December 12, 2015 Malaysian activist says barred by Australia A leading Malaysian rights activist who faces sedition charges at home has said he was denied a visa to enter Australia, raising suggestions Canberra had buckled to pressure from Kuala Lumpur.
December 12, 2015 Six tonnes of rare live pangolins found in Vietnam Vietnamese customs officials said Wednesday they had found more than six tonnes of live protected pangolins inside a shipping container sent from Indonesia.
December 12, 2015 McCaw to make club rugby return All Blacks captain Richie McCaw will play his first game in more than seven months this weekend when he turns out for club side Christchurch, officials said Tuesday.
December 12, 2015 S. Korea apologises for welfare rollbacks South Korea President Park Geun-Hye apologised to senior citizens Friday over the latest in a series of damaging rollbacks over welfare spending -- a key plank of her election campaign.
December 12, 2015 Japan to go nuclear-free during safety checks Japan will go without nuclear power for a period starting September when its only two operating reactors are shut down for mandatory safety checks, a utility company said Wednesday.
December 12, 2015 Steam seen in Fukushima Reactor 3 building Steam has been spotted near a pool storing machinery removed from a crippled reactor at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, its Japanese operator said Thursday.
December 12, 2015 Southeast Asia tops global consumer confidence poll Dynamic growth and an expanding middle class are making Southeast Asian consumers among the most confident in the world when it comes to their economic prospects, a survey showed Tuesday.
December 12, 2015 Minority group refuses to evacuate ahead of Indian Ocean cyclone threat A massive evacuation to clear low-lying camps ahead of a cyclone has run into a potentially deadly snag: Many members of the displaced Rohingya minority living there have refused to leave because they don't trust Burmese authorities.
December 12, 2015 Oil spill hits Thailand tourist island Thai navy personnel battled on Monday to clean up a major oil slick which coated a beach on a popular tourist island in a national park after a pipeline leak.
December 12, 2015 Dhoni may play for India in Tri-Nation final India and Sri Lanka meet yet again, this time in the final of the Tri-Nation Series at Queen's Park Oval on Thursday, amid increasing speculation that Mahendra Singh Dhoni will be back to the lead the World Cup and Champions Trophy holders.