April 14, 2016 Australia PM hails China trade ties on visit Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is hailing trade ties with China but skirting sensitive political issues on the first day of a visit to his country's key trade partner.
April 13, 2016 Philippines workers beheaded by attackers with possible ISIS ties Suspected Muslim militants have beheaded two kidnapped sawmill workers while four other captives have been freed in a brutal act in the southern Philippines that appears to have been influenced by the Islamic State group's style of killings, military and police officials said Thursday.
April 13, 2016 Magnitude 6.9 earthquake strikes Burma, felt in India A strong earthquake has struck Burma and was felt in parts of India. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.
April 13, 2016 Australian leader supports detained TV crew linked to kidnapping attempt Australian government was providing top-level consular support to an Australian television crew facing charges after being caught up in a mother's bungled child-snatching attempt in Lebanon, Australia's prime minister said on Wednesday.
April 12, 2016 'Never seen anything like that': Navy flyer describes 'help' message on island The U.S. Navy officer in charge of a flight crew that located three castaways on a remote Pacific island said Monday he has never seen or heard of another rescue quite like it.
April 12, 2016 Women in skimpy dress are like unwrapped candy, Thai PM says Thailand's blunt-speaking prime minister had some advice Tuesday for his country's young women: Don't dress too revealingly, or you will be shunned like a piece of toffee without its wrapper.
April 12, 2016 Japan prepares for release of radioactive material from Fukushima plant To dump or not to dump a little-discussed substance is the question brewing in Japan as it grapples with the aftermath of the nuclear catastrophe in Fukushima five years ago. The substance is tritium.
April 11, 2016 Lebanon expected to press charges against Australian mother A Lebanese judicial official says kidnapping charges are expected to be filed against an Australian woman and eight others for attempting to take the woman's two children away from her Lebanese ex-husband and spirit them back to Australia.
April 11, 2016 The Latest: Report: Ex-bank chairman had offshore account The Latest on the publication by a coalition of media outlets of an investigation into offshore financial dealings by the rich and famous (all times local): 4:15 p.m.
April 10, 2016 Australian veteran injured by Islamic radical cell mate An Australian state has ordered a review of how radicalized prisoners are managed after a teenage inmate reportedly carved an Islamic State motto on his army veteran cell mate's forehead.