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...
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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...
Magnitude 6.3 quake hits eastern Indonesia -USGS
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 hit 194 km (120 miles) northwest of Ambon in eastern Indonesia on Monday, the United States Geological Survey...
South Korea urges North to abandon nuclear weapons, allow family visits
North Korea must heed the call by major powers to abandon its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes and allow peace to take root on the...
Death of Chinese rights lawyer raises suspicions
A well-known Chinese rights lawyer died suddenly in hospital of liver failure on Monday, a source told Reuters, sparking suspicion over the death of someone...
North Korea condemns U.S. sanctions, says blockade would be act of war
North Korea on Sunday condemned the latest round of sanctions imposed by the United States, accusing it of trying to undermine an improvement in inter-Korean...
China sets stage for Xi to stay in office indefinitely (Update 2)
China’s ruling Communist Party on Sunday set the stage for President Xi Jinping to stay in office indefinitely, with a proposal to remove a constitutional...
Villagers flee Kashmir front line as India, Pakistan trade artillery fire
India and Pakistan have exchanged artillery fire in the disputed Kashmir region forcing hundreds of people to flee, police in Indian Kashmir said, raising fresh...
U.S. imposes more North Korea sanctions
The United States said it was imposing its largest package of sanctions to pressure North Korea to give up its nuclear missile program, and President...
Mongolian air pollution causing health crisis – Unicef
Smog in the Mongolia‘s capital, Ulaanbaatar, is causing a public health crisis, especially among children, with treatment costs likely to put the cash-strapped country under increasing...
Myanmar ‘bulldozes Rohingya villages after cleansing campaign’
Myanmar has bulldozed at least 55 villages that were emptied of their Rohingya Muslim inhabitants during violence that began last year, Human Rights Watch said on...
Trump to announce new N. Korea sanctions; South preps for talks
The United States is due to announce its largest package of sanctions yet against North Korea to further pressure Pyongyang over its nuclear and missile programme, as South Korea readies itself...
Canada’s Trudeau spurs criticism, raises eyebrows on India trip
Canadian and Indian officials scrambled on Thursday to explain how a convicted Sikh extremist was invited to a New Delhi reception for Justin Trudeau, the...
Woman accused of Kim Jong Nam’s murder ‘paid to fly to Macau’
A woman accused of poisoning the North Korean leader’s half-brother, Kim Jong Nam, at a Malaysian airport had been paid to fly to Macau, Kim‘s home at the time,...
