Tokyo: Japan's Defence Minister on Friday ordered missile units to intercept a rocket expected to be launched by North Korea next month if it flies over Japan. The order from Defence Minister Naoki Tanaka came at a meeting of Japan's national security council. It followed instructions issued earlier in the week for the military...
Connect With Us on Twitter Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines. Twitter List: Reporters and Editors The artist Ai Weiwei said Thursday that the Chinese tax authorities had upheld a ruling that his company must pay a multimillion-dollar fine for tax evasion after a...
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A suspected U.S. drone fired two missiles at a house in northwest Pakistan early Friday morning, killing four militants in an attack that comes as Pakistani officials have stepped up their calls for the strikes to end, intelligence officials said. The attack could...
Indonesian police killed two suspected terrorists in a raid on the outskirts of Jakarta, a force spokesman said, less than two weeks after officers shot dead five suspects on the resort island of Bali. "The...
More than 5,000 workers from industrial areas in and around Jakarta staged a mass demonstration at the front gates of the legislative compound, demanding the House of Representatives (DPR) turn down the government’s plan to increase fuel and electricity prices in April and May respectively....
Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has spoken of irregularities ahead of Sunday's by-election. Speaking ahead of the 1 April vote, she said the election campaign could not be considered ''genuinely free and fair''....
