After H-bomb test, N. Korea wants to focus on economy

After ringing in the new year with claims of its first successful hydrogen bomb test, North Korea is now calling on the United States and the world community to accept

Indonesia | Police say one man killed in Jakarta was civilian, not bomber

One of the eight men killed in an audacious attack by Muslim militants in the heart of Indonesia’s capital was a civilian and not one of the bombers as first

Indonesia | IS claims Jakarta attacks that left 5 gunmen, 2 others dead

Attackers set off suicide bombs and exchanged gunfire outside a Starbucks cafe in Indonesia’s capital in a brazen assault yesterday that police said “imitated” the recent Paris attacks. Backers of the Islamic

Brazen attacks in Jakarta leave 5 gunmen, 2 others dead

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Attackers set off explosions at a Starbucks cafe in a bustling shopping area in Indonesia's capital and waged gunbattles with police today (Thursday), leaving bodies in

Seoul fires warning shots after drone seen

South Korea yesterday fired 20 machine gun warning shots after a North Korean drone briefly crossed the rivals’ border, officials said, the first shots fired in a Cold War-style standoff

S. Korea leader calls for China help to punish the North

  South Korea’s president yesterday urged North Korea’s only major ally, China, to help punish Pyongyang’s recent nuclear test with the strongest possible international sanctions. Park Geun-hye’s comments came as Seoul said

Vietnam dismisses Chinese accounts of test flights

Vietnam has dismissed China’s accounts of its test flights to an island in disputed waters, saying it received no prior information as claimed by a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman. China Foreign

Pakistan | Suicide attack on polio center kills 15

A suicide attack on a polio vaccination center in southwestern Pakistan yesterday killed 15 people, mainly police who had gathered to escort health workers, who have been repeatedly targeted in

MH370 | Ocean search for Malaysian airliner finds second shipwreck, but no plane

The undersea search for the Malaysian airliner that vanished almost two years ago has found a second 19th century shipwreck deep in the Indian Ocean off the west Australian coast,

Australia | Woman in stable condition after crocodile attack

A woman was in stable condition at a hospital after she was attacked by a crocodile yesterday on Australia’s northwest coast, officials said. The woman, in her 70s, was attacked in

South Korea | Samsung reaches partial agreement with sick workers

Samsung Electronics reached a partial agreement on workplace safety with sickened workers and their families, nearly a decade after the death of a 22-year-old chip worker from leukemia galvanized concern

India | More than 80 whales wash ashore on southern coast

More than 80 whales have washed ashore on India’s southern coast, officials said yesterday. The short-finned pilot whales began washing up on beaches Monday evening, said M. Ravi Kumar, the top

House moves on North Korea sanctions bill after bomb test

The U.S. House of Representatives House pushed ahead on legislation that seeks to punish North Korea for its latest nuclear test by expanding sanctions on Pyongyang, a move with strong

Myanmar | Suu Kyi takes part in talks to boost cease-fire

Aung San Suu Kyi, whose pro-democracy party will take over power in Myanmar from a pro-military government in coming months, yesterday participated for the first time in official talks to

Koreas | Kim’s nuke test proves gift of sorts for president Park

North Korea’s nuclear test has provoked global outrage, a push for sanctions, even fear. But Kim Jong Un’s decision to conduct it has also handed a gift of sorts to

Australia | Firefighters controlling blazes that killed 2

The blazes had scorched more than 71,150 hectares of farms and woodland south of Perth, the Western Australia state capital, since they were sparked by lightning strikes last Wednesday, the

Powerful US bomber flies over S. Korea as standoff deepens

  A powerful U.S. B-52 bomber flew low over South Korea yesterday, a clear show of force from the United States as a Cold War-style standoff deepened between its ally Seoul

Huge Catholic parade held under heavy security in Manila

More than a million Filipino Roman Catholic devotees jammed Manila’s streets Saturday for an annual procession of a centuries-old statue of Christ that was held under extra heavy security following

Pakistan to present list of Taliban open to peace talks

Pakistan will present a list of Taliban willing to negotiate with Kabul at a four-nation meeting this week aimed at reviving the Afghan peace process, an Afghan official said yesterday.

China flies 2 commercial jets to man-made island

A pair of Chinese civilian jet airliners landed at a newly created island in a disputed section of the South China Sea in a test to see whether its airstrip

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