Asia Pacific
Cyclone Pam devastates South Pacific islands of Vanuatu
One of the Pacific Ocean\'s most powerful ever storms devastated the island nation of Vanuatu on Saturday, tearing off roofs, uprooting trees ...Typhoon Pam hits Vanuatu, UN fears high casualties
Widespread casualties are feared after a powerful typhoon battered Vanuatu overnight, triggering flash floods and knocking out telephone lines in the isolated ...Australia offers to pay jail fees for death row duo in Indonesia
Australia has offered to cover Indonesia\'s costs for keeping two Australian heroin traffickers in prison for life if Jakarta grants permanent stays ...Islamic State says Australian teenager carries out suicide attack in Iraq
Australia is seeking to confirm Islamic State\'s claim that an Australian teenage recruit died after blowing himself up in Iraq, the country\'s ...US woman says her boyfriend killed her mother in Indonesia
An American woman charged with premeditated murder in the death of her mother on Indonesia\'s Bali island told a court Wednesday that ...House for sale in Indonesia — with a free wife
An advert for a house in Indonesia has gone viral online after the woman selling it offered to throw in an unusual ...Myanmar police arrest scores in violent student rally crackdown
Scores of Myanmar protesters were arrested when baton-wielding police dispersed a student rally Tuesday, as the second crackdown in days deepens fears ...First round-the-world solar flight takes off from UAE
Two pilots attempting the first flight around the world in a solar-powered plane began the maiden leg of their voyage on Monday, ...Philippine military says 73 Muslim rebels dead in offensive
The Philippine military says its forces have killed 73 hard-line Muslim rebels and a suspected foreign militant in a three-week offensive in ...Indonesia rejects Australian proposal of prisoner swap for death row pair
Indonesia rejected on Thursday an Australian proposal for a prisoner swap made in an 11th hour effort to save the lives of ...




