CLENDENIN / AP Offering his condolences, President Barack Obama approved federal aid for the West Virginia communities devastated by floods that have killed at least 24 people and rendered many more homeless. Obama’s signature on the federal disaster declaration lets residents in three counties get aid for temporary housing and home repairs, receive low-cost loans to cover uninsured property ...

  Tokyo / AFP An American base employee on Japan’s Okinawa was arrested for suspected drink-driving on Sunday, a week after tens of thousands of angry residents rallied in protest at crimes linked to the heavy US military presence. US military personnel are still under curfew after a suspected rape and murder by another employee of a military base. The ...

  Sydney / AFP One man was killed and several buildings torched in violence at a university in Papua New Guinea, its vice-chancellor said on Sunday, some two weeks after police opened fire on students in the capital. Students have been protesting against Prime Minister Peter O’Neill, who is being investigated for corruption. The undergraduate killed at the campus in ...