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Asia & Pacific

Pakistan bombs Kabul in 'open war' on Taliban government

AFP reporters in Kabul and Kandahar heard blasts and jets overhead until dawn, as Pakistan launched air strikes on the Afghan capital and the southern power base of the Taliban authorities.

12 hours ago
Asia & Pacific

Hong Kong court overturns China critic Jimmy Lai's fraud conviction in rare legal victory

Judges Jeremy Poon, Anthea Pang, and Derek Pang said in the judgement that they allowed the appeal from Lai, and another defendant in the case, to proceed, as a lower court judge had "erred". ...

1 day ago
Asia & Pacific

Albanese tells Australia to 'turn the heat down' after bomb threat

Albanese was evacuated from his residence in Canberra late on Tuesday following a security threat, and returned a few hours later after nothing suspicious was found. ...

2 days ago

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Asia & Pacific

Jokowi urges developed nations to invest in green economy

Indonesia has over 3,600 gigawatts of renewable energy potential to develop and 3.3 million hectares of mangroves that can absorb much more carbon dioxide than tropical rain forests, the President touted.

1 year ago
Asia & Pacific

Australia plans AI rules on human oversight, transparency

Regulators around the world have raised concerns about misinformation and fake news contributed by AI tools amid the rising popularity of generative AI systems such as Microsoft-backed OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Gemini.

1 year ago
Asia & Pacific

Magnitude 6.2 quake strikes off Papua New Guinea

A USGS map showed the tremor centred in a patch of ocean some 300 kilometres (186 miles) east of the town of Vanimo, which is preparing to host Pope Francis over the weekend.

1 year ago
Asia & Pacific

Indonesia to deport to Philippines fugitive ex-mayor accused of criminal ties

The former mayor Alice Guo was arrested along with a Chinese monk and was helped by a former Chinese police officer during her escape from the Philippines, Law and Human Rights Minister Supratman Andi Agtas said, but gave no details. 

1 year ago
Asia & Pacific

Indonesia gives $500,000 in military aid to Cambodia

The Defense Ministry, on behalf of the government, provided last month a variety of munitions in military aid for Cambodia totaling US$500,000, to enhance defense and security cooperation with its ASEAN neighbor and to commemorate 65 years of diplomatic ties. 

1 year ago
Asia & Pacific

Philippines’ fugitive ex-mayor arrested in Indonesia, Manila says

Alice Guo, a dual Chinese national also known as Guo Hua Ping, is wanted by the Philippines Senate for refusing to attend a congressional probe into her alleged criminal ties.

1 year ago
Asia & Pacific

Indian state passes law seeking death penalty for rape

The law, passed by the state assembly but yet to be approved by the president, expresses outrage at the chronic issue of violence against women following the discovery of a 31-year-old doctor's bloodied body at a state-run hospital in the local capital Kolkata.

1 year ago
Asia & Pacific

Ex-head of Indian college where doctor was raped arrested for suspected graft

Sandip Ghosh, who resigned as principal of the British colonial-era college days after the incident became public, was arrested on Monday on charges of financial irregularities, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said.

1 year ago
Asia & Pacific

US climate envoy Podesta to visit China from Wednesday for talks

Podesta is set to meet Chinese counterpart Liu Zhenmin in the second round of formal climate talks between China and the US since he replaced John Kerry as senior envoy at the start of the year.

1 year ago
Asia & Pacific

Japan's Kishida to visit South Korea for summit with Yoon

The leaders will review progress on their efforts to step up cooperation between the countries and discuss ways to deepen their partnership ahead of Kishida's resignation this month.

1 year ago
Asia & Pacific

Government to investigate alleged Indonesian gang causing disturbances in Japan

The Foreign Ministry is looking into allegations that a group of Indonesians, who are thought to be migrant workers, have formed a gang and caused public disturbances in Osaka, Japan.

1 year ago
Asia & Pacific premium

Australia raises Indonesia more scholarships amid int’l student curbs

A new scholarship cooperation between Indonesia's LPDP and Australia's AAS has added 50 extra spots for Indonesian students, even as Canberra makes moves to curb the international student population amid rising political heat on immigration.

1 year ago
Asia & Pacific

UN to send mission to Bangladesh to probe human rights violations

Last month's anti-government protests, which began as a student-led movement against public sector job quotas, escalated into the deadliest violence since the country's independence in 1971.

