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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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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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