Jakarta - Indonesian President Joko Widodo sacked his energy minister late Monday just weeks after filling the key cabinet post, following revelations his new appointee improperly held Indonesian and United States passports.Arcandra Tahar, a former oil and gas executive...
SRINAGAR - A paramilitary police commander was shot dead in Kashmir's main city while seven suspected separatist militants were killed in gun battles on Monday (Aug 15) as violence flared in the disputed Himalayan region on Indian Independence Day.The...
HONG KONG - A Hong Kong court's order outlawing "ladies nights" on gounds of discrimination has drawn the ire of club and bar owners, who said the ban has slashed their business by as much as half and vowed...
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NARATHIWAT - Fresh explosions rocked Thailand's deep south seriously wounding one soldier on Monday (Aug 15), days after a spate of bomb and arson attacks struck multiple tourist resort towns.Last week's attacks have heightened concerns Thailand's long-running but local...
JAKARTA - Indonesian plantation company Sampoerna Agro is considering how to respond to a recent court ruling that handed down the country's largest ever fine to a company linked to forest fires, a company official said on Monday."We're still...
YANGON - Even though it hasn't been officially launched in Myanmar, the game Pokemon Go is luring crowds of gamers there into the search for the virtual creatures.The game was launched in other parts of Southeast Asia only one...
JAKARTA - Indonesian airlines have been cleared to fly to the United States after regulators there scrapped a nearly decade-long ban imposed for safety reasons, an official said Monday.US transport officials said in a letter Indonesia's aviation sector had...
TOKYO - A Japanese man was arrested for allegedly stiffing a taxi driver after having promised to pay when embarking on an 850-kilometre (528-mile) journey, police said Monday.Takafumi Arima, 26 and jobless, climbed into the cab in Yokohama, south...
KOTA KINABALU - Malaysia will live up to its commitment to help Thai authorities to track down the culprits behind the recent series of explosions in southern Thailand.Deputy Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Jailani Johari said the Prime Minister...
Crown Prince Naruhito, who will in time ascend the throne as Japan's 126th Emperor, will also inherit the role of rewriting the rulebook of the world's oldest hereditary monarch.His father, Emperor Akihito, 82, is known for a series of...
