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

South Korea | Rival Koreas trade artillery, rocket fire at border

South Korea fired dozens of shells yesterday at rival North Korea after the North lobbed a single rocket round at a South Korean town near the world’s most heavily armed

Congestion | Asia’s ‘infrastructure gap’ threatens to hamper growth

Looking out at bumper-to-bumper Monday morning traffic crawling along the Philippine capital’s main avenue, taxi driver Ranilo Banez shook his head in frustration. Congestion has gotten so bad as the economy

Thailand | Police chief says Bangkok bombing carried out by ‘a network’

Thailand’s national police chief said yesterday that a deadly bombing at a central Bangkok shrine was carried out by “a network,” as police released a sketch of the man they

Thailand | Man in yellow shirt is Bangkok bomber

Thai police said yesterday investigators believe a man seen in security video wearing a yellow T-shirt and carrying a backpack set off the explosion at a central Bangkok shrine that

Indonesia | Official says missing plane ‘totally destroyed’

An Indonesian passenger plane that went missing two days ago was destroyed when it slammed into a mountain, killing all 54 people on board, the country’s top rescue official said. More

Myanmar | Suu Kyi allies with beleaguered speaker Shwe Mann

Myanmar’s parliament reopened yesterday for its final session before November’s national elections, with the spotlight on the influential speaker — who was violently ousted just days ago as head of the

Aviation | Indian airline makes huge order for 250 Airbus jets

Indian budget airline IndiGo finalized an exceptionally large order for 250 single-aisle Airbus A320neo jets yesterday to keep up with rapid growth in the country’s air travel. IndiGo, India’s largest domestic

Sri Lanka | In elections, focus is on former strongman

Sri Lankans voted in parliamentary elections yesterday that will decide the political future of a former strongman leader seeking a comeback eight months after being unseated in a shocking election

Australia | Rebel lawmaker introduces gay marriage bill

A maverick lawmaker broke from conservative government ranks yesterday to introduce legislation that would legalize gay marriage in Australia as a new opinion poll confirmed that most Australians support such a reform. Warren

Indonesia | Vanished plane debris sighted, half-million in gov’t cash aboard

A passenger plane with 54 people on board that crashed in the mountains of eastern Indonesia was carrying nearly half a million dollars in government cash for poor families to

Bangladesh | 13 in to face charges for killing teenager

Detective Branch Inspector Suranjit Talukdar on Sunday sent the charges to a court in Sylhet city involving the case of Samiul Islam Rajon, who died of internal bleeding. The attackers

Facebook page offering to overseas Filipino workers denounced as online scam

  APhilippine government agency, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), has warned Filipino employees in Hong Kong and Macau of an online scam using the agency’s name to solicit money in

Indonesia | Airliner with 54 aboard goes missing in Papua

An airliner carrying 54 people went missing yesterday during a short flight in bad weather in Indonesia’s mountainous easternmost province of Papua, and rescuers were heading to an area where villagers reported

Japan | Emperor offers ‘remorse’ on WWII surrender anniversary

Emperor Akihito expressed rare “deep remorse” over his country’s wartime actions in an address Saturday marking the 70th anniversary of Japan’s World War II surrender, a day after the prime

Gender gap | Sushi showdown: Women challenge one of Japan’s male bastions

Some jobs in Japan, a nation known for its poor record on gender equality, have been off limits to women for ages. The sushi counter, for one. Sushi is emblematic of

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