Asia-Pacific
Voting begins in West Bengal state after a national voter list purge
Voting in one of India’s most closely watched state elections began yesterday after a national voter roll revision removed millions of names and raised ...Ex-President Duterte to face trial on crimes against humanity charges
Judges at the International Criminal Court yesterday confirmed crimes against humanity charges against former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte for deadly anti-drugs crackdowns he allegedly ...2021 collision of South Korean warplanes caused by pilots taking video, report says
A 2021 midair collision of two South Korean fighter jets happened because a pilot made an abrupt maneuver to get a better angle for ...Ex-Philippine president Duterte to face trial on crimes against humanity charges
THE HAGUE – Judges at the International Criminal Court on Thursday confirmed crimes against humanity charges against former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte for deadly ...South Korean police seek to arrest K-pop mogul behind BTS
South Korean police said yesterday they are seeking to arrest music mogul Bang Si-Hyuk, chairman of the agency behind K-pop supergroup BTS, as they ...Modi is pushing to get more women in Parliament – that could have other consequences
India’s Parliament opened debate yesterday on a landmark bill to reserve one-third of legislative seats for women, which could set off a sweeping redrawing ...Star of hit series ‘The Solitary Gourmet’ hopes to share its joy of eating
Japanese TV program “The Solitary Gourmet” quietly started in a late-night slot 14 years ago featuring a suit-clad, middle-aged man’s joy of solitary dining ...Australia’s richest person must share part of her mining fortunes, court rules
Australia’s richest woman, Gina Rinehart, has been ordered by a court to share part of her vast mining wealth after a years-long legal battle ...Harry and Meghan arrive in Australia for a low-key, privately funded visit
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, arrived in Melbourne yesterday for their first Australian visit since their official ...Philippines opens key coast guard base in disputed waters
Chinese officials did not immediately react to the Philippines’ opening of its coast guard district command on Thitu Island, which has been occupied by ...Kim says its latest weapons tests included missiles with cluster-bomb warheads
North Korea said yesterday its testing spree this week involved various new weapons systems, including ballistic missiles armed with cluster-bomb warheads, as it pushes ...North fires missiles toward sea after ridiculing South’s hopes for better ties
North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea yesterday in its second launch event in two days, South Korea’s military said, hours ...Decorated veteran remains behind bars on Afghan war crime charges
Australia’s most decorated living veteran, Ben Roberts-Smith, did not apply for bail when the war crime murder charges against him were listed in a ...How a seabird native to Hawaii has adapted to life in Honolulu’s concrete jungle
Ka’iulani Murphy is quick to spot white terns flapping their wings when she’s guiding Polynesian voyaging canoes across the Pacific. The birds hunt for ...Earthquake off North Sulawesi topples buildings, kills one person and sets off small tsunami
An undersea magnitude 7.4 earthquake toppled buildings in parts of northern Indonesia, sent people fleeing from their homes, killed at least one person and ...Indonesia to deport Scottish crime boss wanted by Spain
A Scottish crime boss is to be deported to Spain yesterday after he was arrested on the Indonesian resort island of Bali in connection ...
