January 5, 2017 Seeking cash, Zimbabwe sells 35 elephants to China Zimbabwe's wildlife agency said Thursday it has sold 35 elephants to China to ease overpopulation and raise funds for conservation, amid criticism from animal welfare activists that such sales are unethical.
January 5, 2017 Sri Lankan committee recommends hybrid courts for war crimes A Sri Lankan committee has recommended the appointment of a hybrid court comprising local and international judges to investigate allegations of war crimes from the country's civil war.
January 5, 2017 Australia scrambles to heal military rift with Indonesia Australia scrambled to calm tensions with Indonesia on Thursday, promising that an investigation was nearly complete into an alleged insult of Indonesian state ideology that prompted Indonesia to suspend military cooperation with its neighbor.
January 5, 2017 Flooding disrupts transit, spoils holidays in south Thailand Flooding in southern Thailand has killed at least five people, disrupted transportation and spoiled tourists' holidays at one of the country's most popular resort islands.
January 5, 2017 IS group-inspired Filipino militant killed, reprisals feared A leader of suspected sympathizers of the Islamic State group was killed Thursday in a clash with Philippine police in the south, raising fears that his brutal group may retaliate by attacking a huge Catholic procession in Manila next week.
January 5, 2017 34 inmates recaptured after 158 escaped Philippines jail Philippine security forces have recaptured 34 out of 158 inmates who escaped after suspected heavily armed Muslim rebels stormed a jail in the country's south, officials said Thursday.
January 5, 2017 SKorean lawmaker accuses president of violating constitution South Korean lawmakers on Thursday accused President Park Geun-hye of "broadly and gravely" violating the constitution as the country's Constitutional Court began hearing oral arguments in her impeachment trial.
January 5, 2017 Taiwan protests Vietnam deporting fraud suspects to China Taiwan has protested Vietnam sending four of its nationals accused of fraud to China, saying they were denied visits by Taiwanese diplomats and forcibly sent to the mainland under pressure from Beijing.
January 5, 2017 Pakistan praises Kashmir rebel, condemns Indian 'repression' Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has praised a slain Kashmir rebel leader and reiterated his condemnation of Indian "repression" in the disputed region, in remarks likely to re-ignite tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals.
January 5, 2017 Uprooted by war, fearing troops, Myanmar girls learn karate Every afternoon, dozens of teenage girls at the school for displaced children line up on the grounds, dressed in white uniforms with belts of various colors: yellow, blue, white.
