Myanmar | Police reject lawsuit against government minister

Police in northwestern Myanmar have rejected a lawsuit filed by two Buddhist monks against Myanmar’s home minister and police chief, saying they are protected by law. In declining to accept a

Philippines | Trial begins of US Marine charged with murder

U.S. security escorts brought Marine Pfc. Joseph Scott Pemberton, wearing handcuffs, into a heavily secured courtroom in Olongapo city, northwest of Manila, for the trial after an earlier plea-bargain negotiation with the

India | Court rejects ban on ‘offensive’ Internet messages

India’s top court affirmed people’s right to free speech in cyberspace yesterday by striking down a provision that had called for imprisoning people who send “offensive” messages by computer or

Afghanistan | Gunmen kill 13 as suspected US drone strike kills 9

Gunmen in eastern Afghanistan killed at least 13 people during a midnight assault yesterday on a highway as a suspected U.S. drone strike near Pakistan killed at least nine militants,

Singapore | City mourns death of founding father Lee Kuan Yew

Singapore mourned longtime leader Lee Kuan Yew with raw emotion and a blanket of relentlessly positive coverage on its tightly scripted state television yesterday, mythologizing a man who was as

Islamic State | Australia a puzzling hotbed for militant recruiting

A nightclub bouncer who reportedly became a terror group leader. A man who tweeted a photo of his young son clutching a severed head. A teenager who is believed to

Singapore Citizens leave flowers, cards as Lee’s health worsens

As the health of Singapore’s founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew deteriorated on the weekend, thousands of Singaporeans visited his hospital and a community center to leave flowers, gifts and emotional messages

Cambodia | Michelle Obama urges students to seek more freedoms

Michelle Obama urged Cambodian students to finish their education and speak up to demand greater freedoms and more equality on a landmark visit to a Southeast Asian country that has

Thailand | Ex-premier Yingluck to stand trial over rice program

Thailand’s Supreme Court announced yesterday that former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra will stand trial for her role in overseeing a rice subsidy program spearheaded by her ousted government that lost billions

Japan | Gov’t confirms deaths of 3 nationals in Tunisia attack

Three Japanese were killed, and three others injured, in the militant attack on tourists in Tunisia, the Japanese government said yesterday. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said an earlier report of

Michelle Obama talks girls rights, invites Abe to luncH

“Like so many women I was able to achieve both my professional and personal goals because of my education,” Mrs. Obama said after Abe announced plans for Japan to support the “Let

Offbeat | Philippines imposes ‘weed bond’ on One Direction

The Philippine Bureau of Immigration is requiring two members of the English-Irish band One Direction to post bonds worth nearly USD5,000 each, to be forfeited if they are caught using

Australia | Canberra and Vietnam agree to closer defense ties, S China Sea stability

Vietnam and Australia agreed to closer security ties yesterday, including training Vietnamese troops in Australia as Canberra seeks to balance its relationship with its biggest trading partner China and relations with

Singapore | Gov’t says founding father Lee’s condition deteriorates

The condition of Singapore’s 91-year-old founding father, Lee Kuan Yew, has deteriorated further at the hospital where he’s been treated for about six weeks, the government said yesterday. Lee was admitted

Myanmar | ‘Midnight inspections’ show military still powerful

The knock at the door of her family’s home came without warning in the dead of night, just as it always did during Myanmar’s long era of military rule. Outside, a

Myanmar | Court jails New Zealand man for insulting Buddha 

A Myanmar court yesterday sentenced a New Zealand bar manager and his business associates to 2 1/2 years in prison for insulting Buddhism in an online advertisement that showed a psychedelic depiction

Philippines | 4 Filipino nurses in Libya safe, not kidnapped 

The Philippine government said yesterday that four Filipino nurses reported to have been kidnapped from a Libyan hospital by militants from an Islamic State group affiliate were actually taken to

Nepal | Gov’t boosts doctors, rescue efforts at Everest base camp 

Nepal is adding more medical staff at Mount Everest’s base camp and working to speed up rescue efforts, officials said yesterday, in steps to boost safety after 16 local guides were

Vanuatu | Cyclone flattens the landscape in outer islands 

Relief workers saw a flattened landscape and widespread destruction in Vanuatu’s outer islands yesterday after struggling for days to reach the areas of the South Pacific nation hardest hit by a

Singapore | Founding father Lee’s condition worsens

The foreign ministers of South Korea, China and Japan will meet this week for their first trilateral talks in three years, Seoul officials said yesterday. The annual talks, which began

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