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Macau,
North Korea, one of the last bastions of free, unhindered smoking, a country where just about every adult male can and does light up almost anywhere he pleases and where
Vote counting resumed yesterday in Australia’s dramatically close national election, three days after the contest failed to deliver an immediate winner and left the nation’s leadership in doubt. But with officials warning
A New Zealand couple said they found a cloth bundle containing a severed head while strolling along a popular Fiji beach in what has become the latest gruesome discovery in a murder
The bodies of the seven Japanese killed in a militant attack in Bangladesh returned to home yesterday as investigators in Dhaka searched for clues about the possible masterminds behind the gruesome
Parveen Rafiq screamed from her rooftop, “I have killed my daughter. I have saved my honor. She will never shame me again.” In the room below lay the charred body of
Philippine police have seized about 180 kilograms of high-grade methamphetamine worth 900 million pesos (USD19.2 million), officials said yesterday, in a major haul for the government of new President Rodrigo
Bangladesh’s prime minister yesterday visited a stadium where the bodies of the victims from the weekend attack in Bangladesh’s capital were taken, as security officials search for evidence and the
The young men had been missing for months. Their families sensed something was wrong. Some had come from privileged backgrounds, had grown up loved and were educated in top schools.
The U.S. military is concerned about a series of attacks and abductions of tugboat crewmen by Abu Sayyaf extremists in Southeast Asian waters and is willing to lend a hand
Australia’s era of political chaos continued on Saturday, with a general election failing to deliver an immediate victor and raising the prospect of a hung parliament. Hours after the polls closed,
The hostages were given a test: recite verses from the Quran, or be punished, according to a witness. Those who passed were allowed to eat. Those who failed were tortured
Rodrigo Duterte was sworn yesterday as president of the Philippines, with many hoping his maverick style will energize the country but others fearing he could undercut one of Asia’s liveliest
The opposition Mongolian People’s Party (MPP) has won a decisive victory in parliamentary elections in the landlocked nation where a fall in commodity prices has sent the economy into a
A court in southern Vietnam has sentenced an Australian citizen to death for heroin trafficking. Tuoi Tre newspaper said Nguyen Thi Huong, 73, was convicted of trafficking 3.5 pounds of heroin
The bodies of dozens of suspected drug peddlers have turned up in the Philippines in recent weeks, providing an eerie backdrop to the swearing-in today of Rodrigo Duterte, who has
Australia’s opposition leader yesterday explained his shift on gay marriage, which will be a key issue in this weekend’s elections. The center-left Labor Party opposes the conservative government’s plan to hold a plebiscite
Mongolians vote in parliamentary elections today with sentiment weighed by a sharp downturn in the landlocked Asian nation’s crucial mining sector, rising unemployment and political disillusionment. The Democratic Party could lose
Tests have confirmed that a wooden boat found buried in a dry riverbed near Cambodia’s famous Angkor Wat temple complex is from the early 13th century, an official at the agency overseeing
South Korea’s government lowered growth outlook for Asia’s fourth-largest economy and planned a supplementary budget for a second year in a row as the global economy faces heightened uncertainty. The Finance Ministry said
An Indonesian court decided yesterday to proceed with the trial of a former resident of Australia accused of murdering a friend by lacing her coffee with cyanide. The 27-year-old defendant, Jessica
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