December 11, 2015 Philippine VP to push truce as gunbattles rage Philippine Vice President Jejomar Binay is to travel to the southern city of Zamboanga on Saturday in a bid to broker a truce with Muslim rebels holding scores of civilian hostages while locked in a deadly stand-off with government forces.
December 11, 2015 First McDonald's to open in Vietnam McDonald's said Tuesday it would launch its first restaurant in communist Vietnam next year after granting a franchise to the son-in-law of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.
December 11, 2015 Two Koreas hold talks on joint industrial site Seoul and Pyongyang were to start fresh talks on reopening a joint industrial complex Wednesday as a group of South Korean factory owners visit the mothballed site.
December 11, 2015 18 indicted over Taiwan conscript's death Taiwanese prosecutors indicted 18 military officials on Wednesday over the death of a young conscript who had been subjected to "cruel and abusive" punishment, in an incident that has sparked widespread anger.
December 11, 2015 Indonesia arrests four over Myanmar embassy plot Indonesian police have arrested four men suspected of involvement in a failed plot to bomb the Myanmar embassy in Jakarta, an official said Wednesday.
December 11, 2015 Heavy fighting in rebel-besieged Philippine city Heavy fighting broke out Thursday between Philippines government forces and Muslim rebels who have laid siege to a southern city, with mortars and sniper fire unleashed on troops as they advanced on militant positions.
December 11, 2015 Fukushima water handling 'sloppy': nuclear watchdog Nuclear watchdog inspectors who toured Japan's crippled Fukushima plant following the discovery of a huge radioactive leak declared Friday that water storage at the site was "sloppy".
December 11, 2015 Haze from Indonesian fires returns to Malaysia Haze blanketed parts of Malaysia on Monday, weeks after the region suffered its worst pollution from forest fires in Indonesia in more than a decade.
December 11, 2015 Japan tsunami ship to be scrapped A fishing boat that was swept far inland by the 2011 tsunami in Japan and became one of the most poignant symbols of the disaster is to be scrapped, authorities said on Tuesday.
December 11, 2015 Thirty prisoners escape from Indonesian jail About 30 prisoners escaped from an overcrowded jail on Indonesia's Sumatra island on Sunday after riots broke out, officials said.