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Armed men linked to Muslim rebels free more than 150 from Philippine prison

January 4th, 2017805 Around 100 armed men with links to Muslim rebels stormed a prison in the southern Philippines on Wednesday, killing a guard and freeing more than 150...

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Smog-hit Beijing slapped with top 'fog' alert for second day

January 4th, 20171143 The Chinese capital issued its highest red fog alert for a second day on Wednesday, keeping highways closed in and around the city which is already under a...

Asia

Six die in India bakery fire, spurs calls for enforcement of labour laws

January 3rd, 20171221 Six migrant workers who had been locked inside a bakery by their employer in western India suffocated to death in a fire, triggering calls for decades-old...

World

Daughter of S.Korean leader's friend arrested in Denmark amid graft probe

January 2nd, 20171067 By Christine Kim Danish police have arrested the daughter of a woman at the centre of a South Korean influence-peddling scandal that has engulfed President...

Asia

More than 20 killed, dozens injured after fire on Indonesian tourist boat

January 1st, 20171145 Twenty three people were killed and dozens injured on Sunday after a fire ripped through a boat carrying nearly 250 people to islands north of the Indonesian...

Asia

China to ban domestic ivory trade by end of 2017

December 31st, 2016819 China will slap a total ban on the domestic ivory trade within a year, the government announced, shutting the door to the world's biggest end-market for...

Asia

Philippines' Duterte calls US envoys 'spies' over alleged ouster plot

December 29th, 20161164 Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte derided US ambassadors as "spies" on Thursday, responding to a media report of an alleged American plot to destabilise his...

Asia

Philippine leader says once threw man from helicopter, would do it again

December 29th, 2016999 Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened corrupt government officials with the prospect of being thrown out of a helicopter mid-air, warning he has...

Asia

Philippines Duterte says no concern about China militarisation, man-made isles

December 29th, 20161176 Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday said the failure of the United States to thwart China's island-building in the South China Sea showed there...

Asia

On Pearl Harbor visit, Abe pledges Japan will never wage war again

December 28th, 20161131 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made a symbolic visit to Pearl Harbor with President Barack Obama on Tuesday, commemorating the victims of Japan's World War...

World

Blast in Afghan capital wounds member of parliament

December 28th, 2016741 A bomb attack targeted a member of Afghanistan's parliament in the capital, Kabul, on Wednesday, wounding him and several other people, officials...

World

Japan's Abe pays respects at Hawaii memorials on eve of Pearl Harbor trip

December 27th, 2016785 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday stopped at several memorials in Hawaii, one day before he visits the site of the 1941 bombing of Pearl Harbor...

Asia

Thousands flee coastal villages as typhoon approaches Philippines

December 24th, 20161339 PHILIPPINE authorities on Saturday evacuated thousands in coastal villages in the country’s central region where a category 4 typhoon is expected to make...

Asia

China's Xi says supports efforts to curb Hong Kong independence

December 23rd, 2016885 China's central government strongly supports efforts by the government in Chinese-ruled Hong Kong to curb moves by some promoting independence for the global...

Asia

New Japan bird flu outbreak brings fresh cull of chickens as Asia spread fears grow

December 22nd, 20161176 By Osamu Tsukimori and Manolo Serapio Jr A virulent strain of airborne bird flu extended its shadow across northeast Asia as Japan launched a new chicken...

Asia

Taiwan loses another ally, says won't help China ties

December 21st, 2016936 Taiwan accused China on Wednesday of using Sao Tome and Principe's financial woes to push its "one China" policy after the West African state ended ties with...

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China returns underwater drone, US condemns 'unlawful' seizure

December 20th, 2016963 China has returned a US underwater drone taken by one of its naval vessels in the disputed South China Sea last week after what it said were friendly talks...

Asia

Investigators urge extending search for missing Malaysian flight

December 20th, 2016799 Investigators searching for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 have recommended extending the search by 25,000 sq km, to an area further north in the Indian Ocean,...

Europe

Norway, China normalise ties after Nobel Peace Prize row

December 19th, 2016979 Norway and China on Monday normalised diplomatic and political ties, frozen since 2010 when Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo was awarded the Nobel Peace...

Asia

Air pollution in northern Chinese city surpasses WHO guideline by 100 times

December 19th, 2016745 Concentrations of airborne pollutants in a major northern Chinese city exceeded a World Health Organisation (WHO) guideline by 100 times on Monday as north...

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