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An outside director of Mitsubishi Materials said yesterday that the company hopes to apologize to former British, Dutch and Australian World War II POWs, and also reach an amicable agreement
Eruptions of ash at five volcanoes shrouded the skies over parts of the Indonesian archipelago yesterday, forcing three airports to close. Mount Raung on Java island blasted ash and debris up
A suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden vest among a crowd of shoppers at a market in northern Afghanistan yesterday, killing at least 15 people, an official said. The powerful explosion
Japan emphasized China as a threat in escalating regional tensions in this year’s annual defense report as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government tries to convince the public of the need
North Korea said yesterday that it’s not interested in an Iran-type nuclear disarmament deal, saying it won’t abandon its atomic weapons as long as the United States maintains hostile policies toward the
A Myanmar court yesterday fined two editors of a weekly newspaper 1 million kyat (USD809) each after finding them guilty of violating the country’s media law by insulting the president. The
Plans to build an 800-megawatt coal power plant near some of Thailand’s most popular beaches have sparked protests and a hunger strike by activists who say officials aren’t considering its
Cambodia’s Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday convicted eleven opposition activists of leading or participating in an insurrection and sentenced them to between 7 and 20 years in prison. They were
Knocked off his board by an attacking shark, three-time world champion Mick Fanning punched the creature before escaping unharmed during the televised finals of a world surfing competition in South
Protesters clashed with police in southern Nepal yesterday as the government tried to collect the public’s suggestions on the draft of the country’s long-overdue constitution. Police reported dozens of injuries in
He was forced to toil in enemy mines as a prisoner of war, but James Murphy wasn’t angry or bitter. He was just happy to have lived long enough to
A NATO airstrike hit two Afghan military checkpoints yesterday in a restive province east of the capital, Kabul, killing seven Afghan troops in what an Afghan official describes as an
A South Korean government agent who was found dead in an apparent suicide left a note denying suspicion that the National Intelligence Service has been spying on South Koreans by
AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd was behind bars yesterday after being arrested in New Zealand, just days after he was sentenced to home detention for threatening to kill a man who used to
A Cambodian real estate magnate whose violent assault of a female TV star was captured on video was arrested Saturday, authorities said, in a case that has sparked national outrage. Sok
The annual State of the Climate report is out, and it’s ugly. Record heat, record sea levels, more hot days and fewer cool nights, surging cyclones, unprecedented pollution, and rapidly
The opposition walked out before the vote, and thousands of protesters took to the streets the previous night, but none of that stopped Japan’s lower house of parliament from approving a contentious
Eruptions at two volcanoes yesterday caused closures at three Indonesian airports, including one serving the country’s second-largest city. Mount Raung on the main island of Java blasted ash and debris up
From the receptionist that does the check-in and check-out to the porter that’s an automated trolley taking luggage up to the room, this hotel in southwestern Japan, aptly called Weird Hotel,
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s bills to expand the role of the military will go to a lower house vote today, after weeks of debate that has eroded his support
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