Centenarian Japanese prince who loved dancing and hated war laid to rest
TOKYO – Japanese Emperor Akihito’s uncle, Prince Mikasa, who served in China during World War Two and criticised the war waged in his older brother’s name, was laid to rest…
Death of Australian Hughes ruled ‘tragic accident’
The death of Australian batsman Phillip Hughes was a “tragic accident” and not a result of a failure to enforce the rules of the game or inadequate safety equipment, the…
Rain, flooding expected to hit Vietnam coffee belt
Torrential rain is forecast to continue in Vietnam’s biggest coffee growing provinces in coming days, government reports said on Friday, potentially further disrupting harvesting of the 2016/2017 crop. That has…
Australian police arrest two linked to Syria militants
SYDNEY – Australian police have arrested a man believed to have fought with Syrian militants and a youth who was stopped at the border allegedly planning to join Islamic State…
S.Korean ex-presidential aide arrested in political scandal -Yonhap
SEOUL – South Korean prosecutors detained a former presidential aide late on Wednesday, Yonhap News Agency reported early on Thursday, the second person to be held in an influence peddling…
Indonesia police brace for hardline Islamic protest
JAKARTA – Thousands of hardline Muslims are expected to take to the streets on Friday to protest against the governor of Jakarta, a Christian and the first ethnic Chinese in…
Vietnam police arrest anti-government blogger
HANOI – Vietnamese police have detained a prominent blogger for distributing anti-state information, the latest in a crackdown on critics of the country’s Communist rulers. Ho Van Hai, 52, was arrested on…
Vietnam flooding kills two in central provinces
At least two people have been killed and several more are still missing after torrential rain triggered flooding in central Vietnam, various media reports. Vietnamese state-run online news VnExpress says…
Dutch royals lay tributes for MH17 victims, war dead in Australia
CANBERRA – King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands laid sunflowers at a memorial in the Australian capital on Wednesday for victims of the Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 shot…
Boat sinks off Indonesian island killing 17 – disaster agency
NONGSA, Indonesia – A speedboat carrying 93 Indonesian migrant workers from Malaysia sank off an Indonesian island on Wednesday, killing 17 of them, Indonesia’s national disaster agency said. The boat…
