Hong Kong police fire tear gas, clear protesters by force
Jul 27, 2019
Police in Hong Kong have fired tear gas at protesters who defied authorities' warnings not to march in a neighborhood where six days earlier a mob apparently targeting demonstrators brutally attacked people in a train station
2 Australian men arrested in drug cases in Bali
Jul 23, 2019
Indonesian police say two Australian men have been arrested with cocaine on Bali
Hong Kong crisis escalates after mob attack on protesters
Jul 22, 2019
China has harshly criticized a demonstration in which eggs were thrown at its office in Hong Kong and messages spray-painted on the walls
Pirates rob S. Korea ship crew members near Singapore Strait
Jul 22, 2019
Pirates have boarded a South Korean-flagged cargo ship near the Singapore Strait and robbed its crew of their money, clothes and cellphones
The Latest: Attackers beat Hong Kong protesters in subway
Jul 21, 2019
Hong Kong media have released video footage showing masked assailants attacking commuters in a subway station
Japan vows action if S. Korea hurts companies in trade row
Jul 20, 2019
Japan's foreign minister says Tokyo will take "necessary measures" against South Korea if interests of Japanese companies are harmed in an escalating dispute over World War II forced labor
The Latest: Kyoto animation boss says company got threats
Jul 18, 2019
Boss of Kyoto animation company gutted in fire says it got death threats
UN finds organized crime expanding in Southeast Asia
Jul 18, 2019
A U.N. report says organized crime syndicates in Southeast Asia are flourishing in the illegal trafficking of drugs, wildlife, counterfeit goods and people
Former Mitsubishi workers seek assets sale for forced labor
Jul 16, 2019
Colonial-era Korean laborers seek approval for the sale of assets of former Japanese employer
Duterte 'seriously considering' cutting ties with Iceland
Jul 16, 2019
The Philippine president is "seriously considering" cutting diplomatic ties with Iceland, which spearheaded a resolution initiating a UN investigation into the thousands of deaths of suspects under his anti-drug crackdown