Iran says UK-linked arrests reflect ‘destructive role’ in protests
Iran’s foreign ministry said on Monday that the arrests of citizens linked to the United Kingdom showed London’s “destructive role” in the recent protests in Iran.
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South Korea scrambles jets as North Korea sends drones over border (Update)
Five North Korean drones crossed into South Korea on Monday and South Korea responded by scrambling jets and attack helicopters and opening fire to try to shoot down the North ...
Nepal’s ‘fierce’ ex-guerrilla chief becomes new prime minister
A former Maoist guerrilla who led a decade-long insurgency against Nepal’s Hindu monarchy was on Sunday appointed prime minister for a third time, in alliance with the main opposition ...
China’s Zhejiang province has 1 million daily Covid cases, expected to double
The eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang is battling around 1 million new daily COVID-19 infections, a number expected to double in the days ahead, the provincial government said on Sunday.
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Suspected militants heading for Pakistani govt target blow themselves up
Pakistani militants thought to have been on the verge of carrying out a suicide bombing in Islamabad’s government district blew themselves up on Friday as police pursued their car, ...
North Korea fires missile amid tension over Russia arms aid
North Korea fired two ballistic missiles towards the sea off its east coast on Friday, the South Korean military said, the latest in an unprecedented number of missile tests this ...
Armenia says food shortages hit Nagorno-Karabakh, blames Azerbaijan, Russia
The breakaway territory of Nagorno-Karabakh is running short of food due to a blockade now well into its second week, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan was quoted as saying on ...
‘The Serpent’ Charles Sobhraj due to be freed from Nepal prison
Charles Sobhraj, a convicted killer who police suspect was responsible for a string of murders in the 1970s and 1980s, was due to be freed after nearly 20 years in prison ...
At least 100 Rohingya stranded in boat, many dead, activists say
Up to 20 people have died of hunger or thirst on a boat carrying ethnic Rohingya that has been stranded at sea for two weeks off India’s coast, two Myanmar ...
Female students turned away from Afghan universities after Taliban ban
Female university students in Afghanistan were turned away from campuses on Wednesday after the Taliban-run administration said women would be suspended from tertiary education.
The decision to bar women was ...
Taliban-led Afghan administration suspends female students from universities
Afghanistan’s Taliban-run Afghan higher education ministry said on Tuesday that female students would not be allowed access to the country’s universities until further notice.
A letter, confirmed by ...
LG Energy Solution to invest $3.1 bln in S.Korea battery facility
South Korean battery maker LG Energy Solution (373220.KS) said on Monday it plans to invest 4 trillion won ($3.1 billion) from this year to 2026 in a facility making batteries for electric vehicles ...
North Korea fires two ballistic missiles, escalating tensions, says South Korea
By Heekyong Yang and Junko Fujita
North Korea fired two ballistic missiles towards the sea off the Korean Peninsula’s east coast on Sunday, said South Korea and Japan, prompting ...
U.N. shelves bid by Afghan Taliban, Myanmar junta for representation
The United Nations General Assembly on Friday approved postponing – for the second time – a decision on whether the Afghan Taliban administration and the Myanmar junta can send a United Nations ...
Magnitude 4.1 earthquake shakes Afghanistan
A 4.1 magnitude quake shook southeastern Afghanistan on Friday evening, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Strong shaking was felt by Reuters witnesses in the Afghan capital Kabul.
The quake ...
Malaysia rescuers race to find survivors of deadly campsite landslide, at least 16 killed (Update)
A landslide killed at least 16 people, among them children, as they slept in their tents at a campsite in Malaysia on Friday, officials said, as search teams scoured thick mud ...
Amid crypto turmoil, Hong Kong debuts first crypto futures ETFs
Two exchange traded funds (ETF) that track US-listed cryptocurrency futures have raised a combined $73.6 million ahead of their debut on the Hong Kong stock exchange on Friday in defiance of ...
Five Chinese citizens badly injured in Kabul attack, businessman says
Over a dozen Chinese citizens were wounded, five of them seriously, in a gun and bomb attack on a hotel in downtown Kabul, a Chinese businessman in the Afghan capital ...
Japan’s ispace launches world’s first commercial moon lander
A Japanese space startup launched a spacecraft to the moon on Sunday after several delays, a step toward what would be a first for the nation and for a private ...
Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai jailed over five years on fraud charge
By Jessie Pang and James Pomfret
Pro-democracy Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai was sentenced on Saturday to five years and nine months in prison for fraud, convicted of violating a ...
Magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes Mindanao, Philippines
An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck the Mindanao region of the Philippines early Saturday morning, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said.
The quake’s epicentre was at a depth of 60 km (37.28 ...
China’s Xi calls for oil trade in yuan at Gulf summit in Riyadh
President Xi Jinping told Gulf Arab leaders on Friday that China would work to buy oil and gas in yuan, a move that would support Beijing’s goal to establish ...
‘It’s dead out here’: China’s slow exit from zero-Covid
Judging by Friday’s quiet streets in China’s capital Beijing and the reluctance of some businesses to drop COVID curbs, enduring anxieties about the coronavirus are likely to hamper ...
U.S. puts sanctions on Turkish businessman, citing links to Iran’s Quds Force
The Biden administration levied sanctions late on Thursday on prominent Turkish businessman Sitki Ayan and his network of firms, accusing him of acting as a facilitator for oil sales and ...