Malaysian police rescue 187 more children as sex abuse probe of Islamic group deepens

Malaysian police said yesterday they have rescued 187 more children and raided locations nationwide linked to an Islamic business group that is being investigated for alleged

Presidential election goes into 2nd round of vote counting for first time in history

Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake leads early official results in Sri Lanka’s presidential election, according to tallies released yesterday by the Election Commission, but he is still

Senator says China should do more to help fight cybercrime gangs

China should do more to battle the illegal online gambling and scam call centers run by Chinese criminal syndicates in Southeast Asian countries often using forced

Pygmy hippo Moo Deng is so adored she may get her own patent

Only a month after Thailand’s adorable baby hippo Moo Deng was unveiled on Facebook, her fame became unstoppable both domestically and internationally. Zookeeper Atthapon Nundee

Adoption fraud separated generations of South Korean children from their families

South Korea’s government, Western countries and adoption agencies worked in tandem to supply some 200,000 Korean children to parents overseas, despite years of evidence they were being

Dedicated artists are keeping Japan’s ancient craft of temari alive

Time seems to stop here. Women sit in a small circle, quietly, painstakingly stitching patterns on balls the size of an orange, a stitch at

Four people could face the death penalty after drug arrests on Bali

Indonesian authorities said yesterday that they have arrested six people on drug charges on the tourist island of Bali since July. Four could face execution under the

Union leader freed from prison vows to continue strike against Cambodia’s biggest casino

A union leader freed from prison yesterday after serving time for her part in a strike against Cambodia’s biggest casino has vowed to continue the

Sexual abuse at Islamic welfare homes exposes weaknesses in child protection

A police swoop on 20 child welfare homes in Malaysia where hundreds of children were allegedly sexually abused has exposed weaknesses in child protection in the country and

New Delhi’s chief minister announces resignation two days after he was released on bail

One of India’s main opposition figures and New Delhi’s chief minister said he would resign from office yesterday, two days after he was granted bail in a

Slumping economy is new leader Paetongtarn’s focus in her first parliamentary address

Thailand’s new Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra vowed yesterday day in her inaugural speech to Parliament to continue many of her predecessor’s plans to solve the country’s economic

Opposition leader says the rich will pay more if he becomes president

Sri Lanka’s opposition leader contesting the presidential election next week said yesterday that if he comes to power he will renegotiate with the International Monetary Fund

Flash flood sweeps away hamlet as storm toll rises to 155 dead

A flash flood swept away an entire hamlet in northern Vietnam, killing 30 people and leaving dozens missing as deaths from a typhoon and its aftermath climbed to

Pope lands in economic power Singapore

Pope Francis flew to Singapore yesterday for the final leg of his trip through Asia, arriving in one of the world’s richest countries from one of its

Francis’ Mass draws 600,000 people, nearly half the population

An estimated 600,000 people — a figure nearing half of East Timor’s population —- packed a seaside park yesterday for Pope Francis’ final Mass, held on the

Albanese proposes legal minimum age for children accessing social media

The Australian government yesterday promised to legislate this year to enforce a minimum age for children to access social media, but it has yet to announce

Flooding sweeps away a bus and a bridge collapses as storm deaths rise to 64

A bridge collapsed and a bus was swept away by flooding yesterday as more rain fell on northern Vietnam from a former typhoon that has caused at least

Truth commission says it found more evidence of forced adoptions in the 1980s

The report by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission yesterday came years after  The commission was launched in December 2020 to review human rights violations linked

For many investors and intellectuals leaving China, it’s Japan — not the US — that’s the bigger draw

One by one, the students, lawyers and others filed into a classroom in a central Tokyo university for a lecture by a Chinese journalist on Taiwan and democracy — taboo

Japan and Australia agree to increase joint military training

Japan and Australia agreed today (Thursday) to increase joint military training exercises as their government ministers shared concerns over China's recent incursions into Japanese airspace and territorial waters. Japanese Foreign Minister

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