India | Once-gleaming Golden Temple dulled by air pollution

The chronic air pollution blanketing much of northern India is now threatening the holiest shrine in the Sikh religion, making the once-gleaming walls of the Golden Temple dingy and dull. There

Australia | Warning issued against travel to Ankara and Istanbul

The Australian government yesterday warned its citizens against traveling to the Turkish cities of Ankara and Istanbul because of the terrorist threat. The heightened travel warnings followed the deaths of more

South Korea | Tough anti-prostitution laws upheld

South Korea’s constitutional court yesterday upheld laws that toughened punishment on prostitutes, pimps and their clients. The Constitutional Court decided to uphold a provision that makes it a criminal offense to

FBI: Man arrested after doing yoga on airplane

A Japan-bound airplane returned to Hawaii because of a violent South Korean passenger who wanted to do yoga instead of sit in his seat, the FBI said. The pilot of the

Myanmar | Democracy takes momentous step with new president

  Myanmar’s slow transition to democracy took a momentous step yesterday as a trusted aide to ruling-party leader Aung Suu Kyi took over as the country’s president, officially ending more than

Vietnam | Court jails three women for waving flags of former South

A Vietnamese court has sentenced three women who held up the flags of the defeated U.S.-backed South Vietnam to up to four years in prison on charges of spreading anti-state

Thailand | Junta chief gives military broad new police-like powers

  Thailand’s junta chief has given the military broad new police-like powers to arrest and detain criminal suspects, in an unannounced move that rights groups criticized yesterday as a recipe for

Mongolia | Thousands rally in Ulaanbaatar over foreign mining concessions

A rare public protest in Mongolia’s capital yesterday drew thousands of demonstrators who criticized foreign mining concessions and demanded action to prop up the tottering economy. More than 2,000 demonstrators in

A look at where journalists face renewed pressure

  In many countries across Asia, governments are growing less tolerant of critical reporting, even arresting journalists and closing media outlets in some cases. In China, authorities recently removed an online

Obama meets leaders as Asia tensions rise

  President Barack Obama will be meeting with Asian leaders in Washington this week as fears grow that long-smoldering tensions on the Korean Peninsula and in the South China Sea risk

Indonesia says 10 citizens held hostage

Indonesia said yesterday that 10 of its citizens are being held hostage in the Philippines after their ship was hijacked in the often-insecure border region between the two countries. The Foreign

Cambodia | Zeal for rubber drives ethnic group from land

For generations, the indigenous Bunong were famous as the elephant keepers and masters of the forests in eastern Cambodia. They called the fertile, rolling hills of their ancestral homeland “meh

US museum returns 10th century Khmer statue

The sandstone Torso of Rama statue, which stands 62 inches high and is missing its head, arms and feet, was formally handed over at a ceremony in Phnom Penh attended

Pakistan | Death toll from Easter bombing reaches 70

  The death toll from a massive suicide bombing targeting Christians gathered on Easter in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore rose to 70 yesterday, underscoring the ability of the militants

Japan | Trouble reaching innovative new space satellite

Japan’s space agency says communication has failed with a newly launched, innovative satellite with X-ray telescopes meant to study black holes and other space mysteries. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency spokeswoman Izumi

Thailand | High-speed Mercedes crash ignites uproar

The dash cam video is jaw-dropping: On a virtually empty stretch of highway, a midsize car is seen traveling in the slow lane. Suddenly, a black Mercedes-Benz zooms into the

Australia: Mozambique debris ‘highly likely’ from Flight 370

Two pieces of debris recently discovered along the coast of Mozambique are “highly likely” to have come from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, Australian and Malaysian officials said yesterday. An analysis

Malaysia | Central bank predicts another year of volatile flows

Malaysia’s central bank said the nation will probably be confronted by another year of volatile capital flows amid uncertainty in the global economy. Monetary policy will be focused on supporting growth

India | Discarded electronics that may poison environment targeted

India is proposing stringent new rules to crack down on waste from discarded electronics that will require those who make and sell the units to be responsible for collecting old

Zebra runs amok in Japanese golf course, dies in lake

Police say the 2-year-old male zebra escaped late Tuesday from a horseback riding club. It had belonged to a farm in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan. By yesterday morning, it had wandered

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