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Cambodian Khmer Rouge's chief ideologist, 'Brother Number Two', dead at 93  

-- 2019-08-04 22:06:18

Nuon Chea, the chief ideologist and ‘Brother Number Two’ of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge, whose brutal rule in the 1970s led to the deaths of some 2 million people, died on Sunday in Phnom...

Japan needs to balance alliance with a prickly US amid China’s rise

Global Times 2019-08-04 17:57:22

Japan is regarded as a maritime country whose strategic security depends on the US. Sometimes Japan's policy is oriented by continental strategy; sometimes it is oriented by maritime strategy; and som...

HK won't succumb to radical protesters

Global Times 2019-08-04 17:51:28

A fresh round of demonstrations took place in Mong Kok, Hong Kong on Saturday, and again they led to violence. At one point, a group of radical protestors removed a Chinese national flag from a pole a...

25 dead, six missing after boats capsize in Philippines

AP 2019-08-04 13:52:14

Rescuers plucked more bodies in rough seas where three ferry boats capsized after being buffeted by fierce wind and waves off two central Philippine provinces, bringing the death toll to 25 with six m...

HK police make fresh arrests, city braces for further protests

-- 2019-08-04 11:17:31

Hong Kong police said on Sunday they arrested more than 20 people after violent clashes with anti-government protesters overnight, as the Chinese-controlled territory braced for more protests and a ge...

Tariffs in glare as India-US ties wobble

-- 2019-08-03 17:09:51

Recently, India-US relations have encountered challenges. The economic tension spawned by the US termination of India's Generalized System of Preference (GSP) designation in June and following tit-for...

Thousands of Indians flee Kashmir after security alert

-- 2019-08-03 17:01:54

Thousands of Indians have started leaving the disputed region of Kashmir after the local government issued a security alert related to possible militant attacks in the area, a senior government offici...

Protesters gather in Hong Kong as rival rally supports police

-- 2019-08-03 14:42:24

More than a thousand mostly black-clad activists gathered in Hong Kong’s Mong Kok district ahead of a protest march on Saturday, as the Chinese-controlled city braced for another weekend of anti...

S Korea warns Japan of security pact risk

-- 2019-08-03 13:35:02

South Korea is exploring all options in a bitter trade row with Japan, including scrapping an intelligence sharing pact, but wants a cooling off period with Tokyo, a senior South Korean official said...

Indonesia earthquake: Tsunami fears after quake off Java

-- 2019-08-02 20:27:11

Indonesia's authorities have urged people living near the coast to move to higher ground after a powerful earthquake off the island of Java. Officials said the quake, put by US monitors at magnitude...

N Korea fires yet another round of ballistic missiles

-- 2019-08-02 13:27:47

North Korea fired missiles for the third time in eight days on Friday, a series of launches that analysts say are designed to improve military capabilities and pressure the United States and South Kor...

Small blast hit Bangkok amid ASEAN meet

-- 2019-08-02 11:13:12

Three small explosions injured three people in Bangkok on Friday, as the Thai capital hosted a Southeast Asian security meeting with top diplomats from the United States, China and other world powers....

Effective communication, cooperation best for ASEAN

Global Times 2019-08-01 17:46:35

The 52nd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers meeting is being held in Bangkok, Thailand from Monday to Saturday. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will attend a series of...

Houthi attack on Yemen military parade kills 32

Reuters 2019-08-01 14:06:57

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement said it launched missile and drone attacks on Thursday on a military parade in Aden, the seat of the Saudi-backed government, that killed more than 30 people...

Malaysia to reform labour laws

-- 2019-08-01 13:06:15

Malaysia will review its labour laws to cut an ‘over-dependence’ on foreign labour and address other issues, its prime minister has said. The country’s Prime Minister Mahathir Moham...

Four more die of dengue in Singapore

-- 2019-08-01 12:15:19

Four more people, including a 46-year-old man, have died of dengue, bringing the total deaths this year to nine as of July 20 in Singapore, according to the government sources. The Ministry of Health...

Taiwan calls China tourism ban a ‘major mistake’ amid tension

-- 2019-08-01 11:01:22

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Thursday called Beijing’s ban on individual tourists to the island a “major strategic mistake” amid heightened tension with giant neighbour China. C...

China's travel programme to Taiwan suspended

-- 2019-07-31 18:40:39

A pilot programme that allows residents of 47 Chinese mainland cities to travel to the island of Taiwan on individual trips will be suspended from August 1 due to the current cross-Straits ties. The...

You don’t need to visit Tehran, Iran asks Pompeo

-- 2019-07-31 17:06:45

Iran has dismissed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s offer to visit and address the Iranian people as a “hypocritical gesture.” “You don’t need to come to Iran,” Ir...

Iran says to cut nuclear deal commitments further

Reuters 2019-07-31 14:36:23

Iran is set to further cut its commitments to its international nuclear deal unless its European partners move to protect it from US sanctions by ensuring it can sell oil and receive income, its forei...

Roadside blast in Afghanistan kills 34 bus passengers

-- 2019-07-31 13:11:39

An explosion on Wednesday hit a bus traveling on a highway between two key cities in western Afghanistan, killing at least 34 passengers, including children, and injuring 17, officials said. Security...

China's Liaoning province considers 'three-child policy'

-- 2019-07-31 12:11:07

Northeastern Chinese province Liaoning is planning to loosen birth restrictions and allow some couples to have a third child in a bid to improve dwindling fertility rates and stop its workforce from d...

Indian coffee tycoon Siddhartha’s body found in river

-- 2019-07-31 11:50:26

Indian authorities said on Wednesday they have recovered the body of coffee baron V G Siddhartha from a river in southern India, after his disappearance on Monday sparked speculation he was facing int...

Tensions high as Hong Kong charges 44 activists with rioting

-- 2019-07-31 11:41:46

Hundreds of people surrounded a police station in Hong Kong on Tuesday chanting “free the martyrs” after 44 activists were charged with rioting following weekend clashes between protesters...

18 dead as bomb hits passenger bus in Afghanistan

-- 2019-07-31 11:18:03

An Afghan official says a roadside bomb explosion hit a passenger bus in western Farha province, killing at least 18 people including women and children. Mohibullah Mohib, spokesman for the provincia...

North Korea fires missiles, its second test in a week

Reuters 2019-07-31 10:23:16

North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles early on Wednesday, the South Korean military said, only days after it launched two similar missiles intended to pressure South Korea and the Unite...

4,000 Afghans killed or wounded in H1 2019: UN

-- 2019-07-30 11:28:55

At least 3,812 Afghan civilians were killed or wounded in the first half (H1) of 2019 in the war against Islamist militant groups, a UN report said on Tuesday. The latest casualty figures were releas...

Pakistani military plane crashes, killing 17

-- 2019-07-30 10:28:45

A Pakistani military aircraft on a training flight crashed in a built-up area in the garrison city of Rawalpindi early on Tuesday killing all five crew members and 12 civilians and setting off a blaze...

20 die in attack on Afghan VP candidate's office

-- 2019-07-29 11:42:19

At least 20 people were killed and 50 injured in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Sunday in a suicide bombing and gun battle at vice presidential candidate Amrullah Saleh’s office, the gover...

China’s satellites help ease flood woes in India

Global Times 2019-07-28 17:03:23

China and India are moving to share satellite data involving natural disaster relief, at a time when the South Asian nation is under pressure to find long-term solutions to its frequent flood woes. M...