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Taiwan moves like stretching arm to block a car, says China

Taiwan moves like stretching arm to block a car, says China

-- 2019-03-13 22:11:48

Attempts to block Beijing's goal of bringing Taiwan under its control are like "stretching out an arm to block a car," China said in its latest rhetorical broadside against the self-governing island r...

North Korea election sees 99.99pc voter turnout

North Korea election sees 99.99pc voter turnout

-- 2019-03-13 17:26:08

Surprise as leader Kim Jong-un 'not on ballot' North Korea's election has resulted in the expected landslide win for its authoritarian leadership and turnout in this election hit 99.99 per cent, whic...

China offers help to Venezuela to restore power

China offers help to Venezuela to restore power

-- 2019-03-13 15:15:41

China has offered to help Venezuela restore its power grid, after President Nicolas Maduro accused US counterpart Donald Trump of cyber “sabotage” that plunged the South American country i...

Wife, son of Indonesian ‘militant’ blow themselves up: Police

Wife, son of Indonesian ‘militant’ blow themselves up: Police

-- 2019-03-13 13:25:46

The wife and son of a suspected Islamist militant blew themselves up in their home on the Indonesian island of Sumatra early on Wednesday after hours of tense negotiations with counter-terrorism offic...

Minor boy writes  to airline boss for  ‘CEO advice’

Minor boy writes to airline boss for ‘CEO advice’

-- 2019-03-12 21:25:52

Dreaming of starting an airline but don't know where to begin? One 10-year-old boy went straight to the top for advice, reports BBC. Alex Jacquot, from Australia, decided to write to the chief exec...

China lawmakers urge easing of family planning rules

China lawmakers urge easing of family planning rules

-- 2019-03-12 14:25:52

Delegates to China’s parliament are urging the overhaul or even scrapping of controversial family planning rules and say radical steps are needed to ‘liberate fertility’ and reverse...

Taliban attack on checkpoints kill 11 Afghan policemen

Taliban attack on checkpoints kill 11 Afghan policemen

Xinhua 2019-03-12 13:48:08

At least 11 police officers were killed after Taliban militants attacked security checkpoints in Afghanistan's western province of Badghis overnight, local media Tolo News TV reported on Tuesday.

Fishing boat collides with ship in east China; 12 missing

Fishing boat collides with ship in east China; 12 missing

-- 2019-03-12 12:34:16

Twelve people went missing after their fishing boat collided with a ship and sank in the early hours of Tuesday off the coast of east China's Zhejiang Province. Local authorities said 14 people on bo...

Malaysia to decide fate of Malaysia Airlines 'soon', PM says

Malaysia to decide fate of Malaysia Airlines 'soon', PM says

-- 2019-03-12 11:58:54

The Malaysian government is considering whether to shut, sell or refinance national carrier Malaysia Airlines (MAB), Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Tuesday. The government was studying optio...

Religious freedom in China could boost trust in Taiwan: US

Religious freedom in China could boost trust in Taiwan: US

-- 2019-03-11 16:38:50

The US ambassador for religious freedom on Monday again urged China to give its people religious freedom, a move he said could help gain trust from self-ruled Taiwan, an island China considers its own...

Rouhani begins Iraq visit to expand trade ties

Rouhani begins Iraq visit to expand trade ties

-- 2019-03-11 16:01:29

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani sharply criticised US military intervention in the Middle East on Monday as he began a first official visit to Iraq, aimed at shoring up Tehran’s influence and e...

Malaysia frees Kim Jong-nam murder suspect

Malaysia frees Kim Jong-nam murder suspect

-- 2019-03-11 10:57:51

An Indonesian woman accused in the 2017 killing of the North Korean leader’s half-brother was released from custody on Monday after a Malaysian court dropped a murder charge against her. After...

China defends Tibet policies

China defends Tibet policies

-- 2019-03-10 20:25:32

China is defending its often-criticised rule in Tibet 60 years after the Dalai Lama fled into exile amid an abortive uprising against Chinese control, saying those who question its policies are merely...

Thousands of Russians protest against internet restrictions

Thousands of Russians protest against internet restrictions

-- 2019-03-10 20:11:08

Thousands of people took to the streets of Moscow and two other cities on Sunday to rally against tighter internet restrictions, in some of the biggest protests in the Russian capital in years. Lawma...

India announce general election dates

India announce general election dates

-- 2019-03-10 18:36:15

India's general election will take place in seven phases between April and May, the Election Commission says. Polls to elect a new Lok Sabha, or lower house of parliament, will be held from 11 April...

