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U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres spoke to The Associated Press this weekend ahead of this week's annual United Nations gathering of world leaders — a convening blemished by COVID, climate concerns
France would have known Australia had “deep and grave concerns” that a submarine fleet the French were building would not meet Australian needs, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said yesterday after
The bodies of Indonesia’s most wanted militant with ties to the Islamic State group and a follower, who were killed in a jungle shootout with security forces, were evacuated early
Barely a month in office, Malaysia’s new leader has won opposition support to shore up his fragile government in exchange for a slew of reforms as Parliament reopened yesterday. Prime Minister
Vietnam is speeding up its vaccination program in an effort to loosen coronavirus lockdown restrictions in major cities by the end of the month, the government said yesterday. Health workers administered
A fire in Pattaya, the Thai seaside resort city southeast of Bangkok known for its racy nightlife, has badly damaged a large nightclub catering to Indian tourists, officials said yesterday. There
Japan's Foreign Ministry urged its citizens today (Monday) to stay away from religious facilities and crowds in six Southeast Asian nations, warning of a possible attack. The ministry said it had
Women in Afghanistan can continue to study in universities, including at post-graduate levels, but classrooms will be gender-segregated and Islamic dress is compulsory, the Taliban government’s new higher education minister
Pakistan’s police said they were searching for members of a gang accused of abusing minors and making pornographic videos in a marriage hall in the eastern Punjab province. Four suspects from
The foreign minister of Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim country, urged the Taliban yesterday to respect the rights of women and not allow Afghanistan to become a breeding ground
The Taliban today announced an all-male interim government for Afghanistan stacked with veterans of their hard-line rule from the 1990s and the 20-year battle against the U.S.-led coalition, a
The main underground group coordinating resistance to Myanmar’s military government issued a sweeping call for a nationwide uprising yesterday, raising the prospect of spiraling unrest. The National Unity Government, which views
A Tokyo court yesterday sentenced to four years in prison a former top government official for taking bribes from a gambling company, in a high-profile case that has added to
Thai lawmakers yesterday began a no-confidence debate targeting Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha and five of his Cabinet members, with the opposition focusing on charges the government bungled its handling of
Pakistan’s counter-terrorism units raided a hideout of the Islamic State group in the restive southwestern Baluchistan province before dawn yesterday, setting off a shootout that killed 11 militants, the police
School bells rang in parts of Indonesia’s capital for the first time in more than a year yesterday as schools shut by the coronavirus were allowed to begin reopening as
Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami in his monthly radio show criticized the country’s prime minister, saying Yoshihide Suga has ignored a growing COVID-19 surge and public concerns about the pandemic. Murakami quoted
From the Great Wall to the picturesque Kashmir valley, Asia’s tourist destinations are looking to domestic visitors to get them through the COVID-19 pandemic’s second year. With international travel heavily restricted,
A long line of cars, trucks and motorbikes wended its way yesterday through the Thai capital Bangkok in a mobile protest against the government of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha. The
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said she raised issues of human rights abuses and restrictions on political activism in her conversations with Vietnamese leaders this week, but offered no indication
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