January 26, 2017 Indonesia graft busters arrest one of country's top judges Indonesia's anti-graft commission has arrested one of the country's most senior judges on suspicion of taking a bribe in a Constitutional Court case.
January 26, 2017 Humanitarian groups seek halt to war in northern Myanmar Twenty-two humanitarian and development groups have called on Myanmar's government to cease its armed conflict with ethnic rebels in the country's north and attend to the urgent needs of the many people displaced by the fighting.
January 26, 2017 Pakistan bans TV host over religious incitement Pakistan has banned a TV host over incitement after he called for five missing human rights activists and other liberal Pakistanis to be killed for blasphemy and sedition.
January 26, 2017 Utility delays removal of spent fuel from Fukushima reactor The operator of Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant says plans to remove spent fuel from one of three damaged reactors will be further delayed because of high radiation.
January 26, 2017 Smog pushes Beijing residents to innovate for the world Beijing residents concerned about breathing the capital's thick gray air are adapting, inventing and even creating businesses to protect the health of their families and others.
January 26, 2017 Thai police seek S. African, Briton in death of British man Police in Thailand are seeking two suspects, a South African and a Briton, in the killing of a British man in the Thai resort town of Pattaya.
January 26, 2017 Avalanches hit Indian army post, patrol in Kashmir; 6 killed The Indian army says six soldiers were killed when avalanches hit a military post and a patrol along the highly militarized Line of Control that separates the Indian and Pakistani-held portions of the Himalayan region of Kashmir.
January 26, 2017 Suicide bomber wounds 4 in Afghanistan An Afghan official says a suicide bomber wounded four people in the eastern city of Ghazni when his explosive device exploded prematurely.
January 26, 2017 Police in Bangladesh clash with protesters over power plant Police in Bangladesh's capital have fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse protesters demanding cancellation of a plan for a massive coal-fired power plant near ecologically sensitive mangrove forests on the coast.
January 26, 2017 Philippine president's drug crackdown faces court challenge A survivor of an alleged Philippine police raid that killed four other drug suspects has asked the Supreme Court to stop such operations and help him obtain police records to prove his innocence in a test case against the president's bloody crackdown.
