CNN – Asia/Pacific

By Masoud Popalzai, Rhea Mogul, Irene Nasser, Alex Stambaugh and Ehsan Popalzai CNN A suicide bomb attack on an education center in Kabul has killed at least 25 people, most of whom are believed to be young women, in the latest sign of the deteriorating security situation in the Afghan capital. The explosion took place

By Kathleen Magramo, CNN When Philippine President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jnr. met US President Joe Biden in New York last week, there was an uncomfortable sense of deja vu for some older Filipinos. But it was not so much that the visit came 40 years after Marcos’ father and namesake was welcomed to Washington by

By Reuters The Vatican on Thursday acknowledged that it had secretly disciplined East Timor bishop and Nobel Peace Prize winner Carlos Ximenes Belo two years ago, responding to allegations that he sexually abused boys in East Timor decades before. The Vatican’s acknowledgment came in response to reporters’ questions following an article this week in Dutch

By Manveena Suri and Jack Bantock, CNN Marital rape was defined as rape in a landmark decision by India’s Supreme Court on Thursday. The country’s top court also stated that all women, regardless of their marital status, have the right to an abortion up until 24 weeks, the Press Trust of India (PTI) news agency

By Kathleen Magramo and Eric Cheung, CNN China’s famous ‘Panda diplomacy’ faces a test — after a bear in Taiwan came down with a life-threatening brain lesion. Taipei Zoo told CNN on Thursday they had requested help from experts in China to treat their Giant Panda, Tuan Tuan, after an MRI scan revealed the damage.

By Heather Chen and Sophie Jeong, CNN A Myanmar military court has sentenced ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her former adviser, Australian Sean Turnell, to three years in prison for violating the country’s Official State Secrets Act, a source familiar with the court proceedings confirmed to CNN. Australia immediately rejected the ruling and

By Jessie Yeung and Jasmine Wright, CNN US Vice President Kamala Harris visited the Demilitarized Zone that divides North and South Korea on Thursday, the last stop on her four-day trip to Asia. Harris condemned North Korea’s Kim Jong Un while standing on the heavily reinforced region, one day after Pyongyang fired two ballistic missiles

By Nectar Gan, CNN Chinese leader Xi Jinping has made his first public appearance since returning from a trip to Central Asia, quashing unfounded rumors of a “coup” that sparked a frenzy of speculation ahead of a key Communist Party meeting. Xi on Tuesday visited an exhibition in Beijing showcasing China’s achievements over his decade

By Kocha Olarn and Heather Chen, CNN A beauty queen from Myanmar who took refuge in Thailand after criticizing her home country’s ruling military junta has left Bangkok for Canada where she is expected to seek asylum. Han Lay, 23, captured international attention with an emotional pageant speech during the finals of the Miss Grand

By Jessie Yeung and Emiko Jozuka, CNN Japan bid farewell to former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in an elaborate state funeral Tuesday, despite public opposition to the cost of the event as the country grapples with their late leader’s legacy. Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, was shot dead during a campaign speech in Nara in

By Brad Lendon, CNN The US Navy’s most advanced surface warship is showing its stealthy profile in the western Pacific on a mission that may set the stage for the eventual deployment of US hypersonic missiles to the region. The USS Zumwalt is the first in a class of three multimission guided missile destroyers the

By Jessie Yeung and Jan Camenzind Broomby, CNN People in the northern Philippines were bracing for landslides on Monday after five rescue workers were killed in the aftermath of Typhoon Noru, which made landfall on Sunday and is now heading for Vietnam. The typhoon, known locally as Typhoon Karding, intensified rapidly from Saturday to Sunday,

By Kathleen Magramo, Lauren Faith Lau and Nectar Gan, CNN Cardinal Joseph Zen, a 90-year-old former bishop of Hong Kong and outspoken critic of China’s ruling Communist Party, went on trial Monday over his role in a relief fund for the city’s pro-democracy protests in 2019. The high-profile case has brought renewed focus on the

By Sophia Saifi, Rhea Mogul, Anna Coren, Sandi Sidhu, Javed Iqbal, and Sameer Mandhro, CNN The baby sleeps listlessly on the hospital bed, her frail and dehydrated body fighting for survival. Next to her lies a motionless infant wrapped in a white cloth, who died just minutes earlier. One hour later, another child succumbs to

By Idris Mukhtar, Junko Ogura and Sana Noor Haq, CNN Typhoon Noru blasted the Philippines main Luzon island on Sunday, prompting warnings that heavy winds and torrential rain could cause catastrophic flooding. The eyewall of the storm, known locally as Typhoon Karding, made landfall in the Polillo Islands at 5 p.m. local (5 a.m. ET)

By Yoonjung Seo, Junko Ogura and Larry Register, CNN North Korea has fired a ballistic missile into the waters off the east coast of the Korean peninsula, according to officials in both South Korea and Japan. The short range missile was fired early Sunday morning local time from the Taechon area of North Pyongan Province,