Thailand | Bombing kills three in Southern city, including 4-year-old girl

A bomb exploded outside a school in southern Thailand yesterday, killing three people, including a man and his 4-year-old daughter, whom he was dropping off for kindergarten. The incident was the

The Buzz | Airbus signs deals worth UD6.5 billion with Vietnam companies

European plane maker Airbus says that three Vietnamese companies have agreed to buy 40 jets in deals worth up to USD6.5 billion. The deals were signed during French president Francois Hollande’s

Philippines | Duterte tells Obama not to question him about killings

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte warned President Barack Obama yesterday not to question him about extrajudicial killings, or “son of a bitch I will swear at you” when they meet in

Myanmar | Leader says Rakhine commission will help heal wounds

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi expressed confidence yesterday that former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and a commission he is leading to resolve religious conflict in western Rakhine state will

South China Sea | ASEAN summit may bow to Chinese pressure

Southeast Asian leaders are likely to avoid any official mention at a summit this week of an arbitration ruling that shot down China’s expansive territorial claims in the South China

Rare focus on little-known Laos as it hosts major summit

The three-day summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations shines a rare spotlight on the landlocked nation of Laos, which usually stays under the radar. Along with Brunei, it

Philippines | Police hunt four people after Davao city bombing

The Philippine police are searching for four people after Friday’s bombing in the southern city of Davao that killed 14 people and spurred President Rodrigo Duterte to put the entire

Bangladesh | Fifth Islamist party leader executed for 1971 war

Bangladeshi authorities executed a top Islamist party leader convicted of war crimes involving the nation’s 1971 independence war against Pakistan, officials said. Mir Quasem Ali, a leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami party,

Australia outlines tough new measures against Islamic State

Australia’s prime minister warned yesterday against fomenting distrust of Muslims as he outlined tougher measures against supporters of the Islamic State movement. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said Australian laws will soon

Southeast Asia | Indonesia screens for Zika as Singapore infections mount

Indonesia is screening travelers from neighboring Singapore for the mosquito-borne Zika virus as the city-state reports a growing number of infections and its first case of a pregnant woman testing

Hawaii hit by strong rain as tropical storm brushes by

Heavy rains hit parts of Hawaii and strong waves pummeled shorelines as a downgraded yet potent Pacific storm passed near the island state. Though Tropical Storm Madeline was no longer a

Hawaii | Hurricane churns toward the Big Island; people stock up, board up

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

Environment | Obama to open conservation tour in Lake Tahoe and Hawaii

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

South Korea says top North Korean official executed

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

Philippines | Duterte ready to defend drug killings with Obama

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

Five-day conference starts today | Myanmar to hold historic peace talks with ethnic armies

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,

New Zealand | 500 cows rustled from farm in unusual case

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

Nepal | Survivors of insurgency fear crimes will go unpunished

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

Media | Watchdog calls out India for failing to protect journalists

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, Australia open talks on maritime border dispute

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

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