World
Asia
Parts of Japan ‘likely to vanish’ as population shrinks
Japan’s population has recorded its biggest single-year decrease in history, falling by 861,000 people, as the government grapples with measures to reverse the trend.
- by Lisa Visentin
Latest
Kyrgyzstan president arrests niece’s fiancé after elaborate wedding proposal
The video went viral in Kyrgyzstan and infuriated Sadyr Japarov, who has made a show of admonishing politicians for wasting money since he seized power in a coup.
- by James Kilner
Australians left stranded after massive fire destroys Bali hotel complex
Images captured by tourists and locals show Villa Amasya, in the heart of Seminyak, fully engulfed by flames leaping into the sky.
- by Zach Hope, Karuni Rompies and Amilia Rosa
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Aviation
At least 18 dead as plane skids off runway and catches fire in Nepal
Nepal has been criticised for its poor air safety record, with the deadliest incident occurring in 1992, when 167 people died when a plane crashed into a hillside.
- by Binaj Gurubacharya
Editorial
Child abuse
Ugly Australians are helping to drive Filipino online child sex trade
In a shameful claim to infamy, Australians are the third-biggest users of the Philippines online child sex trade.
- The Herald's View
Analysis
Protests
Police kill more than 100 students in protests over job handouts
The protests erupted out of Bangladeshi students’ anger at a quota system for government jobs that benefited certain groups.
- by Anupreeta Das
Vietnam’s most powerful leader dies leaving no obvious successor
Vietnam’s Communist Party’s Nguyen Phu Trong presided over his country’s transformation and reshaped its leadership with his “blazing furnace” anti-corruption campaign.
- by Sui-Lee Wee
Untouched meals, cyanide and six bodies in a luxury Bangkok hotel room
The suite had been locked for a day. The tom yum soup and fried rice left untouched. But there was something far more ominous in the room: six bodies.
- by Sui-Lee Wee and Muktita Suhartono
Exclusive
Crime
Daughters of murdered Australian speak of love for father, frustration with DFAT
The daughters of David Fisk have spoken publicly for the first time of their love for their father and their frustration at not being told key details.
- by Zach Hope and James Wilson
NRL star’s dad will be spared death penalty if convicted in Indonesia
Gregor Haas has been in a Manila prison since May after police alleged he was connected to the infamous Sinaloa drug cartel and had tried to import drugs into Indonesia.
- by Zach Hope
Opinion
China
Trump’s shadow looms larger over China
The increased likelihood that Donald Trump will regain the US presidency is a threat to Xi Jinping’s factory-led strategy for restructuring China’s economy.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz