Myanmar, Bangladesh sign Rohingya return deal
Myanmar and Bangladesh signed a memorandum of understanding on Thursday, a senior Myanmar official told Reuters, for the return home of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees who...
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US calls Myanmar operation against Rohingya ‘ethnic cleansing’
The United States on Wednesday labeled the Myanmar military operation against the Rohingya population “ethnic cleansing” and threatened targeted sanctions against those responsible for what...
US Navy plane crashes in Philippine Sea, three missing
A US Navy transport plane carrying 11 people crashed in the Philippine Sea south of Japan on Wednesday as it flew to the aircraft carrier...
Escape from North Korea: video shows defector under fire
A North Korean border guard briefly crossed the border with the South in the chase for a defector last week – a violation of the...
Hong Kong turns to virtual reality to honour ancestors
A lack of space for cemeteries in crowded Hong Kong clashes with the age-old Chinese tradition of reverence for one’s ancestors. But one entrepreneur uses...
South Korea fears further missile advances by North this year
North Korea may conduct additional missile tests this year to polish up its long-range missile technology and ramp up the threat against the United States, South Korea‘s spy...
China calls for Myanmar, Bangladesh to resolve Rohingya crisis
China called for a ceasefire in Myanmar’s Rakhine State so that Rohingya Muslim refugees can return from Bangladesh, proposing a three-stage approach to the crisis as...
Bangladesh says it’s in talks with Myanmar on Rohingya repatriation deal
By Serajul Quadir Bangladesh is in negotiations with Myanmar aimed at a deal to repatriate displaced Rohingya and Dhaka’s foreign minister will address the...
North Korea rules out negotiations on nuclear weapons
North Korea on Friday ruled out negotiations with Washington as long as joint US-South Korea military exercises continue, and said that Pyongyang’s atomic weapons programme would remain as a...
Images ‘show N. Korea aggressive work on ballistic missile sub’
Satellite images taken this month of a North Korean naval shipyard indicate Pyongyang is pursuing an “aggressive schedule” to build its first operational ballistic missile submarine,...
‘Missing’ British filmmaker sighted in Papua New Guinea
A British explorer reported missing while searching for a remote tribe in Papua New Guinea has been spotted next to an airstrip and is awaiting...
N.Korea defector ‘stabilised’ after second surgery
A North Korean soldier who suffered critical gunshot wounds during a defection dash over the border to South Korea this week stabilised on Wednesday after...
Defecting N.Korean soldier critical after escape in hail of bullets
A North Korean soldier is expected to survive critical wounds he received when his old comrades fired a hail of bullets at him as he made a...
Iran ends quake rescue operations, hungry survivors battle cold
Iranian officials called off rescue operations, saying there was little chance of finding more survivors from the earthquake that shook parts of western Iran on...
North Korean soldier, shot and wounded, defects to South
A North Korean soldier defected to the South on Monday after being shot and wounded by the North Korean military, South Korea said. The soldier...
Trump says has ‘great relationship’ with Duterte
US President Donald Trump said on Monday he had a “great relationship” with his Philippine counterpart, Rodrigo Duterte, while a White House official said human...
Bob Geldof calls Aung San Suu Kyi ‘handmaiden to genocide’
Irish musician and activist Bob Geldof called Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi “a hand maiden to genocide” on Monday as he returned his Freedom...
Gala glitz masks Asia’s tensions as Trump winds up tour
By Steve Holland and Karen Lema Leaders from across Asia joined U.S. President Donald Trump at an extravagant gala dinner in the Philippines’ capital...
Trump says N.Korea’s Kim insulted him by calling him ‘old’
By Steve Holland U.S. President Donald Trump said in a tweet on Sunday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had insulted him by...
Photo of elephants fleeing mob fuels land debate in India
A photograph of an elephant and her calf fleeing a mob, fire bombs at their feet, has sparked a debate in India about the rising...
