Sakurajima volcano erupts spectacularly

One of Japan’s most active volcanoes, Sakurajima on the southern island of Kyushu, erupted spectacularly Friday evening with a fiery blast that sent lava rolling down its slope. Japanese television showed

Seoul, Tokyo threaten to intercept N. Korean rocket debris

  South Korea and Japan vowed to shoot down any debris that falls on their territories from a long-range rocket that North Korea plans to fire this month, with Seoul saying

Australia | Canberra resists pressure to allow asylum seekers to stay

  Australia is resisting mounting international pressure not to deport child asylum seekers, with a minister warning yesterday that allowing them to stay could attract more refugees to come by boat. Australia’s

South China Sea | Ambassador says US to continue flights, sail-bys

The U.S. ambassador said yesterday joint patrols with the Philippines are possible in the South China Sea, where the United States has asserted its freedom to navigate by sending planes

Philippines | Manila fears new fighting with stalled Muslim autonomy

The Philippine Congress has run out of time under the current president to pass a Muslim autonomy bill that aims to peacefully settle a decades-long Muslim rebellion in the south,

South Korea | Woman raises 200 dogs saved from streets, restaurants

Puppies bark and wag their tails as they follow a gray-haired woman through a hillside compound that shelters more than 200 dogs. “Hey, my babies. Give your mom a kiss,” says

Malaysia | Politician ousted over criticism of prime minister

The son of former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad resigned yesterday as the top leader of a federal state, saying he was ousted because of his criticism of Prime Minister

Australia | Police say school bomb threats coming from overseas

Dozens of schools around Australia have received threats over the past week in what police believe is a hoax being orchestrated overseas. The automated telephone threats, which warn of bombings or

India Art Fair | Ai Weiwei artist imitates photo of Syrian toddler on the beach

Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei has recreated the famous image of a three-year-old Syrian child who drowned in Turkey last year by staging a photo of himself lying face

H-Bomb | North Korea getting better at hiding nuke, rocket tests

  Less than a month after its purported H-bomb test, attention is now focused on whether North Korea is readying a rocket launch. With underground railways, giant tarps and a movable

Senior Chinese official arrives in Pyongyang

China’s point man on North Korea arrived in Pyongyang yesterday amid a flurry of diplomacy over the North’s recent nuclear test. The visit by Wu Dawei, China’s special representative for Korean

Australia | Official says Turnbull is considering an early election

Australia’s prime minister told government colleagues yesterday that an early general election within weeks was “a live option,” an official said. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull alone decides the timing of the

Malaysia | Ex-minister challenges move not to charge Najib

A former Malaysian law minister filed a legal suit yesterday challenging a decision by the country’s attorney general not to prosecute Prime Minister Najib Razak over a financial scandal involving

Thailand | Elephant gores Scottish tourist to death on trek

Police Lt. Rotjanart Kiewjan said the animal threw Gareth Crowe and Eilidh Hughes to the ground during a trek on Monday. The elephant then gored Crowe with his tusk and

Myanmar | Parliament begins new session dominated by Suu Kyi party

Myanmar’s parliament, led for the first time by pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s party, began a historic session yesterday that will install the country’s first democratically elected government in

Singapore | Authorities seize ‘large number’ of bank accounts amid 1MDB probe

“In connection with these investigations, we have sought and are continuing to seek information from several financial institutions, are interviewing various individuals, and have seized a large number of bank

Afghanistan | Violence forces Obama to rethink troop levels

Fifteen years into the war that few Americans talk about any more, conditions in Afghanistan are getting worse, preventing the clean ending that President Barack Obama hoped to impose before

Australia | Driver deliberately killed 17 kangaroos

Seventeen kangaroos have died after being deliberately run down by a driver in Australia, an animal welfare group said yesterday. The carcasses of 16 kangaroos were found yesterday along a 100-meter

Monks delivered via Amazon as role of Japanese temples fade

In Japan, where communal ties to local Buddhist temples are fading, families have in recent years been able to go online to find a Buddhist monk to perform funerals and

David Bowie wanted ashes scattered in Bali

Rock legend David Bowie wanted his ashes scattered in Bali “in accordance with the Buddhist rituals,” and he left most of his estate to his two children and his widow,

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