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Philippines arrests Maoist rebel leader

-- 2018-02-01 00:00:00

Philippine security forces arrested the head of the communist movement’s armed wing following President Rodrigo Duterte’s order to target guerrilla leaders after peace talks collapsed. Po...

Gas poisoning kills nine in China

-- 2018-02-01 00:00:00

A gas poisoning killed nine people at an iron and steel plant in Liupanshui City, southwest China's Guizhou Province on Wednesday. The accident occurred at around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday when workers wer...

Goa police arrest driver for 'molesting US tourist'

-- 2018-01-31 15:40:55

Police in the western Indian state of Goa have arrested a motorcycle taxi driver for allegedly molesting an American tourist on Saturday last. Isidore Fernandes was detained after the woman posted...

Taliban still pervades 70pc of Afghanistan, study finds

-- 2018-01-31 12:40:01

The Taliban are openly active in 70 per cent of Afghanistan’s districts, fully controlling 4.0 per cent of the country and demonstrating an open physical presence in another 66 per cent, accordi...

Strong quake rattles Afghanistan

-- 2018-01-31 00:00:00

A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.1 jolted the Afghan capital Kabul on Wednesday, said the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre. The quake, which was also felt in neighbouring Pakistan, struc...

Chinese airlines cancel all Taiwan flights amid routes row

-- 2018-01-30 20:17:16

China Eastern Airlines and Xiamen Airlines said on Tuesday they had cancelled 176 round-trip flights to Taiwan amid a row between Beijing and Taiwan over flight routes. The airlines said in separate...

Yemen suicide attack claims 11 lives

-- 2018-01-30 13:36:17

A suicide car bomb attack on a checkpoint in south-eastern Yemen, run by local forces backed by the United Arab Emirates, has taken the lives of at least 11 people on Tuesday. Gunmen opened fire on t...

India has 21 million 'unwanted' girls!

-- 2018-01-30 10:39:17

The desire among parents in India to have sons instead of daughters has created 21 million "unwanted" girls, a government report estimates. The finance ministry report, published on Monday, found man...

Explosion kills six of a Pak family

-- 2018-01-30 00:00:00

Six members of a family have been killed and another one has been injured after an explosion ripped through their car on Tuesday. Officials said that they were heading towards a Pakistan village to a...

Man rapes eight-month-old baby in Delhi

-- 2018-01-30 00:00:00

An eight-month-old baby girl was allegedly raped by her 28-year-old cousin in Delhi, her condition is critical but stable, hospital authorities said. The accused, who went missing soon after the inci...

Airstrikes destroy hospital in Syria, kills 11

-- 2018-01-29 19:45:13

Syria activists and rescue workers say at least 11 people have been killed and a hospital badly damaged in regime airstrikes at the opposition-held northern province of Idlib. The local White Helmets...

Australia to spend $3.1b to boost arms exports

-- 2018-01-29 14:20:32

Australian government will establish a A$3.8 billion fund for the country’s arms manufacturers to become one of the world’s top 10 defence exporters. The Turnbull government will offer...

Iran to give internet a 'halal' form

-- 2018-01-29 00:00:00

State-sponsored internet will filter out 'Western' content and to crackdown on what Iranians can and cannot see. In an effort to 'de-Westernise' and maintain control over internet users and the sprea...

Militants storm Kabul army base, killing 11 soldiers

-- 2018-01-29 00:00:00

Militants have attacked an army base near a military academy in the Afghan capital, Kabul, killing at least 11 soldiers. 16 other Afghan soldiers were injured in the attack, a defence ministry spokes...

Indian teen dies in religious clashes, 112 held

-- 2018-01-29 00:00:00

As many as 112 people have been arrested in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh (UP); two days after clashes between two communities took the life of a teenage boy. The incident occurred...

Clashes in Yemen’s Aden kill several

-- 2018-01-28 15:01:50

Several people have been killed and injured after clashes erupted between two armed groups in the southern Yemeni city of Aden on Sunday, medical staff at hospitals in the city said. Gunmen have been...

China hopes to get Japan ties back on track

-- 2018-01-28 09:49:37

China hopes to work with Japan to get relations back onto a normal track, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Japanese counterpart Taro Kono on Sunday during a meeting in Beijing. China and Jap...

Suu Kyi still Myanmar's best hope: Richardson

-- 2018-01-28 00:00:00

Aung San Suu Kyi remains Myanmar's best hope for change, veteran US mediator Bill Richardson said on Friday, days after he got into a fight with the Nobel laureate and quit an international panel advi...

Hackers steal $534m virtual money from Japanese firm

-- 2018-01-27 22:45:00

One of Japan's largest digital currency exchanges says on Saturday it has lost some $534 million worth of virtual money in a hacking attack on its network. Coincheck suspended deposits and withdrawal...

13 pilgrims die as bus falls into Indian river

-- 2018-01-27 20:59:30

A bus carrying Hindu pilgrims plunged into a river in western India after smashing through a bridge railing, killing 13 and injuring another three, police said Saturday. The accident took place on Fr...

Rescuers search for Kiribati ferry with 50 people on board

-- 2018-01-27 12:00:00

Rescuers are searching for a ferry with an estimated 50 people on board after it went missing in the Kiribati Islands. The MV Butiraoi departed from Nonouti island on 18 January on a voyage that was...

Explosion rocks Afghan capital Kabul

-- 2018-01-27 12:00:00

An explosion has rocked an area of the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday near many foreign embassies and government buildings. The cause of the blast could not be known immediately, Reuters reporters...

Bus with pilgrims falls into river in India, killing 12

-- 2018-01-27 11:37:54

A bus carrying Hindu pilgrims plunged into a river in western India after smashing through a bridge railing, killing 12 and injuring another three, police said on Saturday. The accident took place on...

Suu Kyi lives in 'bubble', says US diplomat in row with Myanmar

-- 2018-01-27 11:30:15

Aung San Suu Kyi remains Myanmar’s best hope for change, veteran US mediator Bill Richardson said on Friday, days after he got into a fight with the Nobel laureate and quit an international pane...

Detained Alwaleed expects to be freed in days

-- 2018-01-27 10:24:54

Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, detained in the kingdom’s sweeping crackdown on corruption, said on Saturday that he expected to be cleared of any wrongdoing and be released...

North Korea condemns latest US sanctions

-- 2018-01-27 04:12:56

North Korea on Saturday condemned the latest US sanctions announced this week aiming to curb the isolated nation's development nuclear weapons. The US sanctions are "a manifestation of heinous intent...

US-Iraqi joint force mistakenly kills eight

-- 2018-01-27 03:11:31

Members of US and Iraqi joint force mistakenly killed eight people and wounded 10 others when they engaged in a clash with local police and paramilitary tribal fighters in Iraq's western province of A...

Blast hits Afghan capital Kabul

-- 2018-01-27 02:55:56

An explosion hit an area of the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday near many foreign embassies and government buildings, Reuters reporters heard. It was not immediately clear whether there were any cas...

Kabul ambulance blast toll nears 100

-- 2018-01-27 00:00:00

A bomb hidden in an ambulance killed at least 95 people and wounded about 158 in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Saturday when it blew up at a police checkpoint near foreign embassies and government bui...

41 die in South Korea hospital blaze

-- 2018-01-26 12:00:00

At least 41 people have been killed and dozens injured in a fire at a hospital in Miryang, South Korea, the Yonhap news agency reported Friday. The fire is thought to have started in the emergency ro...