The president of medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) accused Italy's hard-right government September 11 of seeking to criminalise humanitarian aid to drowning migrants, as…
Spain's Constitutional Court said September 11 it will examine the constitutionality of an amnesty law for Catalan separatists, raising doubts over its application to hundreds…
More than 60 people accused of offences including rape and arson during an attempted prison break in the Democratic Republic of Congo appeared before a…
Mexico became the world's first country to allow voters to elect judges at all levels on September 11, after protesters invaded the upper house and…
Several Pakistan MPs detained under new protest laws after demonstrating in support of jailed former premier Imran Khan were allowed to attend parliament September 12.…
Indian police have arrested 33 people after a surge in ethnic violence in Manipur state, where a curfew and an internet blackout have been imposed,…
Indian soldiers in Kashmir killed two suspected militants on September 11, the army said, the latest clashes during campaigning for local elections in the disputed…
Afghanistan said September 11 work would begin on a $10 billion gas pipeline traversing South Asia as officials joined dignitaries in neighbouring Turkmenistan to celebrate…
Millions of people across Southeast Asia struggled September 12 with flooded homes, power cuts and wrecked infrastructure after Typhoon Yagi swept through the region, as…
Pope Francis touched down in Singapore September 11, the last stop of a four-nation Asia-Pacific trip aimed at boosting the Catholic Church's standing in the…
Malaysian authorities have rescued hundreds of children from care homes where they were allegedly physically and sexually abused and have arrested scores of people in…
A former Philippine provincial governor accused of masterminding the 2011 murder of an environmental activist and radio show host has surrendered after more than a…
Typhoon Yagi severely damaged a large number of factories and flooded warehouses in northern Vietnam's export-oriented industrial hubs, forcing plants to shut, with some expected…
Japan's leadership race kicked off September 12 with a record nine candidates including the surfing son of a former prime minister and an arch-nationalist vying…
The head of Taiwan's top China policy body said September 12 that the democratic island will never surrender in the face of intensifying pressure from…
2Chinese financing for projects addressing climate change in developing countries has been greater than previously thought, a Washington-based think tank said September 11, but added…
South Korea approved the construction of two nuclear reactors on its east coast September 12, reversing a previous administration's anti-nuclear policy as Seoul now works…
South Korean World Cup player Son Jun-ho broke down in tears September 11 as he denied match-fixing and accused China of blackmail after they banned…
The Pacific Islands Forum has been hit by a "malicious" hack, the New Zealand government said September 12, revealing an attack detected ahead of a…
Australia on September 12 moved to strip medals from Afghanistan war commanders whose units were involved in alleged war crimes and "unlawful conduct". Defence Minister…
Nauru's aspiring electoral candidates have just two weeks left to apply to contest next year's national elections. The Nauru parliament introduced "significant changes to the…
A patrol ship belonging to the Maritime Security Agency (Bakamla) on September 11 expelled five Chinese-flagged vessels that were found inside the country's territorial waters…
President-elect Prabowo Subianto is scheduled to address the third anniversary of the Labor Party's "working class awakening" at the Mega Proklamasi Hotel in Menteng, Central…
Saifullah Yusuf, the incumbent mayor of Pasuruan in East Java and secretary general of the Nahdlatul Ulama Executive Council (PBNU), was sworn in as the…
Prime Minister James Marape, buoyed by the recent visit of Pope Francis, said he will defeat a no confidence vote on September 12 brought by…
