North Korea tension: US 'armada' was not sailing to Korean peninsula
A US aircraft carrier and other warships did not sail towards North Korea - but went in the opposite direction, it has emerged.
The US Navy said on 8 April that the Carl Vinson strike group was travelling to the Korean peninsula amid tensions over Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions.
Last week President Trump said an "armada" was being sent.
But the group was actually farther away over the weekend, moving through the Sunda Strait into the Indian Ocean.
The US military's Pacific Command said on Tuesday that it had cancelled a port visit to Perth, but had completed previously scheduled training with Australia off its northwest coast after departing Singapore on 8 April.
Divisive campaign for Jakarta governor sees Muslim candidate elected
Basuki Tjahaja Purnama concedes defeat to Anies Baswedan after campaign in which religious and ethnic tensions were key
Jakarta’s governor, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, better known by his nickname Ahok, has conceded defeat to rival candidate Anies Baswedan in a run-off election after a polarising and fraught campaign that exposed religious and ethnic divisions in Indonesia’s capital.
“Congratulations Anies and Sandi and their entire team and supporters,” Ahok said, referring to Baswedan’s running mate, the businessman Sandiaga Uno. “We all want a better Jakarta, we want Jakarta to be our home together.”
Unofficial, “quick count” results from Wednesday’s election suggested that Baswedan, a Muslim, had won the run-off comfortably against Ahok, a Christian from the country’s ethnic Chinese minority.
Syrian photographer who rescued child from Aleppo bus bombing speaks out
'The scene was horrible - especially seeing children wailing and dying in front of you,' says Abd Alkader Habak
Distressing images of a man carrying an injured child away from a burning vehicle and another of him weeping next to a boy’s body have emerged from a bombing of a bus convoy that targeted Syrian civilians over the weekend.
Photographer Abd Alkader Habak can be seen in one of the images, running away from the scene of the attack with a small boy in his arms. The pictures were shared by the Aleppo Media Centre - an umbrella group of anti-regime journalists and activists.
Mr Habak told CNN that he had been documenting the evacuation of civilians from the besieged towns of Kefraya and Foua, held by forces loyal to Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad.
Vietnam villagers hold police and state officials hostage over land dispute
In a dispute over land, protesting Vietnam villagers are holding 20 police and state officials hostage. The residents of My Duc, outside of Hanoi, have released 15 riot police they were holding and three others escaped.
Around 15 riot police were freed and three other hostages managed to escape but authorities were still trying to negotiate the release of the remaining 20 captives, the state-run Vnexpress reported on Tuesday.
Villagers of My Duc, on the outskirts of Hanoi, have long disputed government plans to sell what they claim to be their land. The parcels are to be used by a military-run telecommunications firm.
Local officials claim that the villagers do not own the land and are breaking the law by protesting. Police clashed with the villagers on Saturday and arrested several of them, including their 83-year-old leader Kinh.Leading BJP figures to face trial in Babri mosque case
Members of Modi's governing BJP face criminal conspiracy charges over the 1992 destruction of Babri mosque.
India's Supreme Court has ordered that the co-founder of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, LK Advani, and other leaders be tried for criminal conspiracy in the demolition of a 16th century mosque about 25 years ago.
The Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, in the northern Uttar Pradesh state, was pulled down by Hindu activists on December 6, 1992, leading to widespread riots in which more than 2,000 people died.
Advani, 89, along with Murli Manohar Joshi and Uma Bharti, has previously been charged with making inflammatory speeches which incited the activists to demolish the structure.
Death by overwork: Japan's 100-hour overtime cap sparks anger
By Natsuko Fukue
Workaholic Japan has unveiled its first-ever plan to limit overtime, but critics want to give it the boot, saying an "outrageous" 100-hour-a-month cap will do nothing to tackle karoshi, or death from overwork.
Tokyo's bid to ease a national health crisis comes after the top executive at advertising giant Dentsu quit late last year in response to the suicide of a young employee who regularly logged more than 100 hours of overtime a month.
The death of Matsuri Takahashi generated nationwide headlines, prompting the government to come up with a solution to punishing work hours blamed for hundreds of deaths due to strokes, heart attacks and suicides every year.
A panel headed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has since come up with a plan calling for a maximum of 100 overtime hours a month.
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