Brunei | Death penalty moratorium applied to new Shariah laws

Brunei’s sultan has said a moratorium on capital punishment is in effect for new Shariah criminal laws including stoning people for gay sex and adultery that sparked

North Korea | Kim oversees missile firing drills, tells troops to be alert

North Korean state media yesterday showed leader Kim Jong Un observing live-fire drills of long-range multiple rocket launchers and what appeared to be a new

Thailand | Newly crowned king grants titles on second day of rituals

Thailand’s newly crowned King Maha Vajiralongkorn yesterday performed the second day of coronation activities, granting new titles to members of the royal family in front

Sri Lanka | Police ask public to hand in blades following bomb

Police in Sri Lanka have requested members of the public hand over swords or other large knives to the nearest police stations after hundreds of such

Widow, daughter of Korean Air chairman appear at trial

The widow and daughter of Korean Air Chairman Cho Yang-ho appeared in a South Korean court yesterday over charges they unlawfully hired housekeepers from the Philippines.

Australia | Jury convicts man in Etihad flight bomb plot

An Australian jury on Wednesday convicted a man of plotting to blow up an Etihad Airways airliner on a flight from Sydney to the United Arab Emirates

The buzz | Carrie Lam tells Japanese minister to engage in HK’s public works projects

Chief Executive Carrie Lam met Japan’s Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport & Tourism Keiichi Ishii at Government House yesterday. According to HK’s information bureau, Lam welcomed Ishii’s visit to the neighboring SAR and

Indonesia | Authorities jail Polish tourist who met Papuan activists

A Polish tourist sentenced yesterday to five years in prison in Indonesia for treason after meeting with Papuan independence supporters said that he was the victim of a

Sri Lanka lifts social media ban imposed after Easter blasts

Sri Lanka’s president lifted a nationwide ban on social media sites yesterday, a day after he used emergency powers to ban veils worn by conservative Muslim women

New Zealand | Police arrest man after finding suspected bomb

New Zealand police said they arrested a 33-year-old man yesterday after they found ammunition and a package containing a suspected explosive device at a vacant property

Emperor announces abdication as Japan marks end of era

Japanese Emperor Akihito announced his abdication at a palace ceremony yesterday in his final address, as the nation embraced the end of his reign with reminiscence

Sri Lanka | Church urges more vigorous crackdown on Islamic militants

The Catholic Church in Sri Lanka urged the government yesterday to crack down on Islamic extremists with more vigor “as if on war footing” in the aftermath

Indonesia | Abandon Jakarta: government again mulls plan for new capital

Indonesia’s decades- long discussion about building a new capital has inched forward after President Joko Widodo yesterday approved a long-term plan for the government to abandon overcrowded,

Pakistan | Authorities to bring religious schools under government control

Pakistan’s military spokesman says authorities plan to bring over 30,000 religious schools under government control as part of their campaign against extremism. Maj. Gen. Asif Ghafoor

Afghanistan | Women fear gains could be bargained away in talks

For four hours, Khadeja begged her in-laws to take her to the hospital. The skin on her face and neck was peeling. The pain was

Japan | New emperor Naruhito: A cosmopolitan team player

Japan’s soon-to-be-anointed new emperor is a musician and historian, both mild-mannered and quietly tenacious, a team player and a loyal husband and friend who will bring

Australia | Morrison plays down terror threat at Gallipoli event

Australia’s prime minister played down yesterday any potential link between the arrest of a suspected Islamic State group member in Turkey and a World War I

Interview: Sri Lanka’s PM says potential bombers at large

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka's prime minister said today (Thursday) that suspects linked to the coordinated Easter Sunday bomb attacks remain at large and could have access to

Sri Lanka | Death toll rises to 359 in bombings, more arrested

The death toll from the Easter suicide bombings in Sri Lanka rose to 359, police said yesterday, as the country’s leaders vowed to overhaul the

Korea tensions Seoul lawmaker: Top Kim Jong Un adviser removed from post

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s most trusted policy adviser apparently has been removed from one of his posts, a South Korean lawmaker said yesterday, a possible personnel

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