Indonesia's Hindu resort island of Bali on Wednesday defended a decision not to cover up any of its ubiquitous statues of deities and semi-naked women during a visit by the Saudi king. King Salman...
Thousands were fleeing a Myanmar town bordering China on Tuesday after at least 30 people were killed in fighting between the army and ethnic rebels as Beijing called for an immediate ceasefire...
Thailand's army said Tuesday it would drop a defamation case against three human rights workers who alleged that troops tortured insurgents, a rare climbdown by a military notorious for taking...
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull Tuesday played down the possibility that Australia and Indonesia would stage joint patrols in the disputed South China Sea, a move that would have angered Beijing....
Manila on Tuesday "strongly protested" an American television drama for showing a fictional Philippine president making a sexual advance on the US secretary of state. In the trailer for the latest...
At least six police officers were killed Monday in a surprise pre-dawn raid by ethnic minority rebels on a town in a restive region of Myanmar bordering China, an army source said. Artillery and...
The Philippines' defence secretary on Saturday visited a US aircraft carrier patrolling the South China Sea, hailing the "strong relationship" with Washington despite President Rodrigo Duterte's...
Saudi Arabia's King Salman called Thursday for a united fight against terrorism in a speech to Indonesia's parliament during a landmark state visit to the world's most populous Muslim-majority...
Following the Cold War-style assassination of Kim Jong-Nam with a lethal nerve agent, Malaysians have once again found their country the unlikely focus of a dramatic global story, embellished by...
Thai prisons are massively overcrowded with some inmates forced to sleep sideways, a rights group said Tuesday, urging reform in a country with the world's sixth largest jail population. The...
Islamic militants in the Philippines have posted a video showing the beheading of a German hostage. Juergen Kantner was abducted from his yacht off Malaysia’s Sabah state in November. His companion...
Jumia Travel had an interview with Amarachi, a Systems Engineer who runs Chapter One travel blog. She shared her travel experiences and advice for travellers. Kindly tell us a little about yourself...
Islamic militants in the Philippines have posted a video showing the beheading of a German hostage. Jurgen Kantner was abducted from his yacht off Malaysia’s Sabah state in November. His companion...
European parliamentarians warned communist Vietnam on Thursday that a failure to improve its human rights record threatens to hinder the ratification of a free trade pact negotiated by the two...
A report on inequality in Indonesia says its four richest men now have more wealth than 100 million of the country's poorest people. The report by Oxfam said Indonesia, with a population of more than...
A British journalist with the BBC faces up to five years in a Thai jail after a lawyer brought a criminal defamation case against him over an investigation into fraud on a popular tourist island....
For the first time in Africa, researchers said Wednesday they have detected a malaria parasite that is partially resistant to the top anti-malaria drug, artemisinin, raising concern about efforts to...
A UN-backed court on Wednesday dismissed a case against a former Khmer Rouge cadre charged with crimes against humanity, highlighting the difficulties of bringing lower level members of the brutal...
An Australian woman and her British boyfriend accused of beating to death a policeman on Indonesia's resort island of Bali are facing a jail term of eight years each in line with prosecutor requests...
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