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Riot policemen dispersed dozens of left-wing students, who stormed past a police cordon after dawn yesterday and splattered red paint on the seal of the U.S. Embassy in Manila to protest the
An animal rights group said yesterday that New Zealand researchers who secured live pigs to a surgical table and shot them in the head with a pistol as part of a study
Malaysian police fired water cannons at ethnic Malays who turned unruly yesterday at a rally to uphold Malay dominance and support Prime Minister Najib Razak’s government, following calls for Najib
Opposition lawmakers and thousands of demonstrators were staging last-ditch protests in a political showdown yesterday as Japan’s ruling party started a final push to pass security legislation to expand the
Australia’s turbulent political world took another twist yesterday with Malcolm Turnbull sworn in as prime minister — the nation’s fourth leader in little more than two years — after he
Thailand’s national police chief said yesterday that authorities are now certain that last month’s deadly bombing at a Bangkok shrine was related to the trafficking of Uighur Muslims from China to Turkey. Somyot
A day after threatening long-range rocket launches, North Korea declared yesterday that it has upgraded and restarted all of its atomic fuel plants so it can produce more — and more sophisticated
A layer of heavy haze forced Malaysian authorities to shut schools yesterday in three states and two key cities as aircraft were to begin cloud-seeding operations to induce rain to
The South Korean and Philippine defense chiefs signed an accord yesterday to regulate and protect exchanges of classified military information on regional security, including on potential hostilities between the rival
Australia’s beleaguered prime minister was ousted from power in an internal party ballot yesterday as the ruling conservative party attempts to win back a disenchanted public by replacing the nation’s
Mount Aso, a volcano on the southern Japanese island of Kyushu, has erupted, sending huge plumes of black and then white smoke 2,000 meters into the air. The eruption yesterday prompted
A key suspect in last month’s bombing at a Bangkok shrine that killed 20 people has fled to Turkey, Thai police said yesterday, in another indication that the attack could
More than 350 inmates escaped an Afghan prison following a coordinated attack by Taliban insurgents, an Afghan official and the Taliban said. Mohammad Ali Ahmadi, deputy governor of Ghazni province, said
Every four or five years, Singaporeans vote in general elections without ever asking the question: Which party can best run the government? That’s a no-brainer. It’s the same party that’s
On a rural road just after daybreak, villagers young and old kneel reverently before a single file of ochre-robed women, filling their bowls with rice, curries, fruits and sweets. In
Indonesian police investigating a Japanese woman’s murder said Friday they have arrested a security guard of her apartment building in the capital. Jakarta police chief Maj. Gen. Tito Karnavian told reporters
The haze, caused by farmers who burn forests to clear their land for agriculture, is an annual occurrence that sends smog wafting northward to Singapore and Malaysia. Those governments have
Raging floodwaters broke through a flood berm yesterday and swamped a city north of Tokyo, washing away houses, forcing dozens of people to rooftops to await helicopter rescues and leaving
When Sadhuram Berwal wanted to get married, his family went about it in the traditional Indian way, asking relatives, neighbors and local temple priests to suggest a young woman. But
Australia will launch airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Syria within days and resettle an additional 12,000 refugees from the deepening humanitarian and security crisis in the Middle East, Prime Minister
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