye’s conditional resignation offer appears to be causing cracks in what previously had been a strong push for her impeachment, with opponents
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