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An Indonesian sailor swam to freedom yesterday almost two months after he was abducted from a tugboat in the southern Philippines by Abu Sayyaf militants who threatened to behead him,
Indonesia marked its Independence Day yesterday by sinking 60 foreign ships seized for fishing illegally in the country’s waters. Maritime and Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti said the ships were sunk at
A breakaway Taliban faction in Afghanistan has appointed a new leader for the group, the nephew of the faction’s longtime leader who was killed in fighting with rivals last year. The
It happens with horrifying frequency in southern Thailand, a country much of the world associates with pristine beaches and alluring, sapphire blue seas: a bomb goes off. Victims are maimed
An adult Indian elephant that became trapped in a swamp in Bangladesh after being caught in raging floodwaters died yesterday after weeks of struggling for survival, a conservation official said. Tapan Kumar Dey,
The operator of the Indonesian capital’s main airport has apologized to passengers for flooding at its brand new terminal after rains overcame drainage pipes and inundated the arrivals area this
At least one paramilitary soldier and four suspected rebels were killed in a series of gunbattles in Indian-controlled Kashmir despite a security lockdown in the disputed region yesterday as India
Human rights victims of the late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos’ regime petitioned the Supreme Court yesterday to block and nullify a government directive to have the ex-leader buried in a
Thai authorities said yesterday they are investigating whether bombings last week at several popular tourist destinations were related to long-term separatist violence in the country’s far south, backing away from
Police in Thailand said Saturday that they were hoping to identify suspects over the next couple of days in a series of bombing and arson attacks that struck several tourist towns, killing
Hundreds of Filipinos rallied in stormy weather yesterday against President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to allow dictator Ferdinand Marcos to be buried in a heroes’ cemetery, but Duterte remained firm in
Indonesia is considering options for setting up tax-haven jurisdictions as it tries to lure back billions of dollars through its amnesty program to fund infrastructure projects and finance the widening budget
The number of suspected drug dealers killed in Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s crackdown has risen to more than 500 in just over a month, police said yesterday, in an alarming
Sydney’s iconic Opera House will undergo a sweeping, multimillion-dollar makeover, including a long-awaited upgrade to its much-maligned acoustics, officials said yesterday. The 202 million Australian dollar (USD155 million) project is the
Thailand’s telecommunications regulator has approved in principle a plan to issue special SIM cards to foreign tourists so they can be tracked through their mobile phones. Officials at the National Broadcasting
A Japan Airlines jumbo jet has crashed on a remote mountainside 70 miles (112km) from Tokyo in Japan. There were 15 crew and 509 passengers on board, mostly holidaymakers. There are no
Australia’s first attempt to conduct a census online was in disarray after several cyberattacks and a hardware failure led to the website being shut down, officials said yesterday. The Australian Bureau
Nearly four months later, the final victim of two deadly earthquakes in southern Japan may have been found. Searchers yesterday saw what appeared to be a body in the wreckage of
A special tribunal for war crimes during Bangladesh’s independence war against Pakistan in 1971 sentenced a former lawmaker to death and seven others to life in prison yesterday on charges
Japanese Emperor Akihito’s video message this week, though subtle, suggested that he wishes to abdicate, and the attention now goes to his elder son, the first in line to Japan’s
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