Deadly north India protests lead to New Delhi water shortage

As thousands of members of an underprivileged community in northern India continue to protest to demand government benefits, the more than 16 million people in India’s capital are facing a

India | Air travel booms in the country, strains creaky infrastructure

  Lightson Ngashangva still remembers the long train journeys followed by interminable bus rides each summer when he went home from New Delhi to his village in India’s remote northeast. Now, when

Seoul’s spy service says North Korea is preparing attacks

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un recently ordered preparations for launching “terror” attacks on South Koreans, a top Seoul official said yesterday, as worries about the North grow after its

Pakistan | Women risking all to fight for their rights

Kainat Soomro was 13 years old and on her way to buy a toy for her newborn niece when three men kidnapped her, held her for several days and repeatedly

Australia | Film company asks court to block download site

Entertainment company Village Roadshow asked an Australian court yesterday to order Internet service providers to block access to a website that allows users to download films and TV shows for

Myanmar | Insurgents fight on despite advent of democracy

On a freshly scarred battlefield, a diehard rebel army is facing off at gunfire range against a military that for decades has imposed iron-fisted rule over this Southeast Asian nation.

Indonesia | Muslim leaders reject support for any LGBT groups

Indonesia’s most influential Muslim leaders said yesterday they reject all promotion and support for lesbian and gay groups and encouraged the government to make gay sex and the promotion of

US stealth jets fly over S. Korea amid N. Korea standoff

Four of the most advanced U.S. fighter jets flew over South Korea yesterday in a clear show of force against North Korea, a day after South Korea’s president warned of

A new prize in Nevada caucuses: the Asian-American vote

  As Democrats Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders compete for every vote before Saturday’s Nevada caucuses, they are looking for support among members of the nation’s fastest-growing ethnic group. Asian-Americans comprise

USA-ASEAN | Obama wraps up summit with Southeast Asian leaders

President Barack Obama and leaders of Southeast Asian nations are wrapping up a two-day summit conceived to show U.S. seriousness about staying engaged and keeping a high profile in a

South Korea’s president warns of North’s collapse

  South Korea’s president warned yesterday that rival North Korea faces collapse if it doesn’t abandon its nuclear bomb program, an unusually strong broadside that will likely infuriate Pyongyang. President Park Geun-hye,

Facing new sanction threats, North Koreans defiant as ever

The United States and Japan have already announced plans for new sanctions over North Korea’s recent nuclear test and rocket launch, and the U.N. Security Council is likely to deliver

Australia | Police seize USD900 million in methylamphetamine

Australian law enforcement agencies have seized methylamphetamine worth 1.26 billion Australian dollars (USD900 million) in the country’s largest-ever haul of the illicit drug in its liquid form, officials said yesterday. Four

Philippines | Gov’t to sell Marcos jewelry valued at USD21 million

The hoard was seized when Marcos and his family fled to Hawaii in 1986 following a popular revolt that ended his two decades in power. They include a 25-carat, barrel-shaped

Obama faces challenge in forging front vs. China sea actions

With the symbolic handshakes and unity photo-op, President Barack Obama’s high-profile summit with Southeast Asian leaders in California this week aims to step up pressure against China’s increasingly worrisome behavior

New Zealand | Magnitude-5.8 quake shakes Christchurch

A magnitude-5.8 earthquake shook the New Zealand city of Christchurch yesterday but there were no immediate reports of serious damage, nearly five years after a deadly, more powerful quake destroyed much of

North Korea orders military takeover of inter-Korean factory

North Korea yesterday ordered a military takeover of a factory park that was the last major symbol of cooperation with South Korea, saying Seoul’s suspension of operations at the jointly run facility was

Sri Lanka’s Tamil leaders call for UN help on 4,000 missing

  Sri Lanka’s ethnic Tamil leaders yesterday asked the top U.N. human rights official to help determine the fate of more than 4,000 civilians reported missing in the country’s long civil

N. Korea praises rocket; others view as covert missile test

  For North Korea’s propaganda machine, the long-range rocket launch yesterday carved a glorious trail of “fascinating vapor” through the clear blue sky. For South Korea’s president, and other world leaders,

Japan may change temple map icon to avoid Nazi confusion

  As Japan gears up to host the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and caters to a surging influx of foreign visitors, the country faces a cultural dilemma: Should it stop identifying Buddhist

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