'Hopelessly weak': Australia slammed for refusing to back Rohingya investigation
Human rights groups condemn the Turnbull government's decision, saying it 'sweeps under the carpet' Myanmar's crimes against humanity.
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Lindsay Murdoch
Lindsay Murdoch is a three-time winner of the Walkley Award, Australia's top award for journalistic excellence. Lindsay is a former correspondent based in Singapore, Jakarta and Darwin. In 1999 he covered the tumultuous events in East Timor, and in 2003 he covered the Iraq war while embedded with US Marines.
Bishop will visit 'punisher' Duterte in his southern stronghold
Foreign Minister's trip takes her to the heart of a human rights catastrophe and then to a country whose PM is grappling with the world's biggest financial scandal.
Extremist monk gagged by Myanmar's Buddhist authorities
The rare sanction against Wirathu, who has led calls for restrictions on Myanmar's Muslims, comes amid deepening tensions in the Buddhist-majority country.
Thailand authorities end 23-day siege of Dhammakaya, nation's largest temple
Authorities have ended a 23-day siege of Thailand's largest temple, where worshippers and monks defied repeated attempts to arrest a prominent monk wanted on charges of money laundering.
Fury in Cambodia as US asks to be paid back hundreds of millions in war debts
Half a century after United States B-52 bombers dropped more than 500,000 tons of explosives on Cambodia's countryside Washington wants the country to repay a US$500 million war debt.
Appeals for help as Cambodian Soth Rey in fight for her life
Soth Rey's face has a wide gaping hole, her nose and right cheek eaten away by necrosis, a rare form of rapid cell degeneration.
The Lady vanishes
The assassin's bullet aimed at changing the course of Myanmar's future came from point-blank range, in broad daylight, at the country's biggest airport.
North Korea assassination suspects barricaded in embassy in Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia's police chief says authorities would wait as long as necessary to arrest them.
Alleged sex predator Peter Scully to escape Philippines death penalty if convicted
Alleged Australian child sex predator Peter Scully will escape the death penalty if convicted despite what police say were the most shocking cases of child murder, torture and abuse they have ever seen in the Philippines.
Malaysian PM lashes out at North Korea for keeping its citizens from leaving
North Korea said on Tuesday it has temporarily banned Malaysians from leaving the country to "ensure the safety of its diplomats and citizens in Malaysia".
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