Philippines | Troops battle militants in south, at least 9 dead

Officials say Philippine troops have clashed with about 100 Abu Sayyaf gunmen suspected of plotting attacks on New Year’s Eve, leaving eight militants and one soldier dead. Regional military spokesman Maj.

Relief, anger, indifference over SKorea-Japan sex slave deal

A day after trumpeting an “irreversible” settlement of a decades-long standoff over Korean women forced into sexual slavery by Japan’s WWII military, there’s relief among South Korean and Japanese diplomats,

Myanmar | Protests grow against Thai beach murder verdict

Hundreds of people in Myanmar have staged a fifth day of protests against death sentences issued by a Thai court to two Myanmar men convicted of murdering a pair of

Japan, wary of outsiders, keeps doors closed to refugees

For Mohammed, the perils of staying in Damascus crystalized when a sniper’s bullet whizzed past his head while he and his cousins were on his rooftop, watching the Syrian air

SK, Japan settle deal on wartime Korean sex slaves

The foreign ministers of South Korea and Japan yesterday reached a deal meant to resolve a decades-long impasse over Korean women forced into Japanese military-run brothels during World War II,

India | Cow dung patties selling like hot cakes online

Like consumers around the globe, Indians are flocking to the online marketplace in droves these days. But there’s one unusual item flying off the virtual shelves: Online retailers say cow

Terrorism | 14 killed in Muslim rebel attacks in southern Philippines

Christmas attacks by Muslim rebels in Christian villages in the southern Philippines left at least 14 people dead and may have been partly influenced by the notoriety of the Islamic State group,

Indonesia | Police arrest 2 more suspected militants

Indonesian police said they have arrested two more suspected militants including a member of China’s ethnic Uighur minority who was allegedly preparing to be a suicide bomber. National Police spokesman Maj.

Environment | Plan to clean New Delhi’s air may fizzle as auto rules eased

The Indian capital, gasping and choking under record-high air pollution, announced a grand plan to clean its air. But that plan seems to be fizzling before it starts. Arvind Kejriwal, the

New Zealand | Judge rules Kim Dotcom can be extradited to US

A New Zealand judge ruled yesterday that colorful Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom and three of his colleagues can be extradited to the United States to face criminal copyright charges. Dotcom’s lawyers

Rugged, stylish Akubra hat a symbol of Australia

The image is seared into Australian lore: Under a hot desert sun, a mounted soldier pours the last of his water into his slouch hat to share with his best

Australia | Gov’t deports French man found with extremist material

A French national carrying extremist material was detained at an Australian airport and subsequently deported two days after the deadly attacks in Paris, Australia’s immigration minister said Wednesday. The man, who

Thai government says it’s not ignoring shrimp sheds slavery

Thailand’s government said yesterday it is not ignoring the slavery and forced labor in its lucrative shrimp industry that was highlighted in an Associated Press investigation published last week. Government spokesman

Indonesia | 80 missing, 3 dead as big waves sink boat

Rescuers have pulled out 39 survivors and three dead from a passenger boat that sank in central Indonesia after being buffeted by high waves, and resumed efforts yesterday to reach scores of

Court ruling is latest setback for Japan’s working women

A Supreme Court decision in Japan this week, widely viewed as a setback for women’s rights and a victory for conservative family values, upheld a 19th-century law that requires married

Japan | US ambassador Kennedy defends Okinawa base plan

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy defended on Thursday a controversial proposal to relocate a U.S. Marine Corps base on Okinawa in southern Japan as the best of many options

South Korea | Seoul court acquits Japanese reporter of defamation

A Seoul court yesterday acquitted a Japanese reporter of defaming South Korea’s president by reporting that she was spending time with a man during a deadly ferry disaster last year. The

Wetland loss, development put Kashmir bird migration at risk

The cackle and cry of Kashmir’s annual bird migration has long been a welcome ruckus for those living in the Indian-controlled Himalayan territory. It signals the summer’s end, the coming

Pakistan | Viral videos show army power after child slaughter

Hundreds of students, some who look as young as six years old, pump their fists in unison on the Pakistan school grounds where Taliban gunmen massacred 134 of their classmates

North Korea | Supreme Court sentences Canadian pastor to life in prison

  North Korea’s Supreme Court sentenced a Canadian pastor to life in prison with hard labor yesterday for what it called crimes against the state. Hyeon Soo Lim, who pastors the Light Korean

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