An artist made scathing sculptures of Mao over a decade ago. Now, he’s detained for slandering China’s heroes, family says
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Malaysia’s failed war on drugs: can mandatory rehab break the habit?
“After four decades of waging war against drugs, there is a necessity to employ new elements in our approach,” Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution said last month – underscoring the pivot away from a policy that has left the country’s prisons overflowing with low-level offenders, while drugs like methamphetamine and cannabis continue to flood the streets.
Cathay’s A350 planes, the death of Jane Wu, Yagi shuts down Hong Kong: 7 highlights
Hong Kong ground to a halt on Thursday as Super Typhoon Yagi edged closer to the city and prompted the first No 8 storm warning of the year, forcing class suspensions, flight cancellations and the scaling back of public transport services to the bare minimum.
A Māori king who urged racial unity in New Zealand is laid to rest and a new queen rises
NGĀRUAWĀHIA, New Zealand (AP) — They came in their thousands in the freezing dawn, parking cars far away and winding down rural roads on foot, children riding on their shoulders. They arrived in mourning black with crowns of ferns and kawakawa leaves, bone carvings or wedges of deep green pounamu -– New Zealand jade -– resting on their chests.
Indian state passes law seeking death penalty for rape, after doctor’s murder sparks protests
An Indian state, shaken by weeks of protests demanding justice after the rape and murder of a doctor, passed a law on Tuesday that could lead to the execution of rapists.
Islamic State group claims Kabul suicide attack that killed at least 6
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Islamic State group claimed responsibility Tuesday for this week’s suicide bombing at a prosecutor’s office in Kabul that killed at least six people and injured 13.
Heavy monsoon rains and floods kill at least 33 in south India and 5 children in Pakistan this week
HYDERABAD, India (AP) — Heavy monsoon rains and floods have killed at least 33 people in southern India and five children in Pakistan over the past two days, authorities said Tuesday.
A Pakistani religious leader is tried in his absence for allegedly threatening Geert Wilders
SCHIPHOL, Netherlands (AP) — Prosecutors demanded a 14-year sentence Monday for a Pakistani Muslim leader accused of inciting the murder of anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders, the leader of the party that won last year’s general election in the Netherlands.