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Thailand election to be postponed again

Thailand election to be postponed again

-- 2019-01-15 17:20:38

Thailand’s long-delayed general election to end military rule will have to be postponed from its February 24 date and will likely be held in March, two officials in the Election Commission said...

China's Moon mission sees first seeds sprout

China's Moon mission sees first seeds sprout

-- 2019-01-15 17:07:15

Seeds taken up to the Moon by China's Chang'e-4 mission have sprouted, says China National Space Administration. It marks the first time any biological matter has grown on the Moon, and is being seen...

China condemns Trudeau's remarks about Canadian's death sentence

China condemns Trudeau's remarks about Canadian's death sentence

-- 2019-01-15 17:01:22

China denounced Canada on Tuesday for 'irresponsible' remarks after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused it of 'arbitrarily' sentencing a Canadian to death for drug smuggling, aggravating al...

China court sentences Canadian man to death

China court sentences Canadian man to death

-- 2019-01-15 12:54:30

A Chinese court has sentenced a Canadian man to be executed for drug smuggling, prompting Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to accuse China of using the death penalty arbitrarily. Monday's...

China starts new recycling drive as foreign trash ban widens

China starts new recycling drive as foreign trash ban widens

-- 2019-01-15 12:36:12

China plans to launch 100 new large-scale recycling ‘bases’ by the end of next year, part of a campaign to make better use of its resources after extending a ban on foreign trash imports....

New Zealand junior doctors strike paralyses hospitals

New Zealand junior doctors strike paralyses hospitals

-- 2019-01-15 11:23:41

Nearly 80 per cent of junior doctors across New Zealand walked off the job at public hospitals on Tuesday after a breakdown in union talks with the government over working conditions and wages. The s...

Heavy smog raises alarm across Asia

Heavy smog raises alarm across Asia

-- 2019-01-14 21:28:57

Unusually high levels of smog worsened by weather patterns are raising alarm across Asia, with authorities in Thailand's hazy capital Bangkok opting to hand out face masks and step up enforcement of p...

UN wants 'rapid and unimpeded' aid access to Rakhine

UN wants 'rapid and unimpeded' aid access to Rakhine

-- 2019-01-14 17:33:12

The United Nations urged the Myanmar government on Monday to allow 'rapid and unimpeded' humanitarian access to Rakhine State, where fighting between government troops and autonomy-seeking rebels has...

Cambodian PM warns of 'dead' opposition if EU withdraws preferences

Cambodian PM warns of 'dead' opposition if EU withdraws preferences

-- 2019-01-14 17:00:25

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday threatened to retaliate against the opposition if the European Union withdraws duty-free trading access over human rights concerns. The EU in November began...

15 die after military cargo plane crashes in Iran

15 die after military cargo plane crashes in Iran

Reuters 2019-01-14 13:47:32

A Boeing 707 military cargo plane crashed in bad weather on Monday west of the Iranian capital, killing 15 out of the 16 people on board, the Iranian army said. A flight engineer survived and was tak...

Indonesian Lion Air jet's cockpit voice recorder found

Indonesian Lion Air jet's cockpit voice recorder found

-- 2019-01-14 11:27:19

Indonesia has found the cockpit voice recorder from a Lion Air plane more than two months after the Boeing Co 737 MAX jet crashed into the sea near Jakarta, killing all 189 people on board, search off...

Hong Kong minibus crash kills one, injures 16

Hong Kong minibus crash kills one, injures 16

-- 2019-01-14 11:14:43

The driver of a minibus died and 16 passengers were injured after the vehicle they were traveling in flipped and crashed onto a boundary wall in China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on Mond...

Iran summons Polish diplomat over Iran-focused summit

Iran summons Polish diplomat over Iran-focused summit

-- 2019-01-13 16:52:12

Iran’s foreign ministry summoned a senior Polish diplomat on Sunday to protest Poland’s jointly hosting a global summit with the United States focused on the Middle East, particularly Iran...

21 die in China coal mine collapse

21 die in China coal mine collapse

-- 2019-01-13 10:22:02

A coal mine roof collapse in northwest China’s Shaanxi province has killed 21 miners, according to a People’s Daily report run by the Reuters on Sunday. Saturday's accident is the deadlie...

Saudi teen Rahaf arrives in Canada with asylum

Saudi teen Rahaf arrives in Canada with asylum

-- 2019-01-12 21:47:37

A Saudi teenager who fled her family and got stranded at a Bangkok airport has arrived in Canada after being granted asylum there. Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, 18, had been trying to reach Australia via...

