Blast kills at least 13 in Pakistani city of Lahore, 83 injured
LAHORE – An explosion near the Punjab provincial assembly in the Pakistani city of Lahore killed at least 13 people and wounded 83 others on Monday, a senior police official…
Vote deal with One Nation shows Australia’s shift to the right
SYDNEY – A state premier’s desperate move to win re-election by striking an electoral deal with the far-right One Nation party has driven a wedge between partners in the ruling coalition,…
Lin family killer Robert Xie sentenced to life in prison
Mass murderer Lian Bin “Robert” Xie will spend the rest of his life behind bars for bludgeoning to death five members of his extended family at their Sydney home almost…
New Zealand warns of exploding whale carcasses after mass stranding
WELLINGTON – New Zealand authorities are cutting holes in 300 whale carcasses, popping the dead animals “like balloons”, to avoid them exploding as they decompose on Golden Bay after more than…
Indonesians to vote in local polls with eye on presidency
JAKARTA – Tens of millions of Indonesians head to the polls on Wednesday in local elections across the Muslim-majority country, with bitter feuding over the powerful post of Jakarta governor…
North Korea says test of new nuclear-capable missile a success
SEOUL – North Korea has said it successfully test-fired a new type of medium-to-long-range ballistic missile on Sunday, claiming further advancement in a weapons program it is pursuing in violation of…
Thousands continue protests against government in Romania
BUCHAREST – Thousands of Romanians have protested in Bucharest and other cities against the Social Democrat government that tried to weaken a crackdown on corruption earlier this month. The one-month-old…
Steinmeier elected German president
BERLIN – Former foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has been elected Germany‘s president, the 12th person to hold the largely ceremonial post in the post-war era. Steinmeier, a Social Democrat who had…
Australian bushfires threaten properties, close roads
Australian authorities have ordered the evacuation of some sparsely populated rural areas of New South Wales on Sunday as bushfires, fanned by extreme heat and strong winds, raged across the…
North Korea tests ballistic missile, but doesn’t seem to be an ICBM
SEOUL – North Korea has fired a ballistic missile into the sea off its east coast early on Sunday, South Korea’s military said, the first time the isolated state has…
