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-- 2019-01-24 10:54:59
The former governor of the Indonesian capital Jakarta, who was jailed for blasphemy in 2017, has been released early. Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, known as Ahok, left the jail outside Jakarta at 07:30 loc...
-- 2019-01-23 16:49:54
Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi appointed his charismatic sister to a senior party position on Wednesday that officials say will strengthen the campaign to oust Prime Minister Narendra Modi in t...
-- 2019-01-23 16:33:08
Thailand will hold a general election to restore civilian rule on March 24, the election commission said on Wednesday, announcing a new date for the often postponed vote, which will be the first since...
-- 2019-01-23 13:06:39
Hong Kong on Wednesday presented a controversial bill to lawmakers that prescribes jail terms of up to three years for disrespecting the Chinese national anthem, a move critics say raises fresh fears...
-- 2019-01-23 11:16:09
Two explosions hit south of Yemen’s Houthi-held capital, Sanaa, early on Wednesday, with one of them being an operation that targeted missiles and weapons cache, Saudi-owned Al Arabiya TV report...
-- 2019-01-22 13:10:49
Police in Macau and mainland China detained 37 suspects in an underground lending case involving more than 30 billion yuan ($4.42 billion), as China steps up measures to reduce economic risks and clam...
Reuters 2019-01-22 11:51:07
An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 struck south of the Indonesian town of Raba, off the central island of Sumbawa, the US Geological Survey said, the second quake to hit the area on Tuesday. There was no...
-- 2019-01-22 09:50:50
An earthquake of magnitude 6 struck south of the city of Raba on Indonesia’s central island of Sumbawa on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. There was no immediate tsunami warning o...
-- 2019-01-21 20:51:31
More than 100 members of Afghan security forces were killed when Taliban insurgents attacked a military compound in the central Maidan Wardak province on Monday, a senior defence ministry official sai...
-- 2019-01-21 18:36:51
China must be on guard against “black swan” risks while fending off “grey rhino” events, President Xi Jinping said on Monday, adding that the economy faces deep and complicated...
-- 2019-01-21 12:57:10
Israeli fighter jets struck Iranian Quds targets inside Syria on Monday and, after coming under fire from anti-aircraft missiles, struck Syrian defence batteries as well, the Israeli military said. S...
-- 2019-01-21 11:23:37
Minority Muslims in the southern Philippines cast votes on Monday in a long-awaited referendum on autonomy, the culmination of a peace process to end decades of separatist conflict in a region plagued...
-- 2019-01-20 17:22:28
The world's oldest man has died at his home — a hot springs inn — in northern Japan at the age of 113. Masazo Nonaka died in the early hours of Sunday while sleeping at home in Ashoro on...
-- 2019-01-20 14:26:48
An explosion was heard in the vicinity of Syria’s capital Damascus and initial reports point to a “terrorist” attack, Syrian state TV reported on Sunday morning. State TV reported t...
-- 2019-01-20 12:49:14
A Saudi-led coalition launched several air strikes on the Houthi-held Yemeni capital Sanaa overnight, stoking tensions among Yemen’s warring parties as the United Nations struggles to implement...
-- 2019-01-19 20:42:07
Henry Sy, chairman emeritus of SM Investments, one of the Philippines' largest conglomerates, died Saturday morning, according to a statement from SM. Sy had topped the Philippine Rich List for eleve...
-- 2019-01-19 17:28:14
A man allegedly shot dead a 22-year-old woman for not withdrawing a rape case against him hours before she appeared in front of an India court, reports NDTV. She was to record her statement in court...
-- 2019-01-19 16:14:07
Cebuana Lhuillier, a Philippine financial service provider, said on Saturday that the data of 900,000 clients had been accessed without authorisation and that it had already alerted authorities to inv...
-- 2019-01-19 14:51:39
Unknown gunmen shot dead two Buddhist monks and injured two others in an attack at a temple in Thailand’s mainly Muslim south, the first such killing of a Buddhist monk in the restive region in...
-- 2019-01-19 13:50:42
The Afghan Taliban rejected reports in the Pakistani media that they were prepared to resume meetings with US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad in Islamabad and repeated their refusal to deal directly wi...
-- 2019-01-19 12:26:59
Abu Bakar Bashir, the radical Muslim cleric and alleged mastermind of the 2002 Bali bombings, will be granted early release from jail on humanitarian grounds, Indonesia’s president said on Frida...
Reuters 2019-01-19 11:32:42
US President Donald Trump will hold a second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in late February but will maintain economic sanctions on Pyongyang, the White House said on Friday after Trump...
-- 2019-01-18 18:59:36
Australia has just sweltered through at least five of its 10 warmest days on record, authorities estimate. An extreme heatwave has afflicted the nation since Saturday, causing wildlife deaths, bushfi...
-- 2019-01-17 14:14:13
Indian navy divers found the body of one of 15 miners who went missing in a flooded coal mine in a remote corner of the country more than a month ago, officials said on Thursday. Rescuers have been s...
-- 2019-01-17 13:00:03
North Korea’s top envoy involved in talks with the United States arrived in Beijing on Thursday and is thought to be en route to Washington, South Korean news agency Yonhap said on Thursday. US...
-- 2019-01-16 16:11:26
China said on Wednesday that it was “not worried in the slightest” by mounting international concern over the death sentence handed to a Canadian for drug smuggling. Monday’s senten...
-- 2019-01-16 16:06:51
The United States and Britain have conducted their first joint naval drills in the disputed South China Sea since China built island bases there, the two navies said on Wednesday, as Washington seeks...
-- 2019-01-16 13:24:52
Australia will allow imports of the intoxicating drink kava, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Wednesday, as it seeks to forge closer ties with its Pacific neighbours amid growing Chinese interest...
-- 2019-01-15 22:01:41
North Korea is no longer South Korea's "enemy," though Pyongyang's nuclear programme still poses a security threat, according to Seoul's biennial defence document published on Tuesday, reports AP. It...
-- 2019-01-15 17:38:11
Singapore officials say it isn't in the country's interest to nab — or even name — the perpetrators behind a cyberattack that breached 1.5 million health records, including those of Prime...
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