An elderly Australian man was jailed for 15 years yesterday for sexually abusing Indonesian girls on the resort island of Bali after luring them to his house with promises of gifts.

Three Vietnamese fishermen held hostage for nearly five years by Somali pirates returned home yesterday to weeping relatives, saying they were “overwhelmed” with joy after their harrowing kidnapping.

The United Nations has called for a probe into allegations that Myanmar troops have killed civilians and torched villages in northern Rakhine state, as fresh reports emerged of forced evictions in a security crackdown.

A Canadian nurse was charged yesterday with using drugs to murder eight elderly patients at two long-term care facilities, a highly unusual case in a country where such crimes are almost unknown.

White House rivals Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump set their sights on crucial battleground Florida yesterday, blitzing the diverse state as the clock ticks down on the tumultuous race for the US presidency.

South Korean President Park Geun-hye made a rare public apology yesterday for showing a friend drafts of speeches, as she sought to refocus attention on a proposal to amend the constitution so that presidents can serve more than one term.

The president of the Hong Kong legislature has delayed the swearing-in of two pro-independence lawmakers and temporarily banned them from attending meetings, an unprecedented move that follows weeks of pressure from factions loyal to Beijing.

Two women and two men were killed at a theme park on Australia’s popular Gold Coast yesterday, police said, with witnesses describing how “everyone was screaming” after a raft apparently flipped on a water ride.

A bomb blast at a guesthouse in northeast Kenya killed at least 12 people yesterday, in an attack claimed by Shebaab militants who last hit the area earlier this month.

The United States wants to remain involved in the campaign to quell militancy in the southern Philippines, its ambassador to Manila said yesterday after President Rodrigo Duterte threatened to kick out American forces.

President Rodrigo Duterte yesterday urged foreign businesses in the Philippines worried about his deadly drug war to “pack up and leave”, as he launched another anti-American tirade before flying to Japan to attract investments.

Uttar Pradesh’s ruling Samajwadi Party and the Yadav family are both united, party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav declared yesterday. But it became clear within minutes that infighting was far from over.