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An American man jailed in the Philippines for more than five years was freed yesterday after being acquitted of rape. A court in metropolitan Manila cleared Scott McMahon, of Seattle, after finding no
The Bank of Japan shares part of the blame for the volatility in markets and investors can expect another seven weeks of this after Governor Haruhiko Kuroda ordered a “comprehensive
An erroneous alert yesterday that a massive earthquake had hit the Tokyo area sent many in Japan into a brief panic and disrupted some train services. The Japanese Meteorological Agency sent
Cambodia’s prime minister filed a defamation lawsuit yesterday against the country’s opposition leader and an opposition lawmaker for suggesting the authorities were involved in the killing of a popular political
An organization likely run by North Korea’s government hacked into the email accounts of dozens of officials, journalists and others in South Korea this year, Seoul officials said yesterday, the
More than 100,000 students in Bangladesh linked their hands yesterday to form human chains to protest two attacks last month by suspected Islamist militants. The students from hundreds of colleges and universities in
Indonesia will mark its Independence Day later this month by sinking as many as 71 foreign vessels that were seized for fishing illegally in the country’s waters. Maritime and Fisheries Minister
Thailand’s military government says it intends to sue a former prime minister for billions of dollars in losses it alleges were incurred by her administration’s rice subsidy program. The Cabinet official
Tokyo yesterday elected its first female governor to lead the city as it prepares to host the 2020 Olympics, as voters turned to a leader promising clean politics after two
A Pakistani official said the death toll from a bus that was swept away by flash floods has risen to 27. Government official Iqbal Khan said yesterday that the bodies
Indonesia executed four people convicted of drug crimes on Friday despite international protests and said it would decide later when as many as 10 others who got an unexpected reprieve are
India’s foreign minister said the government is providing food aid to thousands of Indian workers in Saudi Arabia who are not able to buy food after losing their jobs in
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte yesterday threatened to withdraw a ceasefire order he gave three days ago after suspected communist rebels killed a government militiaman and wounded four others in an attack. After
North Korea’s top diplomat for U.S. affairs told The Associated Press yesterday that Washington “crossed the red line” and effectively declared war by putting leader Kim Jong Un on its
A large collapsed part of the roof at a Bangkok movie theater complex yesterday but caused no serious injuries. The fire in the Major Cineplex Pinklao reportedly began in a third-floor
Australian officials confirmed yesterday that data recovered from a home flight simulator owned by the captain of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 showed that someone had used the device to plot
South Korea yesterday accused rival North Korea of floating propaganda leaflets down a river in the first such incident. South Korea’s military discovered dozens of plastic bags, each carrying about 20
South Korean prosecutors said yesterday that they have started investigating allegations that ailing Samsung Group chairman Lee Kun-hee bought sex from prostitutes several times between 2011 and 2013. An official from
Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo announced a new Cabinet yesterday that puts a retired general linked to human rights abuses in charge of security and returns a popular reformist to
A 44-year-old activist who has been on a hunger strike for nearly 16 years to protest alleged brutality by India’s military said on Tuesday that she will end her fast
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