Asia Pacific
Myanmar court jails three for insulting Buddhism
A Myanmar court on Tuesday sentenced a New Zealand bar manager and his business associates to 2 1/2 years in prison for ...Vanuatu appeals for aid after devastating cyclone
Vanuatu\'s president made an emotional appeal for international assistance after his island nation was hit by a calamity of a cyclone, wreaking ...Dozens feared dead as Myanmar ferry sinks
A crowded double-decker passenger ferry capsized in northwestern Myanmar after being slammed by huge waves, killing 34 people and leaving more than ...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 ...




