SEOUL – A South Korean court has sentenced former president Park Geun-hye to eight more years in prison after finding her guilty on charges of causing loss of government funds…
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia will release on July 30 a long-awaited report into the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, the transport minister said. In May, Malaysia called off a…
LOS ANGELES – With one week left on a court-ordered deadline to reunite children and parents separated by US immigration officials, government lawyers have reported that 364 of some 2,500…
SEOUL – A South Korean court has acknowledged for the first time the government’s liability for the 2014 sinking of the Sewol ferry, which killed 304 people, mainly school children,…
SYDNEY – Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has said that Pope Francis must sack an Australian archbishop convicted of concealing child sex abuse. Archbishop Philip Wilson, 67, in May became the…
WASHINGTON – The White House denied that US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Russia was no longer targeting the United States, saying his answer “no” was about taking…
SYDNEY – A Turkish court has rejected an Australian request to extradite a citizen it believes is a top recruiter for the Islamic State group, Australia‘s foreign minister says, in a setback…
MANILA – The Philippines blacklisted and ordered the deportation on Thursday of an elderly Australian nun at odds with President Rodrigo Duterte, calling her an “undesirable alien” who broke terms of…
SYDNEY – Australia’s leading goal scorer Tim Cahill has retired from international soccer after a frustrating fourth World Cup tournament in Russia. The 38-year-old Cahill, who has scored 50 international…
SYDNEY – The number of permanent migrants to Australia has hit a 10-year low, thanks to tougher scrutiny of claims, home minister Peter Dutton says, as the government tries to…
SYDNEY – Foreigners have been banned from working as interns for Australian members of parliament, a spokesman for the Senate said, in a reform apparently aimed at blocking Chinese prying…
SYDNEY – Pacific nations Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands have signed on to a joint undersea internet cable project, funded mostly by Australia, that forestalls plans by Chinese…
HANOI – A Vietnamese court has ordered the deportation of an American man of Vietnamese descent detained during nationwide protests last month, state media reports. William Anh Nguyen, 32, was accused of…
HANOI – The one-day trial of an American man of Vietnamese descent who was detained during nationwide protests in Vietnam last month has opened in a Ho Chi Minh City court, a court…
HANOI – Vietnam‘s new cybersecurity law is designed to protect online rights and create a “safe and healthy cyberspace,” the foreign ministry says, although critics have warned it gives the Communist-ruled…
HANOI – Vietnam has warned of floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains after tropical storm Son Tinh made landfall in northern coastal areas, although no casualties were reported today.…
FARNBOROUGH – Boeing Co has struck a new deal for 100 passenger jets with Vietnamese budget airline VietJet Air, deepening a battle for market share against rival Airbus in one…
BERLIN – A Vietnamese man has admitted that he helped his country’s secret services to kidnap a former oil executive in broad daylight from a Berlin street and smuggle him back…
HANOI – A Vietnamese court has ordered the deportation of an American man of Vietnamese descent detained during nationwide protests last month, state media reports. William Anh Nguyen, 32, was accused of…
HANOI – The one-day trial of an American man of Vietnamese descent who was detained during nationwide protests in Vietnam last month has opened in a Ho Chi Minh City court, a court…
HANOI – Seventeen US lawmakers have urged the CEOs of Facebook and Google to resist changes stipulated by a new cybersecurity law in Vietnam, which critics say gives the Communist-ruled…
HANOI – An American detained in Vietnam last month is set to go on trial next Friday, days after US Secretary of State raised the case with local officials during…
HANOI – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has raised the issue of a detained American man of Vietnamese descent during meetings with senior Vietnamese officials in Hanoi, a US State Department…
Re: Current state of the nation and the Internet Security Act together with the Draft Laws on the Special Economic Administrative Zones (AKA Bill on Special Economic Zones) Rank and…
Respectfully to: The National Assembly and the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam On the occasion of a press conference by the the Unified Vietnamese Buddhist Congregation of Australia…
HANOI – Police in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City have issued a prosecution order for an American man of Vietnamese descent for his alleged involvement in a protest over government…
HANOI – The United States has urged Vietnam to delay a vote on a proposed cybersecurity law, the US Embassy said, amid widespread concern the law would cause economic harm…