More than 90 percent of the world's executions took place in five countries — China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Pakistan.
China’s environment ministry said it will send 5,600 inspectors on a year-long investigation into the sources of air pollution in major northern cities.
Critics of army rule say new constitution will still give generals apowerful say over Thai politics for years.
The former president is accused of colluding with a friend to pressure big businesses to contribute to foundations set up to back her policy initiatives.
'We are concerned about the challenges in addressing terrorism and all forms of transnational crimes,' Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha says.
In latest incident, South Korean prosecutors began questioning ousted President Park Geun-hye on Tuesday as criminal suspect in widening corruption investigation.
Taiwan's government, worried about being used as pawn by China and United States, said on Monday the self-ruled island must protect its own interests as concerns in Taipei rise ahead of an expected meeting of US-Chinese leaders.
UNHCR special envoy decries 'rising tide of nationalism'; fear of refugees, she says, is produced by ignorance.
Asia-Pacific region halved number of hungry people from 1990 to 2015 but rate of progress slowed in many countries - such as Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India and Cambodia.
Production at Hangzhou Hundred-Tex Garment (Myanmar) Company, which was one of H&M's 40 suppliers in country, has been halted since Feb. 9, workers and managers in Chinese company say.
The court found that Chaem did not fall under their jurisdiction because she was not a senior leader of the Khmer Rouge or one of the most responsible officials.
Opponents accuse Hun Sen, a former Khmer Rouge guerrilla, of unfair maneuvering to try to retain his three-decade grip on power.
Phra Dhammachayo, 72, faces charges of conspiracy to launder money and receive stolen goods; former abbot's aides dismiss accusations as politically motivated.
He wrote a letter to Kim Jong Un, who took power after their father Kim Jong Il died in December 2011, and asked him to withdraw a standing order for his assassination.
Police in Malaysia told Reuters an unidentified North Korean man believed to be Kim Jong Nam died en route to hospital from Kuala Lumpur airport on Monday.
Trump and Xi have yet to speak directly since Trump took office on Jan. 20, although they did talk soon after Trump won the U.S. presidential election in November.
Campaign in Southeast Asian country has drawn parallels with the bloody drug crackdown in the Philippines.
In Muslim-majority Malaysia, group CEO of Asia's largest budget airline, AirAsia, suggests countries in10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations could cash in.
The conflict which has left at least 86 dead and an estimated 66,000 people fleeing into Bangladesh.
Hundreds of flights were canceled and highways were closed across northern China in recent days as concentrations of small breathable particles soared in Beijing and surrounding regions.
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