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Asia

S. Korea on alert as North readies for army celebration

April 21st, 20171093 South Korea said on Friday it was on heightened alert ahead of another important anniversary in North Korea, with a large concentration of military hardware...

Asia

Pakistan's top court rejects call to disqualify prime minister

April 20th, 20171118 Pakistan's Supreme Court on Thursday ruled there was insufficient evidence to order Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's removal from office over corruption...

Asia

Pakistani women 'kill man accused of blasphemy'

April 20th, 20171246 Three women dressed in burqas killed a man who had been accused of blasphemy in 2004 in a northeastern Pakistani town, police said on Thursday, the second...

Russia

Russian navy visits Philippines as Duterte courts US

April 20th, 20171273 Russian navy vessels arrived in the Philippines on Thursday for joint exercises as part of a drive for new security ties under President Rodrigo Duterte's...

Asia

N. Korea warns of ‘super-mighty preemptive strike’

April 20th, 20171124 North Korean state media warned the United States of a "super-mighty preemptive strike" after US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the United States was...

Asia

Real life catches up with Japan's middle-aged 'parasite singles'

April 19th, 20171356 Their youth long gone, members of Japan's generation of "parasite singles" face a precarious future, wondering how to survive once the parents many depended on...

Asia

Indian bus crash kills 44 after plunge off mountain road

April 19th, 20171783 bus fell off a mountain road in a northern Indian state and plunged into a river on Wednesday, killing 44 people, officials said. There were just two...

Asia

North Korean official says will continue missile tests - BBC

April 18th, 2017933 North Korea will continue to test missiles regularly and any military action against it by the United States would prompt "all out war", a senior North Korean...

World

Pence takes message of U.S. resolve against N. Korea to Japan

April 18th, 2017941 By Roberta Rampton and Ju-min Park U.S. Vice President Mike Pence is expected to reassure Japan of American commitment to reining in North Korea's nuclear...

Asia

Pence stresses "era of strategic patience" over as he visits Korean DMZ

April 17th, 2017849 U.S. Vice President Mike Pencestared across the demilitarised border between North and South Korea on Monday, a day after North Korea's failed missile launch,...

Asia

North Korean missile "blows up" on test launch

April 16th, 20171264 A North Korean missile "blew up almost immediately" on its test launch on Sunday, the U.S. Pacific Command said, hours before U.S. Vice President Mike Pence...

Asia

N.Korea displays new long-range and submarine-based missiles

April 15th, 20171454 North Korea displayed what appeared to be new long-range and submarine-based missiles on the 105th birth anniversary of its founding father, Kim Il Sung, on...

Europe

Uzbekistan says had warned West about Stockholm attack suspect

April 14th, 20171337 Uzbekistan's security services passed information on Rakhmat Akilov, the man accused of ramming a truck into a crowd of people in Stockholm last week, to the...

Asia

N. Korea tension must not reach 'irreversible' stage (Update)

April 14th, 20171696 China said on Friday tension over North Korea had to be stopped from reaching an "irreversible and unmanageable stage" as a US aircraft carrier group steamed...

Asia

China warns against force as North Korea prepares celebration

April 13th, 20171155 Military force cannot resolve tension over North Korea, China said on Thursday, while an influential Chinese newspaper urged the North to halt its nuclear...

Asia

IS claims suicide bomber attack that kills three in Afghanistan

April 12th, 2017896 Islamic State militants claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb attack on Wednesday near the Afghan Defence Ministry that killed at least three people. At...

Asia

China's Xi calls for peaceful resolution of N. Korea tensions

April 12th, 2017952 Chinese President Xi Jinping called for a peaceful resolution of rising tension on the Korean peninsula in a telephone conversation with US President Donald...

Asia

N. Korea state media warns nuclear strike if provoked (Update)

April 11th, 2017928 North Korean state media on Tuesday warned of a nuclear attack on the United States at any sign of US aggression as a US Navy strike group steamed towards the...

Russia

Russia, before Tillerson visit, ‘worried’ US may attack N. Korea

April 11th, 20171865 Russia said it hoped forthcoming talks in Moscow with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson would be productive, but said it was extremely worried the United...

Britain

Freight train to leave Britain on long haul for China

April 10th, 20171053 The first freight train to run from Britain to China was due to depart on Monday, carrying vitamins, baby products and other goods as Britain seeks to burnish...

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