Wildlife department defends its use of puppies as live bait to trap black panthers

Malaysia’s Wildlife Department defended its use of puppies as live bait to capture black panthers spotted at a Malaysian village after animal rights groups protested the

Immigration hits an all-time high as movement surges following pandemic lull

New Zealand’s immigration numbers have hit an all-time high, enabling employers to fill jobs but also putting pressure on the housing market, according to economists. The

A surge in rail traffic on North Korea-Russia border suggests arms supply to Russia, think tank says

Recent satellite photos show a sharp increase in rail traffic along the North Korea-Russia border, indicating the North is supplying munitions to Russia, according to a U.S. think tank.

Senior Taliban officials visit villages struck by earthquake that killed at least 2,000 people

A senior Taliban delegation was visiting western Afghanistan’s Herat province yesterday in the aftermath of the powerful earthquake that killed at least 2,000 people over the weekend

King Charles III’s image to appear on Aussie coins this year

An image of King Charles III will soon appear on Australian coins, more than a year after the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth II, officials

Mayor of Tokyo’s Shibuya district asks Halloween partygoers to stay away

The mayor of Tokyo’s busy Shibuya shopping and entertainment district is asking Halloween celebrants not to visit, fearing that a large number of partygoers following the COVID-19

Fukushima nuclear plant starts second release of treated radioactive wastewater into the sea

Japan’s wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant said it began releasing a second batch of treated radioactive wastewater into the sea yesterday after the first round of discharges

Shooting at major Bangkok shopping mall kills two people, and a teen suspect is arrested

A teenage boy with a handgun opened fire inside a major shopping mall in the center of Thailand’s capital Tuesday evening, killing two people before being apprehended, authorities

Three Filipino fishermen die in disputed waters, boat hit by a passing commercial vessel

Three Filipino fishermen died in the disputed South China Sea after their boat was accidentally hit by a passing commercial vessel, the Philippine coast guard said

Police arrest publisher of independent news site after conducting raids

Police in New Delhi have arrested the editor of a news website and one of its administrators after raiding the homes of journalists working for the

Police say drug bust nets worth $8.2 million

Police in Thailand said yesterday they made one of the country’s biggest ever seizures of illicit drugs, a haul including methamphetamine, crystal meth and heroin, with a

Video appears to show American soldier arriving back in the US

The American soldier who sprinted into North Korea across the heavily fortified border between the Koreas two months ago arrived back in the U.S. yesterday, video

As mental health worsens among women, the UN is asked to declare ‘gender apartheid’

The U.N.’s most powerful body must support governments seeking to legally declare the intensifying crackdown by Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers on women and girls “gender apartheid,” the head

Seoul parades troops, powerful weapons in its biggest Armed Forces Day ceremony in years

South Korea paraded thousands of troops and an array of weapons capable of striking North Korea through its capital as part of its biggest Armed Forces

Vatican shares investigation into child abuse allegations against a bishop with police

The Vatican had shared with police findings of an internal investigation of a former Australian bishop over child sex abuse allegations and the church would fully cooperate

Indonesia imprisons a woman for saying a Muslim prayer before eating pork in a TikTok video

A court in Indonesia has convicted a woman of inciting religious hatred and sentenced her to two years in prison for saying a Muslim prayer and then eating

Larger than the Olympics and with an array of regional and global sports

The Asian Games are an attention grabber. For starters, they involve more participants than the Summer Olympics. Organizers say more than 12,000 will be entered when the

Police uncover more gold bars, watches from money laundering scheme

Singapore police uncovered more luxury watches, gold bars and other assets from a massive money laundering scheme that was busted last month, they said, bringing the

King’s estranged son urges open discussion of monarchy, in rejection of anti-defamation law

An estranged son of Thailand’s king who has spent almost all his adult life away from his homeland has unexpectedly gone public with his belief that

New Delhi expels Canadian diplomat, escalating tensions

India expelled one of Canada’s top diplomats today , ramping up a confrontation between the two countries over Canadian accusations that India may have been involved in

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