Australia | New prime minister receives opinion poll boost

Australia's new prime minister received a boost from a respected opinion poll yesterday, but the fallout lingers from a bitter party battle as the leader he ousted has attacked the

Nepal | Gov’t eases curfews though constitution protests persist

Protests against Nepal's new constitution were abating, Nepal said yesterday, just hours after police opened fire on a crowd and injured three in the east of the Himalayan nation. Curfews imposed

India | After outrage, Delhi rethinks draconian social media policy

The Indian government backtracked yesterday on a proposed requirement for all messages sent on social media and mobile chatting apps to be saved for several months as a way of defeating

Philippines | Gunmen abduct 2 Canadians, 1 Filipino from resort off Davao City

Gunmen abducted two Canadians, including a former mining company executive, a Filipino woman and the Norwegian marina manager at an upscale resort complex on a southern Philippine island, sparking an

Thailand | International NY Times blocked over king article

The article, headlined “As Thai king ails, crown’s future unclear,” discussed the declining health of 87-year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej and concerns about the monarchy’s succession. The story, published on the

Offbeat | Road repair crew accidently buries a drunken man in India

Road construction workers in central India killed a man when they accidentally buried him in a pit while repairing a road, police said yesterday. The road repair crew failed to notice

Australia | New PM doesn’t plan constitutional change 

Australia’s new Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull indicated yesterday that he is in no hurry to sever the nation’s constitutional links to Britain by appointing an Australian president as head of state. Turnbull

Philippines | Wanted ex-governor, brother arrested in Thailand for murder

A former Philippine provincial governor and his brother, who are among the country’s most-wanted crime suspects for the 2011 murder of a radio anchor and prominent environmentalist, have been arrested

New Zealand | Kim Dotcom extradition hearing begins

Kim Dotcom and three colleagues face an extradition hearing that began yesterday in an Auckland courtroom. Dotcom is the colorful German-born entrepreneur who started the Internet site Megaupload, which was

Japan | Analysis: Tokyo takes step toward having a ‘normal’ military 

In the wee hours of Saturday morning, Japan took a step toward having a military in line with most armed forces around the world, one that would be able to

Philippines | Head of Filipino sultanate that invaded Malaysian state dies 

The leader of a sultanate in the southern Philippines that staged a 2013 invasion of a bustling Malaysian state and sparked a deadly security crisis has died of kidney failure,

Japan | Legislative committee approves new security bills 

Japan’s ruling party pushed contentious security bills through a legislative committee yesterday, catching the opposition by surprise and causing chaos in the chamber. Opposition lawmakers surged toward the chairman’s seat as

Thailand | Video of navy cadets smashing phones stirs criticism 

When the Thai military says cadets can’t bring phones to training, they mean it. A video clip that has ignited social media in Thailand this week shows what happened to some officers-in-training who

India | Saudi diplomat accused of raping 2 women leaves under immunity

A Saudi Arabian diplomat accused of repeatedly raping and abusing two Nepalese maids has left India under cover of diplomatic immunity, while Nepal on Thursday called for justice for the

Sri Lanka | UN rights chief seeks int’l role in war probe

The U.N.’s top human rights official is urging the creation of a special court to look into atrocities committed during Sri Lanka’s long civil war, which left tens of thousands dead. Zeid Raad al-Hussein

Philippines | Protesters throw paint on US Embassy seal

Riot policemen dispersed dozens of left-wing students, who stormed past a police cordon after dawn yesterday and splattered red paint on the seal of the U.S. Embassy in Manila to protest the

New Zealand | Researchers shoot pigs in the head in blood-spatter study 

An animal rights group said yesterday that New Zealand researchers who secured live pigs to a surgical table and shot them in the head with a pistol as part of a study

Malaysia | Police fire water cannons at Malay pro-Razak supporters

Malaysian police fired water cannons at ethnic Malays who turned unruly yesterday at a rally to uphold Malay dominance and support Prime Minister Najib Razak’s government, following calls for Najib

Japan | Panel to vote on military bills amid protests 

Opposition lawmakers and thousands of demonstrators were staging last-ditch protests in a political showdown yesterday as Japan’s ruling party started a final push to pass security legislation to expand the

Australia | New PM Turnbull sworn in, says gov’t remains strong

Australia’s turbulent political world took another twist yesterday with Malcolm Turnbull sworn in as prime minister — the nation’s fourth leader in little more than two years — after he

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