1 year ago
Asia & Pacific

Philippines, Vietnam boost military ties amid South China Sea tensions

The two nations aimed to sign a defense cooperation deal before the end of the year, Philippine Defense Minister Teodoro said after he and his Vietnamese counterpart Phan Van Giang inked "letters of intent" to enhance engagements on disaster response and military medicine.

1 year ago
Asia & Pacific

Thailand's anti-graft body opens new probe into embattled political opposition

Among the 44 under investigation are 25 current lawmakers of the People's Party, Move Forward's latest incarnation and the largest party in parliament.

1 year ago
Asia & Pacific

Philippines files money-laundering case against fugitive ex-mayor

The Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC), with the National Bureau of Investigation and Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission, jointly filed multiple counts of money laundering against Alice Guo and 35 others at the Department of Justice.

1 year ago
Asia & Pacific

Timor-Leste PM thanks international community on independence vote anniversary

Timor-Leste's journey to self-determination was "long and heavy", but with international support it had been able to achieve peace, stability and development, said President Jose Ramos Horta

1 year ago
Asia & Pacific

Pope Francis takes climate message on Southeast Asia trip

The 12-day trip, traveling nearly 33,000 kilometers to visit four countries in the Southeast Asian region, is the longest trip yet by the pontiff, who now regularly uses a wheelchair due to knee and back pain.

1 year ago
Asia & Pacific premium

Indonesia, Australia ink ‘historic’ defense agreement

First revealed during Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto's visit to Canberra earlier this month, the Indonesia-Australia Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) is finally signed after over 30 bilateral meetings since March of last year.

1 year ago
Asia & Pacific

Filipino sailors hold the line at flashpoint South China Sea reef

The coast guard's BRP Teresa Magbanua has been anchored inside Sabina Shoal since April to assert Manila's claims to the area off its coast and prevent China from seizing it.

1 year ago
Asia & Pacific

Typhoon Shanshan makes landfall in Japan, killing 3 and snarling air traffic

Major automakers including Toyota and Nissan suspended operations in some or all of their domestic factories due to the storm.

1 year ago
Asia & Pacific

Biden aide Sullivan lauds 'rare' talks with Chinese military in Beijing

Sullivan arrived in Beijing on Tuesday, the first US National Security Advisor to visit China since 2016, for three days of talks with Foreign Minister Wang Yi and other high-ranking officials.

1 year ago
Asia & Pacific

Pacific Islands endorse $271 million regional policing plan

The leaders of Tonga, Fiji, Palau and Papua New Guinea said the program would assist island states to tackle drug trafficking, illegal fishing and economic crimes across a region that spans millions of kilometers of ocean.

1 year ago
Asia & Pacific premium

Indonesia eyes improved tourism, education partnerships with China

To foster people-to-people relations with China, Indonesia is negotiating more direct flights to the East Asian country as part of its attempt to attract tourists and expand scholarship cooperation to break the stigma against its partner.

1 year ago
Asia & Pacific

Chinese military's airspace violation is utterly unacceptable, Japan says

The airspace breach was "not only a serious violation of Japan's sovereignty but it also threatens our security", Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi told a regular press conference.

1 year ago
Asia & Pacific

Malaysia charges ex-PM Muhyiddin with sedition over alleged remarks on royalty

Muhyiddin, who led Malaysia for 17 months between 2020 and 2021, was charged at a court in the northeastern state of Kelantan with sedition over remarks made in a political speech this month. He pleaded not guilty, his lawyer said.

1 year ago
Asia & Pacific

Super Garuda Shield 2024 joint exercise includes cyber threats

Indonesia, the United States started the Super Garuda Shield 2024 multinational joint exercise on Monday.

1 year ago
Asia & Pacific

Tire shards pierce wing on Rome-Perth Qantas flight

The Australian airline said Monday the incident occurred on an August 24 flight from Rome's Leonardo da Vinci Airport en route to the West coast of Australia.

1 year ago
Asia & Pacific

China's actions in South China Sea patently illegal, Philippine says

"We have to expect these kinds of behaviour from China because this is a struggle. We have to be ready to anticipate and to get used to these kinds of acts of China which are patently illegal as we have repeatedly said," Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro told reporters.

1 year ago
Asia & Pacific

Australia gives millions of workers 'right to disconnect'

People can now "refuse to monitor, read, or respond to" their employers' attempts to contact them outside work hours -- unless that refusal is deemed "unreasonable".

1 year ago
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