Myanmar | Police prevent student protesters from marching to Yangon 

Truckloads of police yesterday prevented hundreds of students from continuing their march to Myanmar’s biggest city to protest a new law that they say curbs academic freedom. Tensions have been building

Bangladesh | Authorities arrest suspect in killing of American blogger

Bangladeshi security officials arrested a suspect yesterday in the killing of an American writer who was a prominent critic of extremist Islam and was hacked to death last week as

MH370 ANNIVERSARY | No plane, many discoveries in yearlong search for flight

  The yearlong search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has turned up no sign of the plane, but that doesn’t mean it’s been unproductive. It has yielded lessons and discoveries that could benefit

Japan | Prince William gets close look at tsunami disaster

Britain’s Prince William stood atop a hill in northeastern Japan yesterday, and stretched below him was barren land known as the “Bay of Destruction,” which was swept by a tsunami

India | Hindu ruling party forms coalition government in Muslim Kashmir 

India’s ruling Hindu nationalist party formed a coalition government in Kashmir yesterday, marking the first time it will hold a leadership position in the disputed Muslim-majority region. Leaders from the ruling

North Korea | UN: Pyongyang company renames ships to evade sanctions 

A North Korean shipping company that famously tried to hide fighter jets under a cargo of sugar later sought to evade U.N. sanctions by renaming most of its vessels, a

South Korea | Court abolishes law saying adultery is illegal

A South Korean court yesterday abolished a 62-year-old law that bans extramarital affairs, and the stock price of a prominent condom maker immediately shot up 15 percent. The ruling by the

Thailand | Overfishing driving slavery on seafood boats 

  Urine pools under a bed where an emaciated Burmese man lies wearing only a T-shirt and a diaper. As he struggles to sit up and steady himself, he tears at his

North Korea | Nuke arsenal could multiply to 100 bombs

North Korea could increase its nuclear arsenal from at least 10 weapons today to between 20 and 100 weapons in five years, U.S. researchers said Tuesday, as the Obama administration vowed to

South Korea | Gunman kills 3 in Sejong City, later found dead 

A gunman shot and killed three people yesterday in and around a South Korean convenience store that he then set on fire before fleeing, police said. He was later found

New Zealand | Gov’t to send troops to Iraq to train local forces

  New Zealand will send a small number of troops to Iraq to help train local forces in their battle against the Islamic State group, Prime Minister John Key announced yesterday. Key told lawmakers

Indonesia | President rejects any intervention in executions

Indonesia’s president has rejected any attempts by other countries to intervene in the execution of foreign drug traffickers. The government has announced plans to execute eight people — one Indonesian

South Korea | Spy chief says teenager joined Islamic State group

A teenager who went missing in Turkey last month is probably the first known South Korean to join the Islamic State group, officials said yesterday. The director of South Korea’s National

Bangladesh | Death toll rises to at least 70 in ferry disaster

The death toll from a weekend ferry disaster in central Bangladesh rose to 70 yesterday in the latest shipping mishap in the South Asian nation. The official search for more bodies by divers

Thailand | 2 activists who staged play found guilty of insulting monarchy

The activists produced a play called “The Wolf Bride” about a fictional monarch and his adviser. It was performed at Bangkok’s Thammasat University in 2013 to mark the anniversary of

Nepal | Gov’t pledges to improve climbing conditions on Everest

Nepal is improving weather forecasting systems, stepping up security and promises swift rescues if needed during the upcoming climbing season on Everest in attempt to recover from the worst mountaineering

North Korea | Authorities bar foreigners from Pyongyang marathon

  Tightening the screws even further on travel to their already isolated country, North Korean authorities have barred foreigners from one of the year’s most popular tourist events — the annual

Australia | Gov’t to tighten immigration laws in counterterror bid

Australia will strengthen its immigration laws and crack down on groups that incite hatred under a raft of counterterrorism measures introduced yesterday in a bid to combat the threat from home-grown

Bangladesh | Ferry with 140 passengers sinks; at least 48 dead

A river ferry carrying about 140 passengers capsized in central Bangladesh yesterday, killing at least 48 people, officials said. A rescue operation was underway, but it was not clear exactly how many

Singapore | City’s founder hospitalized with pneumonia

Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s founding father, has been hospitalized for severe pneumonia, the Prime Minister’s Office said. Lee, 91, was admitted to Singapore General Hospital on Feb. 5, the office said in a statement Saturday.

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