Asia Pacific
Pakistan helicopter crashes killing Norwegian, Philippine ambassadors
A Pakistan military helicopter carrying diplomats to the launch of projects in northern Pakistan crashed on Friday killing six people, including the ...Italy says 10 migrants die, 4,500 rescued in ongoing mission
Nearly 4,500 migrants were plucked from boats off the coast of Libya over the weekend and 10 bodies were recovered, Italy\'s coast ...Earthquake of magnitude 7.1 strikes off Papua New Guinea
An earthquake of magnitude 7.1 struck off Papua New Guinea on Friday, 128 km south-south-west of Rabaul, at a depth of 61 ...Indonesia executes eight drug traffickers, despite worldwide appeals for clemency
Eight drug-trafficking convicts from several countries were executed by an Indonesian firing squad shortly after midnight on Wednesday, media said, but a ...Captain of doomed South Korea ferry jailed for life for homicide by appeals court
The South Korean ferry captain responsible for last year\'s disaster that killed more than 300 people, mostly school children, was given an ...Nine await execution in Indonesia, as foreign hopes for reprieve fade
Nine drug traffickers met their families for what could be the final time at an Indonesian maximum security prison on Tuesday, after ...U.S., Japan unveil new defense guidelines for global Japanese role
Japan and the United States unveiled new guidelines for defense cooperation on Monday, reflecting Japan\'s willingness to take on a more robust ...Australia pleads for stay in executions, demands Jakarta probe
Australia made a last-minute plea on Monday for a stay in the imminent execution of two Australian drug traffickers in Indonesia, saying ...Kazakhstan goes to polls as president expected to win
Voters in Kazakhstan turned out in abundance at polling stations Sunday for a presidential election guaranteed to overwhelmingly reconfirm the incumbent, who ...Australians get 72-hour notice of execution in Indonesia
Indonesia said Saturday it has officially notified eight foreign drug convicts that they will be executed, but a Frenchman was granted a ...