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Mahathir Mohamad, 92, claims win over ruling coalition

Mahathir Mohamad, 92, claims win over ruling coalition

-- 2018-05-09 22:52:07

Malaysia’s Mahathir Mohamad claimed that the opposition alliance he leads had won enough parliament seats in Wednesday’s general election to form the next government. Official results fro...

India for early BIMSTEC meet to boost connectivity

India for early BIMSTEC meet to boost connectivity

-- 2018-05-09 17:19:43

India is likely to urge Nepal to soon hold the fourth summit of the seven-member grouping of BIMSTEC. The summit of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation...

‘Saudis intercept missile above Riyadh’

‘Saudis intercept missile above Riyadh’

-- 2018-05-09 15:19:26

Saudi Arabia’s air defence forces intercepted a missile above the capital Riyadh, Saudi-owned broadcaster Al Arabiya said on Wednesday. The broadcaster made the announcement after four consecut...

China, Japan and South Korea show unity amid North Korea moves

China, Japan and South Korea show unity amid North Korea moves

-- 2018-05-09 12:44:56

The leaders of China, Japan and South Korea met in Tokyo on Wednesday in a powerful gesture of solidarity against the backdrop of historic diplomatic moves by North Korea and a push for the isolated c...

China coal mine explosion leaves two miners dead

China coal mine explosion leaves two miners dead

-- 2018-05-09 11:06:44

An explosion at a small coal mine in China’s Hunan province killed two workers on Wednesday while another three remained missing, the Hunan coal mine safety regulation bureau said. The incident...

Malaysia goes to polls

Malaysia goes to polls

-- 2018-05-09 10:53:31

Millions of voters in Malaysia are heading to the polls in an election that will see the country’s leader take on his 92-year-old former mentor. Opposition leader Mahathir Mohamad will face off...

Israel attacks Syria

Israel attacks Syria

Reuters 2018-05-09 10:33:19

Syrian state media accused Israel of launching missiles at a target near Damascus on Tuesday, shortly after US President Donald Trump announced he was quitting the Iranian nuclear deal, a move that ha...

Kim Jong Un, Xi Jinping hold 'secret' meeting

Kim Jong Un, Xi Jinping hold 'secret' meeting

-- 2018-05-08 19:21:01

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in the northeastern Chinese city of Dalian on Monday and Tuesday. Chinese state media reported that it is the second meeting betw...

Iraq's Kurdistan to hold polls on Sept 30

Iraq's Kurdistan to hold polls on Sept 30

-- 2018-05-08 16:02:00

Elections will be held in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region of northern Iraq on September 30, Kurdish broadcaster Rudaw said on Tuesday, citing regional prime minister Nechirvan Barzani. Rudaw is...

China jails ex-Communist official for life over bribery

China jails ex-Communist official for life over bribery

-- 2018-05-08 10:41:23

A former Chinese Communist Party official once tipped for a top leadership position has been sentenced to life in prison for bribery. Sun Zhengcai, a former Politburo member, is the latest senior fig...

Hezbollah leader declares victory in Lebanon polls

Hezbollah leader declares victory in Lebanon polls

-- 2018-05-07 22:52:25

Hezbollah's leader says the Iran-backed militant Shia group and its allies have achieved "victory" in Lebanon's first parliamentary elections since 2009. Although the official results have not been a...

Lebanon PM’s party loses third of seats in parliament

Lebanon PM’s party loses third of seats in parliament

-- 2018-05-07 22:12:55

Lebanon's Sunni Muslim prime minister has said his political party lost a third of its seats in parliament on Monday in the country's first elections since 2009. Saad Hariri said the official results...

Indonesian cops foil suicide attack plot; three held

Indonesian cops foil suicide attack plot; three held

-- 2018-05-07 13:39:59

The Anti-terror squad of the Indonesian national police thwarted a suicide attack plot and nabbed three alleged terrorists involved with the plan. Police disclosed on Monday that the three had planne...

Iraqi PM Abadi seeks second term

Iraqi PM Abadi seeks second term

-- 2018-05-07 13:23:30

Few outside Iraq knew the name Haider al-Abadi in 2014 when he was plucked from relative obscurity to lead a nation in chaos. A compromise candidate floated after his predecessor Nuri al-Maliki was s...

Afghan mosque blast leaves 17 devotees dead

Afghan mosque blast leaves 17 devotees dead

-- 2018-05-07 11:34:44

An explosion at a mosque used as a voter centre in the eastern Afghan province of Khost has killed at least 17 people and wounded 34, local officials said, in the latest attack on preparations for lon...

