Asia-Pacific leaders called yesterday for governments to urgently increase cooperation in the fight against terrorism as they wrapped up annual talks haunted by the Paris attacks. “Under the shadow cast by
He’s younger than the next youngest leader by six years and nearly a full generation behind the 60-year-old average age of his Pacific Rim peers. Newly elected Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, 43,
She has a soft spot for Duffy the Disney Bear and her favorite food is chocolate. She does her homework before dinner but really loves skateboarding, playing video games and
An Australian court fined a Japanese whaling company 1 million Australian dollars (USD700,000) yesterday for violating a court order that it stop hunting whales in an area off Antarctica. Federal Court
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has asked Philippine authorities to punish kidnappers who reportedly beheaded a Malaysian man in the southern Philippines, saying he and his people were “shocked and sickened” by the
North Korea and the United Nations both confirmed Tuesday that discussions are under way for what would be the first visit to the reclusive north Asian country by a U.N. human rights
Bangladesh’s Supreme Court yesterday upheld death sentences given to two influential opposition leaders who were convicted of war crimes during the country’s 1971 independence war against Pakistan. A special war crimes
Asia-Pacific leaders are voicing outrage over the attacks in Paris as security and geopolitical concerns overshadow talks on trade and the economy at an annual regional summit being held under
The Japanese government took the local government in Okinawa to court yesterday, launching a legal battle in their longstanding dispute over the planned relocation of a U.S. military air base
Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy was stripped of his lawmaker status and parliamentary immunity yesterday, paving the way for his arrest in connection with a defamation case that the opposition
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will visit Pyongyang this week for a possible meeting with leader Kim Jong Un, a South Korean news report said. The possible trip comes six months after Pyongyang at
The widow of a notorious Australian Islamic State militant pleaded guilty in a Sydney court yesterday to supporting her husband’s fighting in Syria. Sydney-born jihadi Mohamed Elomar was killed in an
Myanmar’s president vowed yesterday to abide by the law to ensure a smooth transition to a new government next year, after his ruling party was trounced in the Nov. 8 general
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi lunched with Queen Elizabeth II and rallied thousands of cheering supporters on the second day of his high-profile official visit to Britain, as royal officials
A Cambodian court yesterday ordered the arrest of opposition leader Sam Rainsy in connection with a 7-year-old defamation case, and his party accused Prime Minister Hun Sen of being behind
South Korea is planning to release a five-year plan in December with the aim of increasing the country’s low birth rate. As part of this plan, the government intends to
U.S. House of Representatives Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has led a delegation on a rare trip by foreign politicians to Tibet, during a visit to China that included meetings with officials in
South Korea’s top court yesterday upheld a life sentence for the captain of a ferry that sank last year, killing more than 300 people, most of them teenagers on a school trip. The
Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s opposition party was on the verge of a formal victory yesterday, as continuing results from Myanmar’s historic polls pointed to a landslide win for the pro-democracy
Myanmar’s transition to greater democracy after decades of military rule surged ahead yesterday as opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s party continued its election sweep and the government promised a peaceful
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