Army private and her husband accused of spying for Russia

An Australian army private and her husband accused of spying for Russia were denied bail Friday, on the first charges against suspected operatives under Australia’s sweeping espionage

Sister of N. Korean leader Kim hints at resuming flying trash balloons toward S. Korea

The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed yesterday to respond to what she called a fresh South Korean civilian leafleting campaign, signaling

Former agriculture minister sentenced to 10 years for corruption

Indonesia’s anti-graft court sentenced a former agriculture minister to 10 years in prison yesterday after finding him guilty of corruption-related extortion, abuse of power and bribery

A railway union strike leaves tens of thousands of commuters stranded

A railway union strike stopped most trains across Sri Lanka on Wednesday, leaving tens of thousands of passengers to brave the few dangerously overcrowded trains that kept

South Korea to deploy laser weapons to intercept North Korean drones

South Korea said yesterday it will begin deploying laser weapons systems designed to intercept North Korean drones, which have caused security concerns in the South

Woman swept to sea while swimming at a Japanese beach is rescued 37 hours later

A Chinese woman who was swept out to sea while swimming at a Japanese beach was rescued 37 hours later after drifting in a swimming ring more than

Rescuers search for dozens buried by a landslide that killed at least 23 people

Rescue workers dug through tons of mud and rubble yesterday as they searched for dozens of missing people after a landslide hit an unauthorized gold mining area

Australia appoints special envoy to confront a rise in antisemitism across the country

The Australian government named a special envoy yesterday to confront a rise in antisemitism across the country since the Israel-Hamas war began. A similar

Sister of N. Korean leader Kim calls S. Korea’s live-fire drills ‘suicidal hysteria’

The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called South Korea’s recent front-line live-fire drills “suicidal hysteria” as she threatened unspecified military steps yesterday

Japan and the Philippines sign a defense pact in the face of shared alarm over China

Japan and the Philippines signed a key defense pact Monday allowing the deployment of Japanese forces for joint military exercises, including live-fire drills, to the Southeast Asian nation

Former leader Duterte and aide accused of steering government contracts to cronies

JIM GOMEZ, MANILA, Philippines A former Philippine opposition senator accused ex-President Rodrigo Duterte of plundering state coffers in a criminal complaint filed Friday, alleging that he

Man who stabbed opposition leader sentenced to 15 years in prison

A man who stabbed South Korea’s opposition leader in the neck earlier this year was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Friday, court officials said. The

Mount Everest’s highest camp is littered with frozen garbage, and cleanup is likely to take years

The highest camp on the world’s tallest mountain is littered with garbage that is going to take years to clean up, according to a Sherpa who led a team that

India is likely undercounting heat deaths, affecting its response to increasingly harsh heat waves

Months of scorching temperatures sometimes over 50 degrees Celsius in parts of India this year — its worst heat wave in over a decade — left

Court tosses jailed ex-Prime Minister Najib’s bid to serve graft sentence in house arrest

A Malaysian court yesterday dismissed a bid by imprisoned former Prime Minister Najib Razak to serve his remaining corruption sentence under house arrest. In an April application,

N. Korea brags of new missile with ‘super-large warhead.’ Outsiders doubt the North’s claim

North Korea said yesterday it had test-fired a new tactical ballistic missile capable of carrying “a super-large warhead,” a claim quickly disputed by South Korean officials and

Police arrest 14-year-old boy suspected of stabbing a student at the University of Sydney

A 14-year-old boy dressed in military clothing was arrested after police alleged he stabbed a 22-year-old student in the neck yesterday at the University of Sydney.

Driver whose car struck pedestrians in South Korea will face accidental homicide investigation

A driver whose car struck pedestrians waiting at a crowded intersection in South Korea’s capital, killing nine people, will be investigated on allegations of accidental homicide, police said

N. Koreans are seen wearing Kim Jong Un pins for the first time as his personality cult grows

For the first time, North Korean officials have been seen wearing lapel pins with the image of leader Kim Jong Un, another sign the North is

Japan revises economic growth in Q1 downward, as data show sluggish demand

Japan revised its earlier estimates to show that its economy contracted at a 2.9% annual pace in the first quarter of the year, as meanwhile

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