North Korea fires missile, Japan residents told to take cover
North Korea fired what might be a new model of ballistic missile on Thursday, South Korea said, triggering a scare in northern Japan, where residents were told to take cover, ...
China records world’s first human death from H3N8 bird flu -WHO
A Chinese woman has become the first person to die from a type of bird flu that is rare in humans, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said, but the strain ...
China says Taiwan heading for ‘stormy seas’ under President Tsai
China said on Wednesday that President Tsai Ing-wen was pushing Taiwan into “stormy seas” after Beijing held military exercises in response to Tsai’s recent meeting with U.S. House ...
Dalai Lama apologises for asking boy to ‘suck my tongue’
The Dalai Lama, the Tibetans’ 87-year-old spiritual leader, apologised on Monday after footage showed him asking a young boy to “suck my tongue” at a public event.
“A video clip ...
Japan following China’s Taiwan drills with ‘great interest’
By Yimou Lee and Ben Blanchard
China’s military simulated precision strikes against Taiwan in a second day of drills around the island on Sunday, with the island’s defence ...
Chinese planes cross Taiwan Strait median line as angry China starts drills
Seventy-one Chinese military aircraft crossed the sensitive median line of the Taiwan Strait on Saturday as China began drills around Taiwan in anger at President Tsai Ing-wen’s meeting with ...
Biden report on Afghanistan blames Trump for degraded US operations
President Joe Biden’s administration on Thursday released a summary of after-action reports on the U.S.’ chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan that laid blame on his predecessor Donald Trump, saying “...
N. Korea: US – S. Korea drills push tension to brink of nuclear war
North Korea accused the U.S. and South Korea of escalating tensions to the brink of nuclear war through their joint military drills, vowing to respond with “offensive action,” state ...
India avalanche kills seven near Himalayan pass to Tibet
An avalanche killed seven tourists in India’s Himalayan state of Sikkim near a mountain pass to the Chinese region of Tibet on Tuesday, with rescue workers calling off the ...
Deepest-ever fish caught and filmed off Japan by scientists
Fish have been caught more than 5 miles (8 kilometres) under the surface of the ocean for the first time ever – and filmed even deeper – by a joint Japanese-Australian scientific expedition.
The ...
China’s Xi says ties with Singapore set benchmark for region
Relations between China and Singapore have set a benchmark for countries in the region, Chinese President Xi Jinping told Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong during talks in Beijing ...
Thirty-five dead, 16 hurt in after roof of stepwell collapses in India
At least 35 people were killed and 16 were injured after the roof of a stepwell in a temple complex collapsed in central India, a local government official said on Friday.
The ...
North Korea executes people over videos, drugs and religion – report
North Korea executes people for drugs, sharing South Korean media, and religious activities as it stifles its citizens’ human rights and freedom, its rival, South Korea, said in a report ...
China opens ties with Honduras
China established diplomatic ties with Honduras on Sunday after the Central American country ended its decades-long relationship with Taiwan, while Taiwan’s foreign minister accused Honduras of demanding exorbitant sums ...
Hong Kong police keep tight tabs on first authorised protest in years
Hong Kong police on Sunday permitted a small protest march under tight restrictions in one of the first demonstrations to be approved since the enactment of a sweeping national security ...
Indian opposition dealt blow as parliament bars Congress leader Gandhi
India’s opposition Congress party suffered a major blow on Friday when parliament disqualified its leader, Rahul Gandhi, a day after a court convicted him of defamation for comments that ...
Earthquake of magnitude 6.5 hits northern Afghanistan, killing at least 3 (Update)
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck northern Afghanistan on Tuesday evening, according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre, killing two in the east of the country and one child in neighbouring Pakistan.
The ...
Chinese COVID data from animal market gives clues on origins
Data from the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, briefly uploaded to a global database by Chinese scientists, gives crucial information on the outbreak’s origins, including of an animal ...
North Korea’s Kim oversees simulated nuclear counterattack against US, South Korea
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has overseen drills simulating a nuclear counterattack against the U.S. and South Korea in a warning to the allies who are scaling up ...
China condemns British lawmakers for ignoring demand not to visit Taiwan
China’s embassy in Britain on Sunday condemned a visit this week by British lawmakers to Taiwan, saying they were insisting on visiting the island despite China’s strong opposition.
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At least 19 killed in bus accident in Bangladesh
A speeding bus veered off a major expressway in central Bangladesh and plunged into a ditch, killing at least 19 people and injured dozens, police said.
The death toll could rise ...
Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan to appear in court, fearing arrest
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was set to appear in court on Saturday as police were entering his home and after he expressed fear of arrest in a standoff ...
Indonesia court jails policeman over deadly football stampede
An Indonesian court on Thursday jailed a policeman but cleared two other officers of negligence over crowd control measures deployed at a local soccer match that led to one of ...
North Korea launches missiles from submarine as U.S.-South Korean drills begin
Nuclear-armed North Korea test-fired two strategic cruise missiles from a submarine on Sunday, state news agency KCNA said on Monday, just as U.S.-South Korea military drills were due ...