Malaysia | Former first lady hit with fresh corruption charge

The wife of Malaysia’s former Prime Minister Najib Razak was hit yesterday with a new corruption charge over a solar energy contract. Rosmah Mansor pleaded not

More Indonesians join cases against Boeing after CEO apology

More families of victims of the Lion Air crash in Indonesia are suing Boeing Co. after its chief executive apologized and said a software update for the

Malaysia, Singapore vow to reach friendly end to water spat

The leaders of neighboring Singapore and Malaysia agreed yesterday to amicably resolve a long-running dispute over water that has stoked tensions for decades. In a

India | Bishop charged with repeatedly raping nun

Indian authorities charged a Roman Catholic bishop yesterday with repeatedly raping a nun in her rural convent, a case that helped make the sexual abuse of nuns

Thailand | Man accused of raping and killing German tourist

Thai police said a local man has been arrested on suspicion of raping and killing a German tourist on the island of Koh Si Chang in the

New Zealand | Official calls Facebook ‘morally bankrupt’

New Zealand’s official privacy watchdog yesterday described Facebook as “morally bankrupt” and suggested his country follow neighboring Australia’s lead by making laws that could jail executives over

Korean Air boss dies weeks after board removal over scandals

Korean Air’s chairman, whose leadership included scandals such as his daughter’s infamous incident of “nut rage,” has died due to illness, the company said yesterday.

India | Ruling party releases manifesto days before election

India’s ruling party released its election manifesto yesterday, three days before the start of a multi-phase general election in the world’s largest democracy. Prime Minister Narendra

Thailand | Leader of new political party charged with sedition

The leader of a popular new Thai political party that ran a strong third in last month’s general election was formally charged with sedition on Saturday

Philippines | Three hostages escape Muslim militants, one drowns

Three hostages held by Muslim militants in the southern Philippines have made a daring escape that left one drowned, another shot in the back in critical

Nepal | Horses race to keep devils away

Nepal’s president, top officials and diplomats gathered recently at army grounds in central Kathmandu for an annual horse festival that marks the slaying of the Hindu Gurumapa

Indonesia | Presidential race heats up amid mass campaign rallies

Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto called for change in a rally Sunday, talking down the government’s economic performance as competition heats up ahead of an election

Japan | Nissan’s Ghosn arrested again in financial misconduct case

Tokyo prosecutors arrested Nissan’s former chairman Carlos Ghosn yesterday for a fourth time, cutting short his brief time outside detention. Ghosn and his lawyer protested

Malaysia | Gov’t urged to investigate police links to disappearances

Malaysia’s human rights commission has urged the government to reinvestigate the disappearances of a Christian pastor and a Muslim activist after a public inquiry concluded

Sharia | Brunei invokes laws allowing stoning for gay sex, adultery

New Islamic criminal laws that took effect in Brunei on yesterday, punishing gay sex and adultery by stoning offenders to death, have triggered an outcry from countries,

Bomb injures at least 18 people in southern Philippine town

A bomb injured at least 18 people yesterday in a southern Philippine town in an attack believed to be either an extortion attempt or retaliation by Muslim militants targeted

Corruption | Prosecutor says ex-Malaysian PM abused his ‘absolute power’

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak sat in the dock yesterday at the start of his corruption trial, with the chief prosecutor alleging he wielded “near absolute

Kim Jong Nam | Detailed and public, murder may never be solved

The murder of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s estranged half brother at an airport in Malaysia was brazen, intricately orchestrated and, thanks to scores of

Australia | Senator slammed over mosque shooting comments

The Australian lawmaker who had an egg cracked on his head by a teenage boy for his comments about last month’s New Zealand mosque shootings faced

New Japan era to be called ‘Reiwa,’ or pursuing harmony

The era of Japan’s next emperor, which begins May 1, will be named “Reiwa,” connoting pursuit of harmony, the government said yesterday after selecting the phrase

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