December 11, 2015 Thai court jails ex-cop for murder of Canadian tourist A Thai court on Tuesday sentenced a former policeman to nearly four decades in jail for shooting dead a Canadian tourist during a scuffle in a sleepy northern resort town.
December 11, 2015 Arsenal starts historic Vietnam trip Hundreds of cheering Vietnamese football fans turned out to greet Arsenal on Monday as they became the first English Premier League club to visit the football-mad communist country.
December 11, 2015 Police battle protesters in Philippines slum riot Philippine slum dwellers hurling rocks, improvised explosives and human excrement fought running battles with riot police Monday around a sprawling Manila shanty town that is set for redevelopment, an AFP photographer saw.
December 11, 2015 Soldier death hits Taiwan plans to end conscription Anger over the death of a corporal who was allegedly abused by his officers has dealt a blow to Taiwan's plans to end conscription which have already been hit by low recruitment.
December 11, 2015 Radioactive water leaked into sea at Fukushima The operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant on Monday admitted for the first time that radioactive groundwater has leaked out to sea, fuelling fears of ocean contamination.
December 11, 2015 Indonesia moves Islamic games -- again Indonesia has moved the venue for the Islamic Solidarity Games for a second time, an official said Thursday, this time to a city that co-hosted the ill-fated 2011 Southeast Asian Games .
December 11, 2015 Bieber mania descends on Singapore Grand Prix Canadian pop idol Justin Bieber could upstage even the likes of Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton at this weekend's Formula One Singapore Grand Prix, organisers said Wednesday.
December 11, 2015 S. Koreans dismiss cockpit culture as cause of crash South Korean aviation officials on Friday dismissed any suggestion that a deferential culture in which junior pilots were afraid to challenge their seniors played a part in the crash of an Asiana jet in San Francisco.
December 11, 2015 Australian drug mule Corby a step closer to release The corrections board on the Indonesian resort island of Bali has recommended jailed Australian drug trafficker Schapelle Corby for parole, an official said Saturday.
December 11, 2015 Philippine president vows to rebuild air force by 2016 Philippine President Benigno Aquino vowed on Monday to acquire fighter jets, air defence radar and other equipment within three years to bolster the country's weak air force, amid a territorial dispute with China.