Japan | Mothers, students join protests over security bills

Mothers holding their children’s hands stood in the sprinkling rain, some carrying anti-war placards, while students chanted slogans to the beat of a drum against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and

Malaysia | Najib vows not to quit as country marks National Day

Malaysia’s prime minister vowed he would not quit over a USD700-million financial scandal, and accused protesters of showing “poor national spirit” by holding a massive rally to demand his resignation

Thailand | Police arrest foreigner, find passports in Bangkok bomb case

Thai authorities arrested a foreign man they said had been holed up in a suburban apartment with bomb-making equipment and stacks of passports, the first possible breakthrough in the deadly

Malaysia | Huge rally for Najib’s resignation enters 2nd day

Big crowds of protesters returned to the streets of Kuala Lumpur yesterday to demand the resignation of Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak over a financial scandal, after the first day

Philippines | Forbes: Mall tycoon Henry Sy tops rich list

Property, retail and banking tycoon Henry Sy whose conglomerate owns the chain of SM Supermalls in his country and China has retained the title of the Philippines’ richest person for the

Thailand | Court issues warrant for suspect in second bomb blast

A Thai court yesterday issued an arrest warrant for an unnamed suspect in a riverside blast that occurred a day after the bombing of a shrine in central Bangkok which

Japan | After Clinton, US Ambassador Kennedy used private email

Senior staff at the U.S. Embassy to Japan, including Ambassador Caroline Kennedy, have used personal email accounts for official business, an internal investigator said in a report Tuesday (yesterday, Macau time).

Thailand | Authorities destroy more than 2 tons of illegal ivory

Thai authorities destroyed more than 2 tons of seized and smuggled ivory yesterday, in the latest move by the government to avoid possible economic sanctions over a perceived failure to

India | Fresh communal clashes erupt over caste protest

Fresh communal clashes erupted in western India yesterday as police and paramilitary forces tried to quell riots led by members of a farming caste demanding government benefits. Authorities imposed a curfew Tuesday night

Afghanistan | NATO: Men in Afghan uniforms kill 2 foreign troops at base 

Two men wearing Afghan security force uniforms opened fire yesterday inside a military base in southern Afghanistan, killing two NATO service members before being shot dead themselves, the international force

Koreas | Seoul halts propaganda broadcasts as rivals reach deal

After more than 40 hours of talks, North and South Korea pulled back from the brink yesterday with an accord that allows both sides to save face and, for the

Singapore | Gov’t to hold election Sept. 11 in test of ruling party

Singapore will hold a general election on Sept. 11, the government announced yesterday, in what is expected to be a tight contest for the ruling party, which has dominated politics in the

Thailand | Bangkok blast probe hindered by broken security cameras

Up to 75 percent of the security cameras were broken along the getaway path taken by the main suspect in last week’s deadly Bangkok bombing, Thailand’s police chief said yesterday,

Japan | Gov’t says Abe will not attend military parade in China

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will not attend a military parade in China next week to commemorate the end of World War II, the government’s top spokesman said yesterday. Chief Cabinet

Koreas | Frustration mounts as talks between rivals drag on

South Korea’s president yesterday vowed a hard line as marathon negotiations by senior officials from the Koreas stretched into a third day in an attempt to defuse a crisis that had the rivals threatening

Koreas | Rivals restart talks, pull back from brink – for now

For the moment, North and South Korea have pulled back from the brink and yesterday resumed a second round of talks that temporarily pushed aside vows of imminent war on

Thailand | Police fear Bangkok bombing suspect may have fled

Despite new surveillance video that may offer a possible clue to the bombing in central Bangkok that killed 20 people, Thai police said yesterday that the perpetrators may have already

Malaysia | Authorities find 24 more bodies of human trafficking victims

Authorities said in May that they had discovered 139 suspected graves in abandoned jungle camps in the northern Malaysian state of Perlis, a remote area bordering Thailand that trafficking syndicates

Afghanistan | Car bombing kills at least 12, including 3 Americans

A suicide car bomber attacked a NATO convoy traveling through a crowded neighborhood in Afghanistan’s capital Saturday, killing at least 12 people, including three American civilian contractors for the international military force,

Security | New tools, new complications in fight to keep cities safe

For generations, the world’s cities have struggled to keep themselves safe. “Wall Street Explosion Kills 30; Injures 300,” The New York Times’ front page proclaimed after a bomb ripped through New York City’s financial district. “Red

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