North Koreans go to polls in pre-determined election

North Koreans go to polls in pre-determined election

-- 2019-03-10 16:20:40

Millions of North Koreans are going to the polls on Sunday to elect roughly 700 members of the national legislature, the second such election since Kim Jong-un took power. Voting for the Supreme Peop...

Rakhine rebel attack kills nine Myanmar police: Official

Rakhine rebel attack kills nine Myanmar police: Official

-- 2019-03-10 13:42:05

Arakan Army insurgents killed nine Myanmar police in the latest attack in the country’s western Rakhine State, a local official said on Sunday, as clashes threaten to engulf a large part of the...

Malaysia deports six Egyptians despite concerns over rights abuses

Malaysia deports six Egyptians despite concerns over rights abuses

-- 2019-03-10 13:13:54

Malaysia has deported six Egyptians and a Tunisian suspected of being linked to Islamist militant groups abroad, despite protests from human rights groups. The suspects include five people who allege...

DPRK preparing missile launch: BBC   

DPRK preparing missile launch: BBC  

-- 2019-03-09 18:47:47

Satellite images of a facility near Pyongyang suggest that North Korea may be preparing to launch a missile or a satellite. The increase in activity is around a site known as Sanumdong, where North K...

Malaysian gets 10 years jail for insulting Islam on social media

Malaysian gets 10 years jail for insulting Islam on social media

-- 2019-03-09 13:16:44

A Malaysian was sentenced to more than 10 years’ jail and three others were charged over insults against Islam and the Prophet Muhammad on social media, police said on Saturday. The sentence is...

Anti-Pakistan wave could help Modi win second term

Anti-Pakistan wave could help Modi win second term

-- 2019-03-09 12:39:00

Bleeding support in the countryside because of falling farm incomes, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi could still persuade just enough rural voters to give him a second term after ordering an air s...

China calls on Pakistan, India to settle disagreement

China calls on Pakistan, India to settle disagreement

-- 2019-03-08 11:53:30

China hopes Pakistan and India will replace confrontation with dialogue, settle disagreement with goodwill and create a better future with cooperation, the country's State Councilor and Foreign Minist...

Hundreds of IS fighters surrender in N Syria

Hundreds of IS fighters surrender in N Syria

-- 2019-03-07 21:22:15

Hundreds of Islamic State fighters surrendered on Wednesday and hundreds more of their comrades were caught trying to escape the jihadist group's last, tiny scrap of land in eastern Syria, said a comm...

Pakistan seizes 182 madrasas in crackdown on militants

Pakistan seizes 182 madrasas in crackdown on militants

-- 2019-03-07 18:49:44

Pakistan intensified its crackdown against Islamist militants on Thursday, with the government announcing it had taken control of 182 religious schools (madrasas) and detained more than 100 people as...

Blast injures 18 in India’s Jammu and Kashmir: Police

Blast injures 18 in India’s Jammu and Kashmir: Police

-- 2019-03-07 13:46:26

A grenade explosion at a bus stand in the Indian city of Jammu wounded at least 18 people on Thursday, police said, in an attack just weeks after a Pakistan-based militant group killed 40 paramilitary...

Huawei sues US govt over equipment ban

Huawei sues US govt over equipment ban

-- 2019-03-07 10:13:30

Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei Technologies Co Ltd on Thursday confirmed it is suing the US government over a section of a defence bill passed into law last year that restricted its business...

China defends Tibet travel restrictions

China defends Tibet travel restrictions

-- 2019-03-06 19:54:28

Foreigners can’t handle Tibet’s high altitude so China needs to restrict access, the top Chinese official in charge of the remote and mountainous region said on Wednesday, defending tough...

N Korea 'rebuilding rocket test site' after failed talks

N Korea 'rebuilding rocket test site' after failed talks

-- 2019-03-06 13:02:12

New satellite images of North Korea suggest it is restoring a rocket launch site it had pledged to dismantle, say analysts. The images were taken two days after talks between the leaders of the US an...

Pakistan says it has arrested key suspects in Kashmir attack

Pakistan says it has arrested key suspects in Kashmir attack

-- 2019-03-06 11:05:48

Pakistan’s Interior Ministry says authorities have arrested dozens of suspects, including the brother of the leader of the outlawed Jaish-e-Mohammad group that India has blamed for the February...

Pakistani drone shot down in Rajasthan

Pakistani drone shot down in Rajasthan

-- 2019-03-05 14:35:00

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) of Pakistan was shot down by the Indian Air Force (IAF) near the International Border over Bikaner in Rajasthan on Monday, defence sources said. “An aerial intr...