Hong Kong media tycoon and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai was found guilty on Monday in his landmark security trial on charges of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and sedition, which could mean life in prison. The 78-year-old Lai, founder of the pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper who h
Donations for a Sydney man who wrestled a gun from one of the alleged attackers during a mass shooting at Bondi Beach have surged past A$1.1 million ($744,000), as he recovers in hospital after surgery for bullet wounds. Forty-three-year-old Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim father-of-two, hid behind parke
Thailand's leader vowed on Saturday to keep fighting on the disputed border with Cambodia as fighter jets struck targets hours after US President Donald Trump said he had brokered a new ceasefire. Caretaker Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said the Southeast Asian nation would "continue to
India's IndiGo on Friday estimated a payout of more than 5 billion rupees ($55.19 million) in total to customers impacted by the carrier's mass cancellations last week. The airline had scrapped around 4,500 flights last week because of poor pilot roster planning, leaving tens of thousands of passe
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Friday said it has signed a 100-million-U.S.-dollar loan agreement with Five-Star Business Finance Limited (FBFL) to expand access to micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) business loans for women borrowers from lower-income groups in India. T
Thailand's Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul announced on Thursday that he is "returning power to the people," moving to dissolve parliament and clear the way for elections earlier than previously anticipated. Government spokesperson Siripong Angkasakulkiat told Reuters the move followed a disagr
As winter bites in Gaza, displaced Palestinians set out every day to homes destroyed by Israel. There they rip out iron rods from the walls and use them to prop up their flimsy tents or sell to scratch out a living in an enclave that will take years to recover from war. The rods have become a ho
At least 30 people were killed, including patients, after an airstrike by the country's ruling junta hit a major hospital in Myanmar's western Rakhine state, according to a rebel group, an aid worker and a witness said on Thursday. More than 70 people were injured, they said. The hospital in Ra
A military court in Pakistan jailed former spy chief Faiz Hamid for 14 years on four charges including interference in politics, the army said on Thursday, in a rare conviction of a once-powerful general in the South Asian nation. Hamid, in custody and under trial since August last year, was the c
Fighting between Thailand and Cambodia entered its fourth day on Thursday as both sides waited for a promised telephone call from US President Donald Trump, who says he believes he can again end the conflict between the two Southeast Asian nations. On Wednesday, clashes at more than a dozen locati
Cambodia’s Senate President Hun Sen vowed a fierce fight against Thailand as a second day of widespread renewed combat between the nations Tuesday drove tens of thousands of people to flee border areas. The fighting following a skirmish Sunday that injured two Thai soldiers and derailed a ce
Australia on Wednesday became the first country to ban social media for children under 16, blocking access in a move welcomed by many parents and child advocates but criticised by major technology companies and free-speech advocates. Starting at midnight (1300 GMT on Tuesday), 10 of the largest pl
Before the deadly landslides and floods hit Indonesia about two weeks ago, Amran Siagian, 39, frequently met Tapanuli orangutans on a hill in the region of Sipirok, North Sumatra province. Siagian, who has been working as a ranger to protect the endangered animal at the Orangutan Information Cente
