Defiance of central government’s requirements and talk of secession to stop, says CY Leung, as city reacts to verdict on pro-independence duo By JOHAN NYLANDER and AGENCIES Hong Kong’s most senior politician, Chief Executive …
The Thai navy will buy rice directly from farmers and assign naval ratings to help them harvest their grain, a navy spokesman said on Tuesday, the latest in a series of steps by the …
A bloody summer of protest in Kashmir has been met with a ruthless response from Indian security forces, who fired hundreds of thousands of metal pellets into crowds of civilians, leaving hundreds blinded. by …
By Maayan Lubell Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered an unprecedented vilification of the Israeli media on Monday, accusing a leading television journalist of being part of a plot to bring down his right-wing government. …
By Venus Wu | HONG KONG More than 1,000 Hong Kong lawyers dressed in black marched through the heart of the city in silence on Tuesday to condemn a move by China that effectively …
ADEN, Yemen: Yemeni troops backed by a Saudi-led coalition airstrike killed six suspected Al-Qaeda fighters outside the southeastern port city of Mukalla Tuesday, a security official said. Mukalla was the most populous Yemeni city …
President Rodrigo Duterte has decided to retain the Philippines’ security alliance with former colonial power the United States, according to the country’s defense minister, but joint military activities will be scaled back and less …
South Korea has developed into one of Asia’s most affluent countries since partition in 1948. The Communist North has slipped into totalitarianism and poverty. The republic was proclaimed in 1948 and received UN-backed support …
In South Korea’s short history, no president — except for the incumbent Park Geun-hye’s own father, the assassinated dictator Park Chung-hee — has managed to escaped the snares of corruption or embezzlement. Two were …
Japan and India are looking to sign a bilateral nuclear cooperation pact when Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Tokyo later this month, sources have said. The treaty will allow Japan to export nuclear power …
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