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
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
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
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
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
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’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
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
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
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 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,
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
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
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
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
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 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 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
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,
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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