JAKARTA: Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Wednesday approved a law prescribing the death penalty as the maximum sentence for child…
PNOM PENH: Cambodia’s next election will be in July 2018, Prime Minister Hun Sen announced on Wednesday, as leaders of…
HO CHI MINH CITY: US President Barack Obama chided Vietnam on political freedoms on Tuesday after critics of the communist-run…
ANKARA: Turkey’s new prime minister vowed on Tuesday to work immediately on forging the stronger presidency wanted by the incumbent,…
NEW DELHI: Prashant Kishor, the election campaign manager brought in by India’s opposition Congress party to reverse its declining fortunes,…
CARACAS: Venezuela is sinking deeper into political and economic chaos, but the international response has been timid so far —…
YANGON: A landslide in Myanmar’s northern jade mining region has killed at least 12 people and many more are missing,…
WIANG PA PAO: A 10-year-old Thai girl called out for her mother and father as a blaze swept through her…
BRASILIA: Brazil’s interim President Michel Temer said on Tuesday he would seek a constitutional amendment to curb public spending as…
MANILA: A Malaysian naval patrol detained three Philippine fishermen for encroaching in territorial waters in the disputed Spratlys this month,…