Asia Pacific
Lok Sabha election 2024: India votes in phase 2 as PM Modi pushes BJP’s pro-Hindu line
NEW DELHI (AP) — Millions of Indians voted Friday in a moderate turnout in the second round of multi-phase national ...
A high-profile murder trial in Kazakhstan boosts awareness of domestic violence
The CCTV footage shown at the domestic abuse trial was disturbing: The defendant is seen dragging his wife by her ...
Sydney church stabbing: Seven teenagers accused of violent extremist ideology arrested
SYDNEY (AP) — Australian police arrested seven teenagers accused of following a violent extremist ideology in raids across Sydney on ...
Chinese general takes a harsh line on Taiwan and other disputes at an international naval gathering
QINGDAO, China (AP) — One of China’s top military leaders took a harsh line on regional territorial disputes, telling an ...
COVID-19: How the search for the pandemic’s origins turned poisonous
BEIJING (AP) — The hunt for the origins of COVID-19 has gone dark in China, the victim of political infighting ...
Police in Australia identify the Sydney stabbing attacker who killed 6 people
SYDNEY (AP) — Police have identified the assailant who stabbed six people to death at a busy Sydney shopping center ...
‘HELP’ sign on beach points Navy and Coast Guard aviators to men stuck on Pacific atoll
Three men stranded on an uninhabited Pacific island survived for more than a week and used palm fronds to spell ...
What to know about Vietnam tycoon sentenced to death in $12.5 billion fraud case
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A Vietnamese real estate tycoon was sentenced to death Thursday in the country’s biggest ever financial ...
US, Japan, Australia and the Philippines will stage drills in South China Sea
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The United States, Japan, Australia and the Philippines will hold their first joint naval exercises, including ...
Japan’s royal family, world’s oldest monarchy, makes debut on Instagram
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s imperial family made an Instagram debut with a barrage of posts on Monday, hoping to shake ...
