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Lawmakers in Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s conservative government yesterday agreed on a target of curbing carbon gas emissions to at least 26 percent below 2005 levels by 2030. The target
Andrinof Chaniago, the national development planning minister, told reporters yesterday that a decision on which proposal to accept could be made in about two weeks. The high-speed rail, which will connect
Thailand’s royal palace announced Monday that 87-year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej is recovering from several ailments, including excess fluid in the brain and difficult breathing due to congested lungs. The Royal Household
A power plant operator in southern Japan restarted a nuclear reactor yesterday, the first to begin operating under new safety requirements following the Fukushima disaster. Kyushu Electric Power Co. said yesterday it had
A 91-year-old retired surgeon has been charged with importing cocaine hidden in soap into Australia, prompting police to warn travelers to beware they are not tricked into becoming drug mules. Victor
A military court yesterday gave a former general a suspended death sentence for bribery and other crimes, state media reported, in the case against the highest-ranking military officer to be
South Korea restarted propaganda broadcasts across the border with rival North Korea yesterday for the first time in 11 years in retaliation for the North allegedly planting land mines last
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif yesterday vowed to fully prosecute those found guilty in a child sex abuse scandal that has shocked the Muslim-majority nation. Police arrested half a dozen suspects
A power plant operator said it will restart a reactor in southern Japan today, the first restart under new safety requirements following the Fukushima disaster and a milestone for the nation’s return
A suicide car bombing at a busy roundabout near the entrance to Kabul’s international airport yesterday killed at least five people and wounded 16, officials said. The Kabul provincial police chief,
Singapore threw a big party yesterday for the 50th anniversary of independence and unrivaled economic success in a region struggling with poverty and political instability, even as the city-state began feeling
The city of Nagasaki marked the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing yesterday with calls to abolish nuclear weapons and halt the Japanese government’s push to loosen restrictions on what
North Korea has no time for Japan. Not anymore, at least. The country will establish its own time zone this week by pulling back by 30 minutes its current standard time, a legacy
Japan marked the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima yesterday, with Mayor Kazumi Matsui renewing calls for U.S. President Barack Obama and other world leaders to step up efforts
An Afghan military helicopter crashed in a remote region of the southern Zabul province yesterday, killing a total of 17 soldiers, including five crew members, officials said. Provincial police chief Mirwais
Two passenger trains jumped off slippery tracks on a bridge near a rain-swollen river in central India, killing at least 24 people as two coaches hurled through mud and rested on
The United Nations said yesterday that an increasing number of women and children were getting hurt or killed in Afghanistan’s war against the Taliban and other insurgents. The total number of casualties in
The 92-year-old widow of late South Korean President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kim Dae-jung arrived in North Korea yesterday for a four-day visit. According to Lee’s official itinerary, she will visit a
Setting aside decades of animosity and suspicion, senior Myanmar government and military officials have held unprecedented discussions with representatives of the main opposition party and ethnic minorities in Washington on
An accurate assessment of the damage caused has so far been impossible due to a huge cloud of impenetrable dust covering the target. Hiroshima is one of the chief supply
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