Court convicts Indian guru for journalist's murder

Court convicts Indian guru for journalist's murder

-- 2019-01-12 21:12:25

NEW DELHI, Jan 12 (BBC): An Indian guru who is already in jail for rape has been convicted for the 2002 murder of a journalist.Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, leader of the Dera Sacha Sauda sect, was given a...

Canada grants asylum to Saudi teenager Rahaf

Canada grants asylum to Saudi teenager Rahaf

-- 2019-01-12 16:20:46

Canada has granted asylum to an 18-year-old Saudi woman, Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, who fled her family saying she feared for her life and Thai officials confirmed that the teen was en route to Toronto....

Israeli warplanes fired missiles toward Damascus, Syria says

Israeli warplanes fired missiles toward Damascus, Syria says

-- 2019-01-12 11:21:44

The Syrian state news agency said Israeli warplanes fired a number of missiles toward the Damascus area on Friday, triggering Syrian air defense that shot down most of them.  “The results...

Asylum-seeker Saudi teen closes Twitter account over death threats

Asylum-seeker Saudi teen closes Twitter account over death threats

-- 2019-01-11 18:54:26

A Saudi teenager who fled to Thailand saying she feared her family would kill her deleted her Twitter account on Friday after getting death threats, a friend said, while she awaits a decision on where...

Myanmar court rejects appeal by jailed Reuters reporters

Myanmar court rejects appeal by jailed Reuters reporters

-- 2019-01-11 14:04:41

A Myanmar court on Friday rejected the appeal of two Reuters reporters sentenced to seven years in jail on charges of breaking the Official Secrets Act, saying the defence had not provided sufficient...

Gunmen kill four volunteers at school in Thailand

Gunmen kill four volunteers at school in Thailand

-- 2019-01-11 13:47:13

Gunmen disguised as state security personnel fatally shot four paramilitary volunteers guarding a school in insurgency-wracked southern Thailand, police said. The attackers approached the armed terri...

US begins moving military equipment out of Syria

US begins moving military equipment out of Syria

-- 2019-01-11 11:19:02

Some US military ground equipment has been withdrawn from Syria in recent days, US media reported on Thursday. "Some cargo has already moved," CNN quoted an administration official with direct knowle...

Kim for results in next summit with Trump

Kim for results in next summit with Trump

-- 2019-01-10 21:11:33

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has reportedly told the leader of his only major ally, China, that he wants to "achieve results" on the nuclear standoff on the Korean Peninsula during a second summit...

Drone attack on Yemen government base kills soldiers

Drone attack on Yemen government base kills soldiers

-- 2019-01-10 18:53:10

A drone attack on a Yemeni government base by the rebel Houthi movement has reportedly killed six soldiers. The drone exploded above a podium at al-Anad base, in the southern province of Lahj, where...

Taliban kill more than 30 Afghan soldiers

Taliban kill more than 30 Afghan soldiers

-- 2019-01-10 18:41:56

The Taliban launched a series of attacks on security checkpoints in four Afghan provinces early on Thursday, killing 32 members of the security forces and pro-government militias, provincial officials...

Australian police charge man over parcels sent to consulates

Australian police charge man over parcels sent to consulates

-- 2019-01-10 13:27:51

Australian police on Thursday charged a 49-year-old man for sending as many as 38 packages containing a hazardous material to diplomatic embassies and consulates across the country. More than a dozen...

Maldives govt asks citizens to report graft of ex-president

Maldives govt asks citizens to report graft of ex-president

-- 2019-01-09 21:22:29

The Maldives' government has asked citizens to report information regarding allegations of corruption and abuse of power during the tenure of the strongman leader defeated in elections last year, re...

Taiwan’s new military drill to counter China

Taiwan’s new military drill to counter China

-- 2019-01-09 19:43:54

Taiwan's military has announced a series of newly designed large-scale military drills for this year aimed at countering China's renewed threat to use force to gain control over the island. While Tai...

Iran’s Khamenei calls US officials ‘first-class idiots’

Iran’s Khamenei calls US officials ‘first-class idiots’

-- 2019-01-09 18:33:32

Iran's supreme leader on Wednesday called US officials 'first-class idiots,' mocking American leaders as US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo toured the Mideast to promote the White House's tough stance...

Former Israeli minister pleads guilty to spying for Iran

Former Israeli minister pleads guilty to spying for Iran

-- 2019-01-09 16:10:36

An Israeli former cabinet minister admitted to spying for Iran on Wednesday in a plea deal in exchange for an 11-year prison sentence, the Israeli Justice Ministry said. Gonen Segev, energy minister...