Japan | Tokyo sues Okinawa in US base relocation dispute

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

Cambodia | Authorities poised to arrest opposition leader; violence feared

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

North Korea | UN chief to visit Pyongyang this week

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

Australia | Widow admits supporting IS husband in Syria

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 | Junta says transition of power will be smooth

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

India | Modi meets queen, rallies fans on UK trip

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

Cambodia Court orders arrest of opposition leader Sam Rainsy

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

Third-lowest after Hong Kong and Macau | Korea steps up efforts to tackle declining birth rate

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

Tibet | Pelosi on rare visit by US congressional delegation

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 | Court upholds life sentence for ferry captain 

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

Myanmar | Suu Kyi’s party on verge of landslide win in polls 

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| Junta promises peaceful power transfer

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

Climate change | India sees clean cooking as climate action that saves lives

Kamlesh feeds the flames of a crude clay cookstove with kindling, kerosene and sunbaked discs of cow dung. She breathes in the billowing smoke, as she does for hours every

Afghanistan | Thousands march through capital to protest Hazara killings

Thousands of people marched through the Afghan capital yesterday, carrying the coffins of seven ethnic Hazaras who had been kidnapped and beheaded and calling for a new government that can

Analysis | If Suu Kyi takes power in Myanmar, she faces an uphill task

Once the euphoria over Aung San Suu Kyi’s apparent victory in Myanmar elections subsides, her opposition party will face a variety of hurdles and complications in its struggle to bring

Australia | Standoff ends at immigration detention camp

A standoff between protesting detainees and officials at a remote detention center for asylum seekers in the Indian Ocean ended yesterday after federal police arrived to stop more than a

Myanmar | Opposition: government delaying results deliberately

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s party, which appears headed for a massive election victory, accused the government election panel yesterday of intentionally delaying results, saying it may be trying

Myanmar | Suu Kyi party projects landslide in historic vote

Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s party was confident yesterday that it was headed for a landslide victory in Myanmar’s historic elections, as the democracy icon urged supporters not to provoke losing

The Buzz | 2 years after Haiyan, dead still being dug up in Philippines

A Philippine official says bodies of villagers who perished when Typhoon Haiyan ravaged the country’s central region two years ago continue to be dug up, including the skeletal remains of

Tourism | Thailand to launch six month multiple entry tourist visa

Thailand’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs (MFA) has confirmed that it will be launching a new six-month multiple-entry tourist visa (METV) starting this Friday, the travelandtourworld.com website reported on Saturday. The visa,

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