More rain and pain expected as Thai flood death toll rises to 40
BANGKOK – Thailand faces more hardship from unseasonable floods that have killed 40 people in its south, with more rain expected in the major rubber-producing and tourist region in coming…
Philippines’ Duterte says he may impose martial law if drug problem “virulent”
MANILA – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has said he would impose martial law if the drug problem became “very virulent”, just a month after dismissing as “nonsense” any suggestion he…
China and Vietnam to “manage” differences over South China Sea – communique
China and Vietnam have pledged to manage their differences and safeguard peace in the South China Sea, in a joint communique issued during a visit to China by Vietnamese Communist Party…
Japan and Australia agree to strengthen defence ties
SYDNEY – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has met his Australian counterpart Malcolm Turnbull in Sydney where the pair agreed to deepen defence ties through joint military training and exercises.…
Actors Johnny Depp, Amber Heard finalise bitter divorce
LOS ANGELES – Film star Johnny Depp’s tumultuous divorce from actress Amber Heard has been finalised, ending the couple’s marriage after months of highly publicised claims by Heard of domestic violence…
Ngoại trưởng được Tổng thống đắc cử Donald Trump chỉ định xem Nga là một mối lo
Trong phiên điều trần với Ủy Ban Đối Ngoại Thượng Viện Mỹ, ông Rex Tillerson, người được ông Trump đề cử làm ngoại trưởng của nước Mỹ, đã cho rằng…
Thai parliament approves king’s constitutional changes request, likely delaying elections
Thailand’s military-backed parliament has voted overwhelmingly to make amendments to the constitution as suggested by the new king’s office, a move likely to delay a general election scheduled for the…
Spain arrests three accused of connections to Islamist militants
MADRID – Spanish police have arrested three people accused of connections with Islamist militants, the Interior Ministry said, two in Spain‘s North African enclave of Ceuta and a third in…
UN alarmed at migrants dying of cold, “dire” situation in Greece
Refugees and migrants are dying in Europe’s cold snap and governments must do more to help them rather than pushing them back from borders and subjecting them to violence, the…
Kerry says he’s confident Trump administration will stick to peaceful policies in Asia
HO CHI MINH CITY – Outgoing US Secretary of State John Kerry has said he is confident the next administration would stick to the same peaceful principles on Asian security as…
