Indonesia faces backlash over proposal to remove cap on baby lobster exports, Asia News,JAKARTA – A proposal by Indonesia's new fisheries minister to remove a cap on exporting baby lobsters has come under fire, with critics saying it could deplete stocks around the archipelago and boost the fis
19 years of sensitive data from top Australian university hacked by 'sophisticated operator', World News,SYDNEY – A top Australian university with close ties to the country's government and security services on Tuesday (June 4) said it had been the victim of a vast hack by a \”sophisti
Hong Kong politician arrested for 'sedition' over Facebook post, Asia News,HONG KONG – Hong Kong police on Thursday (March 26) arrested an opposition politician under a colonial-era sedition law for allegedly sharing the identity of an officer who fired a baton round that blinded a journal
Chinese police investigate FedEx package containing handgun, World News,BEIJING – Police in South-east China's Fujian province have launched an investigation after a FedEx parcel sent from the United States was found to contain a handgun, the latest Chinese-related problem to affect the US pack
At least two killed after building collapses in Turkey's Istanbul: Official, World News,ISTANBUL – At least two people were killed and six wounded after an eight-storey residential building collapsed in Istanbul on Wednesday (Feb 6), the governor's office said. It was not immediately clear
Indian opposition's Gandhis summoned in money laundering probe, Asia News,NEW DELHI – India's financial crime-fighting agency wants to question the two most senior members of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty, who lead the main opposition Congress party, as it investigates a complaint of money laun
Thailand to investigate disappearance of Vietnamese asylum-seeker, Asia News,BANGKOK – Thailand will investigate the disappearance of a dissident Vietnamese journalist after a rights group said he may have been abducted from Bangkok where he applied for UN refugee status, a senior immigration offici
