Singapore executes Malaysian despite pleas he was disabled

Singapore yesterday executed a Malaysian man convicted of drug smuggling after a court dismissed a last-minute challenge from his mother and international pleas to spare him

Major Japan railway now powered only by renewable energy

Tokyo’s Shibuya is famed for its Scramble Crossing, where crowds of people crisscross the intersection in a scene symbolizing urban Japan’s congestion and anonymity. It may have added

Kim vows to bolster nuke capability during parade Kim vows to bolster nuke capability during parade

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to accelerate the development of nuclear weapons and threatened to use them if provoked in a speech he

Australia commemorates war dead with few Covid restrictions

Large crowds gathered in Australia yesterday to pay tribute to their war dead on Anzac Day largely free of pandemic restrictions for the first time since

Cambodia cuts quarantine for unvaccinated visitors to 7 days

Cambodia yesterday reduced the required quarantine period from two weeks to one for arriving travelers who are not fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, acting after recording consistently low

Ramos-Horta set to win presidency for second time

East Timor’s former independence fighter and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jose Ramos-Horta is set to win the presidential runoff election, according to over 60% of the votes

Solomon Islands leader defends new security pact with China

The Solomon Islands prime minister confirmed yesterday that his government has signed a new security agreement with China, but told lawmakers it would not “undermine the

People chooses president in runoff amid political feud

Voters in East Timor chose a president in a runoff yesterday between former independence fighters who’ve blamed each other for years of political paralysis. Nobel Peace

Singapore and New Zealand to jointly tackle climate change

Singapore and New Zealand will cooperate on green technologies in the fight against climate change, prime ministers from both countries said yesterday. The joint efforts will

PM Morrison warns of a resurgence in asylum seekers

Australia's prime minister yesterday warned that thousands of asylum seekers will attempt to reach the country by boat if the opposition party wins elections on May

Cabinet reshuffled to counter economic crisis

Sri Lanka’s president appointed 17 new Cabinet ministers yesterday as he and his powerful family seek to resolve a political crisis resulting from the country’s dire

New Zealand court rules suspect can be extradited to China

New Zealand’s top court yesterday ruled a man can be extradited to China to face a murder charge — a landmark judgment that goes against the trend

Australian minister tries to end Solomons-China pact

Australia's Minister for International Development and the Pacific Zed Seselja has flown to the Solomon Islands in a bid to prevent a “possible Chinese military presence”

Government halts debt repayment pending IMF bailout plan

Sri Lanka is suspending its repayment of foreign debt, including bonds and government-to-government borrowings, pending the completion of a loan restructuring program with the International Monetary Fund

Flooding, landslides kill at least 43 people

Heavy rains caused by a summer tropical depression killed at least 43 people, with 28 others missing in the central and southern Philippines, mostly due to

Victoria state in Australia to host 2026 Commonwealth Games

The Australian state of Victoria has been confirmed as the host of the 2026 Commonwealth Games. It will be the first-ever predominantly regional Commonwealth Games

Islamic State morphs and grows in Pakistan, Afghanistan

Basheer was a young Taliban fighter barely out of his teens when the Islamic State group took over his village in eastern Afghanistan, nearly eight years ago.

South China Sea issues handled ‘properly,’ Xi tells Duterte

Seeking to put a positive spin on a relationship that never quite produced the hoped-for benefits, Chinese leader Xi Jinping told outgoing Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte

North demolishing hotel that was symbol of Korean engagement

North Korea is demolishing a South Korean-owned hotel at a North Korean resort that was one of the last symbols of inter-Korean engagement, according to Seoul

Authorities search for three Europeans lost on dive; one rescued

Malaysian authorities rescued a Norwegian dive instructor and were searching yesterday for three other Europeans, including two teenagers, who disappeared while diving off a southern island.

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