Asia news headlines

One of two Australian men allegedly caught with cocaine has cried as Bali prosecutors declared the duo "victims of the drug trade" and recommended they serve only light sentences.

A strong earthquake jolted the southern Philippines, killing at least one person and causing a three-storey building to collapse, setting off a search for people feared to have been trapped inside, officials said.

Hong Kong's much-maligned police force has slipped on a banana peel by trying to make light of its liberal use of tear gas during the territory's protest movement.

A Pakistani zoo staffer was viciously attacked while feeding a white lion in its enclosure.

Indian authorities are investigating a factory fire in New Delhi that killed at least 43 workers who were trapped inside the building.

"They destroy everything. Those b------- have freedom, I have no freedom."

Zac Whiting may still face a Bali court over the alleged assault of a security guard, despite a 'peace agreement', after his case was handed over to prosecutors.

Zac Whiting, 18, has been behind bars in Kuta for five days, accused of punching Adni Junus Liu outside a Burger King after a fracas was allegedly sparked by a missing mobile phone.

The Philippines moved 200,000 people from coastal and mountainous areas due to fears of flooding and landslides.

Thousands of people have taken to Hong Kong's streets in a new wave of pro-democracy protests, with police retaliating by firing tear gas.

Singapore has just showed the world how it plans to use a controversial new law to tackle what it deems fake news – and critics say it's exactly what they expected would happen.

Hundreds of activists have vowed to not let their months-long movement fade as the fight for greater democracy in the Chinese territory continues.

Hong Kong pro-democracy activists have rallied outside the British Consulate, urging the city's former ruler to take concrete actions to support their cause.

A Sydney grandmother has had her death sentence and drug trafficking convictions overturned by a Malaysian court.

Arsenals of killer robots may soon be on Australia's doorstep as a new arms race ramps up in South-East Asia, a report warns.  

Partial returns from Hong Kong's local elections show pro-democracy candidates have won more than a third of the seats in.

A leaked classified blueprint has revealed Chinese "vocational" camps are indeed forced ideological and behavioral re-education centres.

Video of two naked Australians driving a scooter into a Bali villa pool is going viral, with the driver claiming he "wasn't disrespecting locals".

A four-year-old Indian boy has died in hospital of his injuries after falling into a hot pot of curry.

The family of an Australian man jailed in Vietnam for 12 years fear the sentence will kill him as they begin a last-ditch battle to have him freed.

Twenty-eight people are in quarantine in China's northern Inner Mongolia province after a hunter was diagnosed with bubonic plague.

Hong Kong police have deployed a controversial anti-riot acoustic device during the violent student protests amid claims it can trigger dizziness and nausea.

The officer had an arrow shot through his leg during a fiery police confrontation with protesters who had blockaded themselves into a university campus.

China is rapidly spreading its influence in the South Pacific by splashing cash in the countries which switch their diplomatic allegiances from Taiwan to the communist superpower.

Chinese troops came out of the barracks in Hong Kong on Saturday (local time) – not to quell protests but to help clean up.