Large metal chunk investigated after washing onto Thai beach

A large chunk of metal that could be from an aircraft washed ashore in southern Thailand, but Malaysian authorities yesterday cautioned against speculation of a link to a Malaysia Airlines flight

Vietnam | PM nominated to panel in key move to seek leadership

Supporters of Vietnam’s prime minister have nominated him for a key Communist Party panel, a necessary step to contesting the post of the party chief, in a last-minute maneuver to

In Asia, Kerry to focus on maritime disputes, N.Korea nukes

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is pressing for peaceful resolutions to increasingly tense maritime disputes in Asia and urging China to take a firmer stand on North Korea’s nuclear

Philippines | Miss Universe winner says next dream is to be a Bond girl

The reigning Miss Universe has her eyes set on her next big dream: being a Bond girl. Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach returned home to the Philippines for the first time since

Vietnam | Communists meet in secrecy to pick nation’s leaders

  Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party began an eight-day congress yesterday that starts an orchestrated transfer of power to new leaders who will face myriad challenges including economic reforms, corruption and maritime

Thailand | Authorities arrest students opposed to military rule

Authorities in Thailand have arrested members of a student group opposed to military rule, including one snatched off the street at night and bundled into a vehicle, in the latest

Taliban kill 20 in attack at northwest Pakistani university

Taliban gunmen stormed a university in northwestern Pakistan yesterday, killing at least 20 people and triggering an hours-long gunbattle with the army and police before the military declared the assault

Japan Economy Minister Amari to explain graft claims

Japanese Economy Minister Akira Amari said he would provide an explanation about allegations of financial impropriety to be published in a tabloid magazine article today. “I want to thoroughly investigate the

North Korea | US piles pressure on Beijing to help with sanctions

A senior U.S. diplomat stepped up pressure on China yesterday to play a leading role in punishing North Korea for its recent nuclear test that raised worries about advancements in

Vietnam warns over oil rig activities

Vietnam said China has moved an oil rig into disputed waters in the South China Sea in a move that could result in a repeat the 2014 stand-off between the

India | Suicide of student triggers protests in Hyderabad

Shouting slogans and holding placards, hundreds of students yesterday angrily protested the death of an Indian student who, along with four others, was barred from using some facilities at his

Pakistan | Suicide bomber targeting police kills 11

A suicide bomber riding a motorcycle struck a crowded police checkpoint on the outskirts of the Pakistani city of Peshawar yesterday, killing 11 people in an attack claimed by the

Afghanistan | Afghan woman has nose cut off by husband

A young woman in a remote northern region of Afghanistan had her nose cut off by her husband, officials in the region said yesterday. Fawzia Salimi, a hospital director in Maymana,

Police shoot man dead at Sydney police station

Police shot dead a man armed with a knife in a Sydney police station yesterday, an official said. The man was shot once by a police sergeant with 24 years of experience during a

Australia | Children of Australians abducted in Africa plea to captors

The family of an Australian doctor and his wife abducted in Burkina Faso urged the kidnappers yesterday to release the couple so that they can continue their life-saving charity work in

Afghanistan | Latest round of four-country talks to end war begin

Representatives of four countries gathered amid tight security in the Afghan capital Kabul yesterday for a second round of talks aimed at bringing an end to Afghanistan’s 15-year war with

Koreas | Seoul: North has sent one million propaganda leaflets

North Korea has launched an estimated one million propaganda leaflets by balloon into South Korea amid increased tension between the rivals following the North’s recent nuclear test, Seoul officials said

Indonesia | Rescuing Borneo’s threatened orangutans

In a dense strip of peat swamp jungle along the banks of Mangkutub River in the heart of Borneo, a conservationist aims his tranquilizer rifle at an orangutan high in

New Zealand | All 60 aboard tourist boat rescued from fire

All 60 people forced overboard after their tourist boat caught fire yesterday off the coast of New Zealand have been rescued, according to authorities. Police spokeswoman Kim Perks said the fire

Bangladesh | Five radical Islamists jailed in Bangladesh over 2005 blasts

A court in Bangladesh sentenced five alleged radical Islamists to 10 years in jail yesterday after finding them guilty of carrying out a series of explosions in 2005 to demand

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