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Japan’s Abe vows to boost China ties day before Beijing trip

-- 2018-10-24 13:12:30

Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has vowed to bolster cooperation and friendship between his country and China in a key policy speech the day before he makes the first trip to Beijing by a Japa...

Vietnam’s communist party chief becomes new president

-- 2018-10-23 16:31:58

Vietnam's rubber stamp National Assembly elected Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong as the country's president on Tuesday, consolidating his influence as the most powerful man in the S...

China opens longest sea-crossing bridge

-- 2018-10-23 16:21:37

Chinese President Xi Jinping has officially opened the world's longest sea crossing bridge, nine years after construction first began. Including its access roads, the bridge spans 55km (34 miles) and...

China emergency crews struggling to rescue 18 trapped miners

-- 2018-10-23 14:33:55

Emergency crews were struggling Tuesday to rescue 18 coal miners trapped underground in eastern China following a collapse inside the shaft three days earlier. Three miners were killed by falling roc...

Car bomb claims lives of four in Iraq

-- 2018-10-23 14:24:28

At least four people were killed and 15 wounded in a car bomb blast in the northern Iraqi town of Qayyara on Tuesday, police and medical sources said. A vehicle packed with explosives was parked near...

Australia slaps sanctions on five Myanmar army officers

Reuters 2018-10-23 13:17:20

Australia on Tuesday slapped travel and financial sanctions on five top Myanmar military officers, accused of overseeing brutal violence against Rohingya Muslims by units under their command, followin...

5.9 magnitude quake jolts Taiwan

-- 2018-10-23 11:07:47

An earthquake of magnitude 5.9 struck Taiwan, the United States Geological Survey said on Tuesday, and witnesses said it set buildings shaking in the capital Taipei. There were no immediate reports o...

How the man in Khashoggi murder ran killing via Skype

-- 2018-10-23 10:00:36

He ran social media for Saudi Arabia's crown prince. He masterminded the arrest of hundreds of his country's elite. He detained a Lebanese prime minister. And, according to two intelligence sources, h...

World's longest sea bridge opens Wednesday

-- 2018-10-22 13:25:30

The world's longest sea bridge, linking the cities of Hong Kong, Macau, and Zhuhai across the South China Sea, is set to open to traffic on Wednesday (October 24), the authorities said. The 55...

Australia PM offers rare national apology to child abuse victims

-- 2018-10-22 11:03:25

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Monday offered a rare national apology, only the second since 2008, to victims of institutional child sexual abuse and their families, bringing some survivo...

Saudi Arabia calls Khashoggi killing 'grave mistake,' says prince not aware

Reuters 2018-10-22 10:11:49

Saudi Arabia on Sunday called the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at its Istanbul consulate a “huge and grave mistake,” but sought to shield its powerful crown prince from the wideni...

Parts of Qatar under storm water

-- 2018-10-22 00:18:22

Torrential downpours caused extensive flooding across Qatar on Saturday with lengthy thunderstorms bringing parts of the Gulf state to a standstill, reports Al Jazeera. According to the Civil Aviatio...

Maldives court upholds president's vote defeat

-- 2018-10-22 00:17:25

The Maldives top court rejected on Sunday a petition by President Abdulla Yameen to annul last month's election results and call a fresh poll, upholding his defeat, reports Agencies. The five-judge S...

Train derailment leaves 17 dead in Taiwan

-- 2018-10-21 17:58:37

A train derailment in north-eastern Taiwan on Sunday killed at least 17 people and injured 126, government authorities said. The accident took place on Sunday afternoon in Yilan County near the coast...

Angry mob pelts stones at police at site of Indian rail accident

-- 2018-10-21 17:40:13

An angry mob threw stones at police on Sunday near the site of a deadly railway accident in north India, demanding immediate financial compensation for the families of the victims and government jobs...

Australia stares at hung parliament

-- 2018-10-21 15:35:28

As the count from a crucial Australian by-election dragged into Sunday, Prime Minister Scott Morrison faced the possibility that his Liberal party may have been too quick to concede a contest that wou...

Iran's Rouhani appoints new economy minister

Reuters 2018-10-21 13:48:04

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani appointed Farhad Dejpasand as the new economy and finance minister in a cabinet reshuffle on Sunday, state television reported. Rouhani also appointed a new urban dev...

Israel delays eviction of West Bank Bedouin village

-- 2018-10-21 11:32:48

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday postponed the forced eviction of a Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank, a government official said. The fate of Khan al-Ahmar has drawn int...

New Zealand condemns Khashoggi killing, quits Saudi summit

Reuters 2018-10-21 11:30:51

New Zealand condemns the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi operatives and will not be attending an investment summit in Saudi Arabia, the government said in a statement on Sunday. Khasho...

Amnesty slams Saudi explanation over Khashoggi’s death

-- 2018-10-20 20:46:41

Amnesty International has described Saudi Arabia’s explanation over journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s death in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul as a whitewash of an appalling assassination. Sam...

Voting begins in Afghanistan amid chaos, Taliban threats

-- 2018-10-20 11:25:03

Afghans began voting on Saturday in parliamentary elections overshadowed by chaotic organisation, allegations of corruption and violence that has forced a postponement of the vote in the strategic sou...

Saudi Arabia admits Khashoggi’s death in consulate

-- 2018-10-20 09:45:02

Saudi Arabia said on Friday that journalist Jamal Khashoggi died in a fight inside its Istanbul consulate and said it had fired two senior officials over the incident, giving an account that US Presid...

At least 59 killed as train hits crowd in northern India

Reuters 2018-10-19 21:49:02

A commuter train travelling at high speed ran through a crowd of people on the rail tracks in northern India killing at least 59 people on Friday, state officials said, making it India's worst rail di...

Turkish newspaper names 15 Saudis in Khashoggi case

-- 2018-10-19 21:14:38

Turkish media have named 15 Saudi nationals who were reportedly involved in the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi, a prominent Saudi journalist critical of the government who was last seen entering the...

S Asian countries hail world’s first multilateral air encounter code

-- 2018-10-19 21:10:36

Southeast Asian countries agreed on Friday to guidelines to manage unexpected encounters between their military aircraft, with host Singapore calling the pact a world first and saying they would encou...

Saudi king checks son's power as Khashoggi crisis deepens

-- 2018-10-19 20:25:28

So grave is the fallout from the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi that King Salman has felt compelled to intervene, five sources with links to the Saudi royal family said. Last Thurs...

'Turkey not shared audio recordings of Khashoggi murder with anyone'

-- 2018-10-19 18:12:24

Turkey has not shared any audio recordings with anyone, dismissing reports that Ankara had passed on audio evidence of the killing of a dissident Saudi journalist to the United States. Foreign Minist...

Election in Afghanisthan gets delayed after police chief gets shot

-- 2018-10-19 17:26:23

Parliamentary elections in the Afghan province of Kandahar have been delayed by a week after the assassination of a powerful local police chief. Gen Abdul Raziq was shot dead by a rogue bodyguard on...

Southeast Asian navies hold drills with China next week

-- 2018-10-19 16:17:34

Southeast Asian navies are heading to their first joint exercises with China in its southern waters next week, and defence officials agreed Friday to conduct a similar drill with the US next year. Si...

Top Afghan official killed, Taliban claims responsibility

-- 2018-10-18 21:05:17

Gen Abdul Razeq, one of Afghanistan's most powerful security officials, was killed on Thursday when a bodyguard opened fire following a meeting in the governor's compound in the southern province of K...