Used to impunity, Bangladesh elite face corruption crackdown

As gamblers called out bets around craps and roulette tables at a sports club in Bangladesh’s capital, dozens of black-clad security forces burst inside. Gamblers were ordered to the floor as

Moon, Abe meet briefly, agree to more talks to settle row

South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met one-on-one yesterday for the first time in more than a year and called for more dialogue between the

Most ASEAN leaders no-shows in meeting with Trump’s proxy

Seven Southeast Asian leaders skipped an important meeting with the United States yesterday after President Donald Trump decided not to attend their regional summit in Thailand. Rather than Trump, the U.S.

Okinawa governor warns of ‘strong resistance’ to US missiles

As the Pentagon hunts for sites to deploy missiles against a rising China, Okinawa’s governor is warning the U.S. to steer clear of the southern Japanese prefecture. Governor Denny Tamaki said

UN chief urges Myanmar to resolve Rohingya crisis

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed concern yesterday over the plight of the 730,000 Muslim Rohingya refugees from Myanmar’s Rakhine state, calling on Myanmar’s government to take responsibility by dealing with

Pakistan | Survivors say burning train took 20 minutes to stop, 74 dead

A raging fire swept through a train in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab Province yesterday killing 74 people and survivors said afterward it took nearly 20 minutes for

Cambodia | Police say body of missing British tourist found at sea

The body of a British backpacker missing for more than a week in Cambodia was found at sea yesterday about 100 kilometers from the island where she

India plans to open 100 airports in five years

India is planning to open 100 additional airports by 2024, as part of a plan to revive economic growth in Asia’s third-largest economy, according to people with knowledge of

Searchers look for man seen on YouTube falling on Mount Fuji

Japanese police said they found a body on Mount Fuji yesterday and are verifying whether it is that of a man who was seen falling down

US to send security envoy, commerce secretary to ASEAN meet

U.S. national security adviser Robert C. O’Brien and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross will represent President Donald Trump at two regional summits in Thailand this weekend, the White

Australian consumer watchdog sues Google over location data

The Australian consumer watchdog yesterday took Google to court alleging the technology giant broke consumer law by misleading Android users about how their location data

Lion Air vows to follow recommendations in crash report

The CEO of the Lion Air, whose Boeing 737 Max 8 jet crashed a year ago off the coast of Indonesia killing 189 people, vowed

South Korea | Gov’t proposes meeting on dormant tour project with North

South Korea yesterday proposed a face-to-face meeting with North Korea on the fate of a long-shuttered joint tourist project at a scenic North Korean mountain, as their relations remain cool

Bangladesh court asks Nobel laureate Yunus to surrender

Bangladesh’s High Court yesterday asked micro-credit pioneer and Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus to surrender to a labor court by Nov. 7 over the firing of three employees by Grameen Communications,

Thai police arrest Australian Hell’s Angel on drug charges

Thai police said yesterday they have arrested an Australian Hell’s Angels gang member who is wanted on drug charges in Western Australia. Police say they arrested Luke Anderson on Thursday after

Australian serial killer Ivan Milat dies in prison at 74

Ivan Milat, whose grisly serial killings of seven European and Australian backpackers horrified Australia in the early ‘90s, died in a Sydney prison yesterday, ending hopes of a deathbed confession

Vietnamese village prays, awaits news on loved ones’ fate

The rural village of Do Thanh in central Vietnam has relied on its sons and daughters working abroad to send money back home. Now it fears they could be among

Abe, S. Korean premier agree to keep talking to mend ties

Japan’s prime minister and South Korea’s No. 2 official agreed on the importance of improving ties but made no apparent breakthrough yesterday in the first high-level meeting since the neighbors’

Australian judge orders Chinese tycoon to detail wealth

A Chinese billionaire who lost his Australian residency on security grounds was ordered by an Australian judge yesterday to provide details of his wealth in a case over an alleged

2 Burmese condemned for UK deaths seek Thai king’s clemency

The families of two Myanmar migrant workers sentenced to death for the brutal murders of two British tourists in Thailand in 2014 have appealed to the Thai king to spare

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