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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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’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
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
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
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
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