N.Korea’s Kim orders production of more rocket engines
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered the production of more solid-fuel rocket engines and rocket warhead tips, the North’s official media said on Wednesday
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Trump commits US to open-ended Afghanistan war (Update)
President Donald Trump committed US troops to an open-ended war in Afghanistan, a decision the Afghan government welcomed on Tuesday but which Taliban insurgents warned would make
US, N. Korea clash at UN forum over nuclear weapons (Update)
North Korea and the United States clashed at a UN forum on Tuesday over their military intentions towards one another, with Pyongyang’s envoy declaring it
Amid outrage, Philippine opposition urges Duterte stop killings
Political opponents of Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday urged him to end a culture of impunity and quell a surge in drug-related killings, amid
N. Korea shipments to Syria chemical arms agency ‘intercepted’
Two North Korean shipments to a Syrian government agency responsible for the country’s chemical weapons programme were intercepted in the past six months, according to a
Muslim divorce law ‘unconstitutional’ rules India court (Update)
India’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled a controversial Muslim instant divorce law unconstitutional, a landmark victory for Muslim women who had long argued that it
Publisher reposts blocked China articles after outcry
Leading British academic publisher, Cambridge University Press, that bowed to pressure from Beijing to block online access to hundreds of scholarly articles in China reversed
Myanmar men appeal death sentences over UK murders in Thailand
Two men from Myanmar convicted of killing two British backpackers on a Thai holiday island in 2014 submitted their final appeal on Monday against the death sentence.
US, South Korea begin computer-simulated drills
South Korean and US forces began computer-simulated military exercises on Monday amid tensions over North Korea‘s missile and nuclear programmes, amid reports that Pyongyang has generated at
Ten sailors missing after US warship, tanker collision (Update)
Ten sailors are missing after a US warship collided with an oil tanker east of Singapore before dawn on Monday, tearing a hole beneath the
Malaysia apologises to Indonesia over flag blunder at regional games
Malaysia apologised on Sunday for the upside-down printing of Indonesia’s flag in the souvenir guidebook for the Southeast Asia Games, which officials said is being
Pentagon’s Mattis again seeks to reassure US allies
Defence Secretary Jim Mattis travels to the Middle East and eastern Europe next week to play the increasingly familiar role of reassuring allies that the
Rape victim, 10, delivers baby after India court bars abortion
A 10-year-old rape victim who was denied an abortion by India’s top court gave birth on Thursday in a case that has drawn outrage about
Malala ‘excited’ after winning place at Oxford University
Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai, the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize when she was 17, said on Thursday she was “excited” after winning a place
US says joint S.Korea war games not on the negotiating table
The United States and South Korea will go ahead with joint military drills next week, the top US military official said on Thursday, resisting pressure from North Korea and its
China issues order to implement UN sanctions on N. Korea
China’s Commerce Ministry issued a ban effective from Tuesday on several imports from North Korea, including coal, iron ore, lead concentrates and ore, lead and
CIA chief: Not surprising if North Korea tests missile again
The top U.S. intelligence official said on Sunday he would not be surprised if North Korea tested another missile, given that it had two tests
Death toll in Nepal floods, landslides rises to 49
Torrential rain battered Nepal on Sunday, causing widespread flooding and landslides and raising the death toll from three days of severe weather to 49 people,
Bomb kills at least 15 in Pakistani city of Quetta
A bomb exploded near a crowded market in the Pakistani city of Quetta on Saturday, killing at least 15 people, officials said, the latest attack
Storms disrupt flights across China, authorities warn of flash floods
Storms swept across Beijing and southeastern China on Saturday, disrupting thousands of flights and flooding towns, while authorities warned that rain and wind could cause