World
Asia
Lese-majeste is dead. Long live lese-majeste
Thailand’s notorious royal defamation law has not been used in a year, but the chances of it being abolished are as remote as ever.
- by Michael Ruffles
Latest
Tragedy
'God, I don't want to die': US missionary's plea before remote Indian tribe struck
John Allen Chau's riveting journal of his last days shows a treacherous journey by dark in a small fishing boat to the area where the small tribe lived in huts.
- by Joanna Slater & Annie Gowen
Religious freedom
'Dangerous game': Dispute over Muslim site in India heats up
India's rulers are stepping up efforts to build a massive Hindu temple where a mosque once stood, and Muslims still living in the town say they once again feel under siege.
- by Kishna Das
Prabowo Subianto
Indonesian presidential candidate says Jerusalem move no problem
Prabowo Subianto took a sharply different line to Indonesian President Joko Widodo.
- by James Massola
Khashoggi case
Erdogan didn’t get all he hoped in Khashoggi case but he got a lot
If anything, the Turkish president may now be in a better position than he was when Khashoggi disappeared inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul seven weeks ago.
- by Carlotta Gall
Bali Nine
Renae Lawrence has walked free from her Bali jail
After 13 long years, it's done.
- by James Massola, Amilia Rosa & Toby Crockford
Exclusive
Bali Nine
How Bali Nine drug mule Renae Lawrence spent first moments of freedom
Nursing a cigarette and speaking softly, the just-released former jailbird looked shocked at her new-found freedom.
- by James Massola & Amilia Rosa
Tragedy
American killed by isolated tribe on remote Indian island off-limits to visitors
A man visiting one of the islands in India's remote cluster of Andaman and Nicobar has been killed by a group of hunter-gatherers who live there isolated from the outside world, two police officials said.
- by Sanjib Kumar Roy
Biodiversity
Falcon hunters turn protectors in India
Residents regard this as one of the biggest conservation success stories in South Asia - an entire village transformed.
Bali Nine
Bali Nine member Matthew Norman speaks about Renae Lawrence release
Bali Nine member Matthew Norman still hopes to be freed one day - and he has a message for fellow Bali Nine member Renae Lawrence on the eve of her release.
- by James Massola & Amilia Rosa
Opinion
China
Frontline in US-China power struggle reaches Australia's doorstep
The last time there was an imperial-scale contest for power over Australia's sphere it was on the Kokoda Track. The contemporary Kokoda campaign was engaged on the weekend.
- by Peter Hartcher