UN envoy says US sanctions on Myanmar generals inadequate

The U.N. special rapporteur for Myanmar said yesterday the U.S. didn’t “go far enough” in sanctions against four top Myanmar generals over the mass killings of minority

Japan | Man screaming ‘You die!’ kills nearly 30 at anime studio

A man screaming “You die!” burst into an animation production studio in Kyoto, Japan, and set it on fire early yesterday, authorities said, killing nearly 30

Thailand | With new Cabinet, country replaces junta with army allies

Thailand’s new Cabinet was sworn earlier this week, creating a nominally elected government after five years of military rule but keeping power in the hands of

Australia Fisherman finds message in a bottle written 50 years ago

A fisherman said yesterday he was looking for the author of a message in a bottle found off the southern Australian coast 50 years after it was

Cambodia | Authorities say plastic waste shipments came from US, Canada

Almost seven dozen shipping containers sitting in a Cambodian seaport that were found to be filled with plastic waste came from the United States and Canada, the

Philippines | Duterte ‘seriously considering’ cutting ties with Iceland

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is “seriously considering” cutting diplomatic ties with Iceland, which spearheaded a resolution that asked the U.N.’s top human rights body to look into

Afghanistan Radio station closes down following Taliban threats

A local radio station in eastern Afghanistan was forced to shut down after repeated threats from the area’s Taliban commander, the head of the station said yesterday. Ramez Azimi,

78 dead in Nepal as flooding wreaks havoc in South Asia

Monsoon flooding and landslides continued to cause havoc in South Asia yesterday, with the death toll rising to 78 in Nepal and authorities in neighboring northeastern

Drug seizure Thai police seize over a ton of crystal meth in raids

Police in Thailand said they have seized more than a ton of crystal meth and over 10 million methamphetamine tablets in a series of drug raids this

Myanmar | Court proceedings begin against child rape suspect

A court in Myanmar has begun proceedings against a suspect in the rape of a 2-year-old girl at her nursery school, in a case that has generated

S. Korea leader says Tokyo’s trade curbs will hurt Japan more

In his strongest comments yet on a growing trade dispute, South Korea’s president urged Japan yesterday to lift recently tightened controls on high-tech exports to South

Bangladesh | Ex-dictator H.M. Ershad dies at 89

Bangladesh’s former military dictator H.M. Ershad, who had seized power in a 1982 coup, has died. He was 89. Ershad had long been suffering from

Heavy rain leaves scores dead in Nepal, India, Bangladesh

Flooding and landslides triggered by heavy rainfall have killed at least 50 people in Nepal in the past few days, with more deaths reported across the

India prepares to land rover on moon in global space race

The Indian Space Research Organization plans to launch a spacecraft using homegrown technology on Monday, and it is scheduled to touch down on the moon Sept.

Diplomatic row | South Korea seeks US help in bitter trade spat with Japan

South Korea is seeking U.S. help in a bitter diplomatic row with fellow American ally Japan over its moves to tighten controls on high-tech exports. The

JAXA says space probe landed on asteroid to get soil sample

A Japanese spacecraft landed on a distant asteroid and collected underground samples that scientists hope will provide clues to the origin of the solar system billions of years

Cambodia | Court charges two who protested gov’t critic’s murder

A court in Cambodia yesterday formally charged two men in connection with protests marking the third anniversary of the killing of a prominent government critic. The

Pakistan | Train collision kills 20

A passenger train rammed into a freight train at a railway station in southern Pakistan yesterday, killing at least 20 people and injuring 74 others, hospital officials

The Buzz | North Korea vows to respond to South’s deployment of F-35 jets

North Korea slammed South Korea over its ongoing deployment of high-tech U.S. fighter jets, warning yesterday that it will respond by developing and testing unspecified special weapons of its

Philippines | DNA tests confirm identity of first suicide attacker

DNA tests have confirmed the identity of the first known Filipino suicide bomber in the country’s south, an alarming milestone that underscores the need for public vigilance

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