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Macau,
A train smashed into a double-decker bus carrying Thai tourists at an unguarded railway crossing in central Thailand yesterday, with local media reporting that three people were killed and more
Australia has been alerted to suspected debris from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 found in the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius, a spokesman for the transport safety investigator said,
Police in the Maldives used tear gas and pepper spray yesterday to break up a protest by journalists and activists accusing the government of stifling press freedom, arresting 11 of
Indian police said Saturday that they are investigating possible murder charges against 10 construction company employees who have been either arrested or detained in connection with the collapse of an
The chronic air pollution blanketing much of northern India is now threatening the holiest shrine in the Sikh religion, making the once-gleaming walls of the Golden Temple dingy and dull. There
The Australian government yesterday warned its citizens against traveling to the Turkish cities of Ankara and Istanbul because of the terrorist threat. The heightened travel warnings followed the deaths of more
South Korea’s constitutional court yesterday upheld laws that toughened punishment on prostitutes, pimps and their clients. The Constitutional Court decided to uphold a provision that makes it a criminal offense to
A Japan-bound airplane returned to Hawaii because of a violent South Korean passenger who wanted to do yoga instead of sit in his seat, the FBI said. The pilot of the
Myanmar’s slow transition to democracy took a momentous step yesterday as a trusted aide to ruling-party leader Aung Suu Kyi took over as the country’s president, officially ending more than
A Vietnamese court has sentenced three women who held up the flags of the defeated U.S.-backed South Vietnam to up to four years in prison on charges of spreading anti-state
Thailand’s junta chief has given the military broad new police-like powers to arrest and detain criminal suspects, in an unannounced move that rights groups criticized yesterday as a recipe for
A rare public protest in Mongolia’s capital yesterday drew thousands of demonstrators who criticized foreign mining concessions and demanded action to prop up the tottering economy. More than 2,000 demonstrators in
In many countries across Asia, governments are growing less tolerant of critical reporting, even arresting journalists and closing media outlets in some cases. In China, authorities recently removed an online
President Barack Obama will be meeting with Asian leaders in Washington this week as fears grow that long-smoldering tensions on the Korean Peninsula and in the South China Sea risk
Indonesia said yesterday that 10 of its citizens are being held hostage in the Philippines after their ship was hijacked in the often-insecure border region between the two countries. The Foreign
For generations, the indigenous Bunong were famous as the elephant keepers and masters of the forests in eastern Cambodia. They called the fertile, rolling hills of their ancestral homeland “meh
The sandstone Torso of Rama statue, which stands 62 inches high and is missing its head, arms and feet, was formally handed over at a ceremony in Phnom Penh attended
The death toll from a massive suicide bombing targeting Christians gathered on Easter in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore rose to 70 yesterday, underscoring the ability of the militants
Japan’s space agency says communication has failed with a newly launched, innovative satellite with X-ray telescopes meant to study black holes and other space mysteries. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency spokeswoman Izumi
The dash cam video is jaw-dropping: On a virtually empty stretch of highway, a midsize car is seen traveling in the slow lane. Suddenly, a black Mercedes-Benz zooms into the
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