Pakistan’s interior minister face assassination attempt

Pakistan’s interior minister face assassination attempt

-- 2018-05-06 21:18:56

Pakistan’s Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal was wounded in an apparent assassination attempt on Sunday, officials said, an incident likely to heighten political tensions ahead of general elections...

Two mine accidents leave 23 dead in Pakistan

Two mine accidents leave 23 dead in Pakistan

-- 2018-05-06 20:52:56

Two coal mines collapsed in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province, killing at least 23 people and injuring six others while five miners remained trapped, officials said.  Pakistani...

As ties thaw, South Korea faces dilemma over anti-north leaflet

As ties thaw, South Korea faces dilemma over anti-north leaflet

-- 2018-05-06 18:10:21

Days after a historic inter-Korean summit Lee Min-bok, a defector who has been flying anti-Pyongyang leaflets into the North for 15 years, received a call from an official at Seoul's Unification Minis...

ADBI sessions on financial inclusion begin on May 11

ADBI sessions on financial inclusion begin on May 11

FE Online Desk 2018-05-06 13:48:25

A two-day long ADBI Sessions on Financial Inclusion, Financial Literacy, and Infrastructure Development on Asia and the Pacific Economies begin on May 11 at Suzhou, PRC. The sessions will disseminate...

‘Iran is ready to resist any Trump decision on Nuke deal’

‘Iran is ready to resist any Trump decision on Nuke deal’

-- 2018-05-06 13:47:33

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said Iran has plans to respond to any move by US President Donald Trump on the 2015 nuclear agreement and the United States would regret a decision to exit the acc...

10 Cambodians die drinking contaminated water; 120 ill

10 Cambodians die drinking contaminated water; 120 ill

-- 2018-05-06 12:19:33

A health official says 10 Cambodian villagers have died and 120 others are sickened after drinking water suspected to be contaminated with insecticide. The head of the Kratie Provincial Health Depart...

Lebanon heads to polls after nine years

Lebanon heads to polls after nine years

-- 2018-05-06 10:36:52

Polling booths opened in Lebanon on Sunday for the country’s first parliamentary election in nine years, a period marked by stretches of political paralysis and war in neighbouring Syria. Votin...

16 die in Pakistan coalmine blast

16 die in Pakistan coalmine blast

-- 2018-05-06 10:29:14

At least 16 miners have been killed and more than a dozen others remained trapped after an explosion in a coalmine in southwest Pakistan, officials said. Saturday's blast in the Marwar coalfields in...

UAE forces occupy Yemen's Socotra island

UAE forces occupy Yemen's Socotra island

-- 2018-05-05 17:26:03

United Arab Emirates (UAE) forces have occupied sea and airports on Yemen's remote island of Socotra, a day after deploying four military craft and more than 100 troops there. UAE soldiers also block...

US troops ‘helping’ Saudis fight Yemen rebels

US troops ‘helping’ Saudis fight Yemen rebels

Al Jazeera 2018-05-05 12:32:12

The US deployed a team of Special Forces soldiers to Saudi Arabia’s border with Yemen to help locate and destroy caches of ballistic missiles used by Houthi rebels to attack the Saudi capital, R...

Three die in armed clash with Taliban in Afghanistan

Three die in armed clash with Taliban in Afghanistan

-- 2018-05-05 12:24:49

At least three members of pro-government local militia were killed and two others injured after Taliban laid an ambush attack in northern Afghan province of Badakhshan Friday night, police said. "The...

North Korea matches time with South

North Korea matches time with South

BBC 2018-05-05 10:19:39

North Korea has changed time zone to match the South after last week's inter-Korean summit, according to state media. At 23:30 local time (15:00 GMT) on Friday the country's clocks moved forward 30 m...

Suu Kyi fails to protect press freedom: Survey

Suu Kyi fails to protect press freedom: Survey

-- 2018-05-04 22:24:35

Journalists in Myanmar believe their government is failing to defend media freedom despite the transition from harsh military rule to an elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, according to a survey p...

US warns China of consequences for militarising South China Sea

US warns China of consequences for militarising South China Sea

-- 2018-05-04 17:11:09

The United States had raised concerns with China about its latest militarisation of the South China Sea (SCS) and there would be near-term and long-term consequences, the White House said on Thursday....

Sticking with Marxism ‘totally correct’: Xi

Sticking with Marxism ‘totally correct’: Xi

-- 2018-05-04 16:49:30

The decision of China's ruling Communist Party to stick with the political theories of Karl Marx remains ‘totally correct’, President Xi Jinping said ahead of the 200th anniversary of the...