The sound of sirens pierced the night, waking residents in a normally quiet, semi-rural neighborhood outside of Tokyo. Some thought it may be an accident, or perhaps a resident at
For two years and more, it has been a lost ship, a metal container carrying 239 souls that simply disappeared one late Asian night never to be seen again. And
Australia’s prime minister ordered a sweeping investigation yesterday into alleged abuse at a juvenile detention center after video emerged of Aboriginal teens being tear-gassed, stripped naked and shackled to a chair. Prime
Police in Bangladesh’s capital raided a five-story building yesterday that was used as a den by suspected Islamic militants, killing nine of them, the country’s police chief said. Authorities were investigating to see
Election officials in northern Thailand think they can buy off a gang of monkey vandals with fresh fruit and vegetables, after about 100 macaques tore up voter lists publicly posted
The Indian government said Sunday that Pakistan should stop provoking unrest in the Indian-controlled portion of the disputed Kashmir region, appealing for calm and restraint by people and government forces
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declared a unilateral ceasefire with communist guerrillas effectively immediately yesterday and asked the rebels to do the same to end decades of deadly violence and foster
Japan posted a better-than-expected trade surplus in June, as imports fell nearly 19 percent, outpacing a more modest decline in exports. The customs data released yesterday showed a 692.8 billion yen (USD6.5
Tran Dai Quang was sworn in as Vietnam’s president for the second time in four months after being re-elected yesterday by the country’s rubber-stamp National Assembly. Quang, who was first elected
China expanded efforts to steady the currency markets, with the central bank adding verbal support to the exchange rate after a week that saw it slip past a key level
Singapore, the city notorious for its fanatical devotion to food, has joined the Michelin fold. The tiremaker and publisher handed out its top accolade to just one establishment on Thursday —
The U.S. envoy on combating human trafficking will visit Malaysia this week, an official said Friday, amid complaints that the Southeast Asian nation has failed to investigate properly alleged official complicity over mass
India’s government has refused to renew the visas for three Chinese journalists working for China’s official Xinhua News Agency, an official said yesterday, meaning they will have to leave the
Afghanistan marked a national day of mourning yesterday, a day after at least 80 people were killed by a suicide bomber attack on a peaceful demonstration. The attack was claimed by
The “Pokemon Go” craze has yet to hit Japan, but reports of robberies, traffic accidents and other mishaps abroad already have the government worried. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said yesterday that
A flight from Sydney to Thailand was diverted to Indonesia to offload a group of drunken Australian traveling companions who started throwing punches at each other, officials said yesterday. Jetstar Flight 27 was
The oceanographer whose calculations helped an American adventurer find potential debris from Flight 370 said yesterday that the Malaysia Airlines jetliner could have crashed slightly north of the current search area. Adventurer
Bangladesh’s High Court yesterday sentenced a son of the country’s top opposition leader to seven years in jail in a money laundering case, overturning an acquittal by a lower court. Tarique
North Korea said yesterday it test-fired ballistic rockets as part of a simulated pre-emptive attack on ports and airfields inSouth Korea, in a likely reference to the three missile launches that Seoul says
Japan’s largest mobile phone carriers are poised to report the highest quarterly profit in at least a decade, a rare bright spot as aggregate earnings at the nation’s largest companies
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