Trump agrees to meet Kim Jong Un in first such parley (Update2)
World leaders welcomed prospects for a possible thaw in the long standoff over North Korea’s nuclear weapons program on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump...
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S. Korean politician who quit over ‘sexual assault’ apologises
A one-time rising star in South Korea‘s ruling party, who quit his political post this week hours after an aide accused him of sexual assault, apologised...
Asia-Pacific nations sign sweeping trade deal without US
Eleven countries including Japan and Canada signed a landmark Asia-Pacific trade agreement without the United States on Thursday in what one minister called a powerful signal against...
South Korea’s Moon says sanctions on North to stay
South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Wednesday sanctions on North Korea will not be eased for the sake of a summit between the two...
Trump cites progress over N. Korea willingness to talk (Update 2)
US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he saw “possible progress” regarding North Korea after South Korea said Pyongyang is willing to hold talks with the United States on...
Sri Lanka declares state of emergency after clash
Sri Lanka declared a nationwide state of emergency for 10 days on Tuesday to stop the spread of communal violence, a government spokesman said, after clashes erupted...
Japan’s navy appoints first woman to command warship squadron
Japan‘s navy on Tuesday appointed the first woman to command a warship squadron, including the flagship Izumo helicopter carrier, as it tries to lure more...
India’s child marriage numbers ‘drop, driving down global rate’
The proportion of girls getting married in India has nearly halved in a decade, the United Nations children’s agency Unicef said on Tuesday, which has contributed...
S. Korea closes exhibition by poet, 84, amid harassment claims
South Korea‘s capital has closed an exhibition by poet Ko Un, long the country’s hope for a Nobel Prize in literature, amid allegations of sexual misconduct...
US aircraft carrier arrives in Vietnam on landmark visit
A US aircraft carrier arrived in Vietnam on Monday for the first time since the end of the Vietnam War, dramatically underscoring the growing strategic ties between the former...
S. Korea team heads to North in bid to bring US, North to talks
A South Korean delegation left for North Korea on Monday, a presidential official said, aiming to bring the North and the United States together for talks in a...
Bangladeshi police detain three more men after attack on prominent writer
Bangladeshi police arrested three men on Sunday as they investigate a knife attack on Zafar Iqbal, a popular author and professor of computer science and...
S.Korea sending envoys to N.Korea as U.S. might be willing to talk
By Josh Smith South Korea will dispatch a delegation led by senior security officials for a two-day visit to North Korea starting Monday, the presidential...
North Korea threatens to ‘counter’ US over military drills
North Korea threatened on Saturday to “counter the US” if the United States holds joint military exercises with South Korea, and said it would not...
Armenian parliament elects ex-PM Sarkissian as president
Armenia‘s parliament chose Armen Sarkissian as the country’s new president on Friday in a vote that is meant to herald the start of a power...
Fire kills 24 people in drug treatment centre in Azerbaijan
A fire killed 24 people in a drug abuse treatment centre in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, its General Prosecutor’s office said on Friday. Eldar Sultanov, spokesman...
Suicide car bomber hits Afghan capital, at least one dead
A suicide car bomber struck on Friday in the Afghan capital of Kabul, killing one person and wounding 14 bystanders, officials said, but there was no...
Afghan president offers Taliban talks ‘without preconditions’
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani offered recognition of the Taliban as a legitimate political group on Wednesday as part of a proposed political process that he said could...
Lost in translation? Kazakh leader bans cabinet from speaking Russian
Kazakhstan further loosened cultural ties with its former political masters in Moscow on Tuesday when a ban on speaking Russian in cabinet meetings took effect...
American tourist arrested after woman dismembered in Japan
A U.S. tourist has been arrested in Japan after a local woman he met through a dating app went missing earlier this month, her body...
