Bloomberg Tens of thousands of people in the Philippines are being evacuated from an erupting volcano 40 miles (65 kilometres) south of the capital as some 144 earthquakes could signal “further eruptive activity.” The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology kept the alert status at the second highest level at its 4 pm bulletin, reiterating a call for total evacuation ...

Bloomberg A Pakistan high court has said that a special court set up to try former military dictator and president Pervez Musharraf was illegal and consequently suspended the death sentence handed out to him in absentia for treason. A three-judge panel of the Lahore High Court, headed by Sayyed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi, announced the verdict on Monday saying procedure ...

Bloomberg An investigation by Hong Kong’s police watchdog into the conduct of the city’s officers throughout recent unrest has revealed “many shortcomings,” the Hong Kong Economic Journal reported. The 300-page report from the Independent Police Complaints Council (IPCC) found a failure to separate peaceful demonstrators from violent protesters, the newspaper reported. The probe also determined there was a lack of ...