Preparing for what could be the first hurricane to make landfall in Hawaii in years, residents on the Big Island are stocking up on food and water and seeking shelter
President Barack Obama is opening a two-day environmental tour aimed at showcasing conservation efforts before traveling to Asia, where climate change is high on the agenda for his final trip
North Korea has executed a vice premier and banished two other top officials to rural areas for re-education, South Korean officials said yesterday. If confirmed, they would be the latest in a
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said yesterday he was ready to defend his bloody crackdown on illegal drugs, which has sparked U.S. and international concerns, when he meets with President Barack
Peace talks aimed at ending more than half a century of conflict between Myanmar’s army and an array of armed ethnic rebel groups are due to start in the capital,
How do you steal 500 cows? Probably not all at once. That’s according to New Zealand police, who said yesterday that they were investigating reports of the unlikely crime at a
The image of the teacher’s body tied to a tree and riddled with bullets still haunts his son 14 years later. Communist militants allegedly dragged the Nepalese man from the
India is failing to help and protect journalists who are facing violent threats or attacks for their work, an international watchdog agency said yesterday, noting a pattern of resistance in
East Timor and Australia opened conciliation talks yesterday in their bitter legal battle to set a permanent maritime boundary that will carve up billions of dollars in oil and gas
Muslim extremists supporting the Islamic State group freed eight fellow militants in a daring attack that also allowed 15 other inmates to escape from a provincial jail in the southern
More than 40 people have been infected locally by the Zika virus in Singapore, but most have fully recovered, officials said yesterday. Singapore announced its first Zika infection in May, with
Lotte Group’s vice chairman has been found dead as authorities widen a probe into corruption at South Korea’s fifth-largest business group, officials at the company and police said on Friday. Lee
To stop wild elephants from rampaging through their produce, farmers in Thailand put up electric fences, set off firecrackers and even switched their crops from pineapples to pumpkins, which the
Abu Sayyaf extremists have beheaded a kidnapped Filipino villager after a ransom deadline lapsed in their first such brutal act under President Rodrigo Duterte, who ordered troops to destroy the
Sea Shepherd Australia said yesterday that a legal settlement involving the conservation group’s U.S. founder will not affect its anti-whaling campaign in the Southern Ocean. Spokesman Adam Burling said the Australian
Using brooms and their hands, soldiers and residents of an ancient Myanmar city famous for its historic Buddhist temples began cleaning up debris yesterday from a powerful earthquake that shook
A Filipino fisherman in western Palawan island has found possibly the world’s biggest pearl, but he didn’t know it. For 10 years, the 34-kilogram pearl was hidden in a bag under
Best Sunshine Live, “a small temporary casino with 48 gaming tables that opened last year in a duty-free mall on the U.S. Pacific territory of Saipan, generated more profit in
Government forces in Indian-controlled Kashmir fired bullets and shotgun pellets on Tuesday to break up protests demanding an end to Indian rule in the disputed Himalayan region, injuring at least
The foreign ministers of China, Japan and South Korea criticized North Korea’s latest submarine missile test yesterday during their annual talks that were held amid lingering frictions over territorial disputes
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