Asia-Pacific
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Bride and groom among eight killed in gas cylinder blast at wedding in Pakistan’s capital
A gas cylinder explosion yesterday after a wedding reception at a home in Pakistan’s capital killed at least eight people, including the bride and groom, ... -
Why Southeast Asia’s online scam industry is so hard to shut down
Cambodia’s arrest and extradition of a powerful tycoon accused of running a vast online scam network marks a rare strike against an industry that ... -
Gen Z activists are frustrated with the leaders they brought to power
Mukesh Awasti was all set to leave for Australia to pursue a degree in civil engineering on a sunny day in September, but instead ... -
Japan’s Cabinet OKs record defense budget that aims to deter China
Japan’s Cabinet on Friday approved a record defense budget plan exceeding 9 trillion yen ($58 billion) for the coming year, aiming to fortify its ... -
Thailand and Cambodia sign a new ceasefire agreement to end border fighting
Thailand and Cambodia signed a ceasefire agreement on Saturday to end weeks of fighting along their border over competing territorial claims. The agreement took effect at noon and ... -
Protest erupts in India’s capital city over lynching of Hindu man in Bangladesh
A protest erupted in India’s capital yesterday in response to the death of a Hindu man who was lynched and burned by an angry ... -
Mourners grieve 10-year-old slain in Bondi mass shooting
Hundreds of mourners bearing bright bouquets and clutching each other in grief gathered at a funeral in Sydney yesterday for a 10-year-old girl who ... -
Constitutional Court removes police chief over martial law involvement
South Korea’s Constitutional Court yesterday formally removed the country’s impeached police chief for deploying hundreds of officers to support ousted former President Yoon Suk ... -
More actors seek Hollywood dream after global success of Korean entertainment
When actor Amy Baik was cast in a South Korean commercial last year, she thought she had landed a promising gig. But after filming ... -
Sydney taekwondo instructor gets life sentence for murdering student, parents
A judge sentenced a Sydney taekwondo instructor yesterday to life in prison without possibility of release for murdering a 7-year-old student and the boy’s ... -
Authorities to tighten gun laws after Hanukkah massacre
Australian federal and state government leaders yesterday agreed to immediately overhaul already-tough national gun control laws after a mass shooting targeted a Hanukkah celebration ... -
Manila tests ‘transition credits’ to cut coal use in novel experiment
The Philippines is testing a new type of carbon credit aimed at encouraging companies to cut their climate warming emissions by creating funds that ... -
Border clashes between Thailand and Cambodia intensify with attacks
Cambodia said Thailand launched more airstrikes yesterday, as heavy fighting flared along the two countries’ border and both sides accused the other of violating ... -
World-first social media ban for children under 16 starts
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese welcomed a world-first social media ban for children younger than 16 that took effect yesterday as families taking back ... -
Ayumi Hamasaki cancels Macau concert amid diplomatic tensions
Japanese pop icon Ayumi Hamasaki has called off her upcoming concert in Macau, citing ongoing diplomatic strains between Japan and China. The performance, scheduled ... -
New fighting between Thailand and Cambodia rooted in old enmity
A history of enmity between Thailand and Cambodia over competing territorial claims has broken into open combat again, just a few months after the two ... -
Takaichi wins fans not with politics but with her style, and ‘work, work’ mantra
The pledge by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to “work, work, work, work and work” for her country has been named the catchphrase of ... -
Canberra to enforce social media age limit of 16 next week
Social media platforms must report monthly how many children’s accounts they close once Australia begins enforcing its 16-year age limit next week, a minister ... -
1,300 dead from floods in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand
Emergency crews raced to reach survivors and recover more bodies yesterday as the death toll from last week’s catastrophic floods and landslides surged past ... -
Rescuers intensify search for victims after floods and landslides kill 69 people
Rescuers searched yesterday in rivers and the rubble of villages for bodies and possible survivors after flash floods and landslides on Indonesia’s Sumatra island left 69 ... -
More than 30 dead and 14 missing amid landslides and floods
Sri Lanka stopped passenger trains and closed roads in some parts of the country where landslides and floods triggered by heavy rains have caused ... -
Flooding death toll rises to more than 80 as water levels fall
The death toll from severe flooding in southern Thailand climbed to more than 80 people as floodwaters began to subside yesterday, officials said. About ... -
Shark kills woman and seriously wounds another swimmer at an Australian beach
A shark killed a woman and seriously wounded a man taking an early morning swim with her at a national park beach on Australia’s ... -
India protests ‘arbitrary detention’ of citizen at Shanghai airport
India has lodged a protest with China over what it called an “arbitrary detention” of an Indian citizen at the Shanghai airport after the ... -
China’s pressure on Japan could last for some time
Just days after China issued an advisory against traveling to Japan, the cancellations started. About 3,000 Chinese visit Rie Takeda’s tearoom in an alley ... -
News from outside disappears in North Korea
For two hours every day, Lee Si-young and her colleagues broadcast uncensored foreign news into authoritarian North Korea. Her radio audience could go to ... -
Marcos Jr. refuses to discuss family matters in public
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. refused to respond yesterday to an allegation by his estranged sister, a senator, that he has been a longtime ... -
Court convicts former mayor of human trafficking
A Philippine court yesterday convicted a former mayor, who officials say is a Chinese national, of human trafficking charges for helping establish an illegal online ... -
Russian hacking suspect wanted by the FBI arrested in Phuket
Police have arrested a suspected Russian hacker on the Thai resort island of Phuket who was wanted by the FBI on allegations he was ... -
Military musician plays with a plastic horn and double gloves
On the frozen edge of the world, staying in practice as a professional musician takes ingenuity, grit and a plastic instrument for schoolchildren that’s ... -
Baumkuchen ‘tree cake’ survived a disaster and world wars to become a Japanese favorite
Baumkuchen originated in Germany but has become a wildly popular sweet in Japan, where a prisoner of war on a small western island started ... -
Tribunal sentences ousted leader Hasina to death for crimes against humanity
A special tribunal sentenced Bangladesh’s ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death on charges of crimes against humanity involving last year’s mass uprising that ... -
Tens of thousands rally in Manila over corruption scandal that implicates top officials
Tens of thousands gathered yesterday for the start of a three-day rally organized by a religious group in the Philippine capital to demand accountability ... -
Powerful politicians will be in jail by Christmas for corruption scandal, Marcos says
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said yesterday that many of at least 37 powerful senators, members of Congress and wealthy businesspeople implicated in a ... -
Rapper Namewee released on bail in probe into influencer’s murder
Popular Chinese Malaysian rapper and filmmaker Wee Meng Chee was released on police bail yesterday after being held for a week to assist in ...
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