A wing flap that washed ashore on an island off Tanzania has been identified as belonging to missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, Australian officials said yesterday. The flap was found in June
A former Filipino militiaman testified before the country’s Senate yesterday that President Rodrigo Duterte, when he was still a city mayor, ordered him and other members of a liquidation squad
Two foreign tourists were killed and about 20 other people were injured in an explosion yesterday on a speedboat that was ferrying them from the Indonesian tourist island of Bali
Aung San Suu Kyi’s latest visit to Washington signals her transformation from long-imprisoned heroine of Myanmar’s democracy struggle to a national leader focused on economic growth. President Barack Obama will meet with Suu
Police in Mongolia yesterday announced the arrest of a suspect in the killing a British tourist in a rare case of violent crime in the landlocked Asian nation. The 31-year-old man,
For centuries, the sleepy valley nestled in the Indian Himalayas remained a hidden Buddhist enclave forbidden to outsiders. Enduring the harsh year-round conditions of the high mountain desert, the people of
Australia’s prime minister introduced legislation to Parliament yesterday that would allow a public but non-binding vote on gay marriage early next year. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, a marriage equality advocate who
The United States on yesterday sent two nuclear-capable supersonic bombers streaking over ally South Korea in a show of force meant to cow North Korea after its recent nuclear test,
Support for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s cabinet has risen to a two-year high in separate opinion polls published this week by public broadcaster NHK and the Yomiuri newspaper. The Abe
Government plans to hold an opinion poll in February on whether gay marriage should be legalized in Australia suffered a blow yesterday when a gay government senator announced that he opposed the
Police arrested nearly 400 people for looting and vandalism in India’s information technology hub of Bangalore after a curfew was imposed to quell violence set off by a court ruling
More than 200 of Cambodia’s nearly extinct royal turtles were released yesterday in muddy waters at a new breeding and conservation center that was built in hopes of keeping the
Singapore says it is investigating the strain and severity of its locally transmitted Zika virus, amid a rising number of cases. Health Minister Gan Kim Yong told Parliament yesterday that it
Relatives of some of the 239 passengers and crew on missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 called yesterday for more of its possible debris to be examined to define a new
North Korea is capable of detonating another nuclear device at its main atomic test site any time it chooses, Seoul officials said yesterday, as the United States reportedly planned to
China responded yesterday to calls that it needs to do more to rein in North Korea’s nuclear program by saying that American officials were truly to blame for inciting conflict
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Friday he told President Barack Obama during their encounter in Laos that he never cursed him. On a visit to Indonesia, Duterte told the Filipino community
North Korea said it conducted a “higher level” nuclear test explosion on Friday that will allow it to finally build an array of stronger, smaller and lighter nuclear weapons, a move strongly
A man charged with committing a terrorist act and attempted murder after allegedly stabbing a man in Sydney was inspired by the Islamic State group, police said yesterday. Wayne Greenhalgh, 59,
When Rodrigo Duterte became Philippine president many predicted his desire to mend relations with China could alienate the United States. Instead, his deadly war on drugs and refusal to brook
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