Cambodian court jails Australian filmmaker for six years for espionage
A Cambodian court jailed an Australian filmmaker for six years on Friday after finding him guilty of espionage for flying a drone over...
Japan's military seeks record spending to reinforce North Korea missile defenses
Japan's military wants record spending next year to help pay for major upgrades to defenses designed to shoot down North Korean ballistic missiles...
New Zealand PM Ardern has two ministers step aside
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has had to strip one minister of her portfolio and had another step aside in less than...
Catholic church in Australia rejects mandatory reporting of child abuse discussed in confessional
The Catholic church in Australia on Friday rejected laws forcing priests to report child abuse when they learn about it in the confessional,...
Duterte says Philippines better off run by dictator if he were not around
President Rodrigo Duterte has said graft and illicit drugs were so entrenched in the Philippines that if he were not around, it would...
Thrill-seeking runners take sport - and spending - to rural China
At dawn, high on the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau, a Buddhist monk in saffron robes chants blessings over limber athletes preparing to run 100 kilometers...
Trump tweets are 'messages from some alternative universe': China Daily
Twitter comments by U.S. President Donald Trump accusing China of hacking former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's email server are an attempt to cast...
Australian police charge Sri Lankan with terror plotting
Australia has arrested and charged a Sri Lankan man with planning a terror attack after finding "symbolic locations within Sydney" listed as possible...
Brazil centrist Alckmin attacks far-right election rival in anti-gun ad
Brazil's business-friendly presidential candidate Geraldo Alckmin unveiled a campaign ad against gun violence on Thursday that targeted his far-right pro-gun adversary Jair Bolsonaro....
Dam nation: Big state projects spared in China's hydro crackdown
In a mountain village in southwest China's Sichuan province, authorities have demolished seven small dam projects this year along a river to clear...
Mexico union boss brushes off past woes in political comeback
A long-exiled Mexican union leader stormed back onto the political stage on Thursday as a newly-minted senator, saying his legal troubles were behind...
Despite debt woes, Africa still sees China as best bet for financing
A wave of African nations looking to restructure debt with China on the eve of a major Beijing summit provides a reality check...
Exclusive: Fake photos in Myanmar army's 'True News' book on the Rohingya crisis
The grainy black-and-white photo, printed in a new book on the Rohingya crisis authored by Myanmar's army, shows a man standing over two...
