N. Korea says will have dialogue with US under right conditions
A senior North Korean diplomat who handles relations with the United States said on Saturday Pyongyang would have dialogue with the U.S. administration if conditions
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India’s top court reviews Islam’s instant ‘triple talaq’ divorce
India’s top court on Thursday began examining whether it was legal for a Muslim man to dump his wife by saying “I divorce you” three
S.Korea’s new leader discusses N.Korea with China’s Xi
By Ju-min Park and Christine Kim South Korea’s new President Moon Jae-in told Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday that North Korea must cease making
Eight killed when magnitude 5.5 earthquake hits China
Eight people were killed when an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 struck in China’s northwest Xinjiang region on Thursday, the official Xinhua news agency
New S.Korea president seeks to defuse regional tensions
South Korea’s new liberal President Moon Jae-in was sworn in on Wednesday and vowed to immediately tackle the difficult tasks of addressing North Korea’s advancing
Liberal Moon Jae-in wins South Korean election
Liberal politician Moon Jae-in won South Korea’s presidential election on Tuesday, an exit poll showed, an expected victory that would end nearly a decade of
North Korea detains another American citizen, KCNA reports
North Korea said on Sunday it has detained another US citizen on suspicion of “hostile acts” against the state, which would make him the fourth
China to further tighten its internet controls
China will further tighten its internet regulations with a pledge on Sunday to strengthen controls over search engines and online news portals, the latest step
India’s top court upholds death penalty in Delhi gang rape case
India’s top court on Friday upheld death sentences against four men who fatally gang raped a woman on board a bus in 2012, a crime
N.Korea accuses CIA of ‘bio-chemical’ plot against leadership
North Korea on Friday accused the US Central Intelligence Agency and South Korea’s intelligence service of a plot to attack its “supreme leadership” with a
China’s first passenger plane lands
China‘s home-grown C919 passenger jet landed successfully in Shanghai after an 80-minute maiden flight on Friday, a major step for Beijing as it looks to
Egyptian woman leaves Indian hospital more than 300kg lighter
An Egyptian woman widely believed to have been the world’s heaviest woman left an Indian hospital on Thursday more than 300kg lighter for further treatment
N.Korea says American was detained for ‘attempted subversion’
North Korea said on Wednesday an American man it had detained in late April, the third US citizen being held by the isolated country, was
Suicide attack on Nato convoy in Kabul kills eight civilians
Islamic State claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Wednesday that killed eight civilians in an attack on a convoy
World’s ‘oldest person’ dies in Indonesia at 146
An Indonesian man reported to be the world’s oldest person died at the age of 146 this week, family members said on Tuesday. Sodimejo, who
N.Korea says US bomber flights push peninsula to brink of war
By Ju-min Park North Korea accused the United States on Tuesday of pushing the Korean peninsula to the brink of nuclear war after a pair
Swiss climber falls to death, preparing for Mount Everest ascent
An experienced Swiss climber died on Sunday after he fell in the Everest region of Nepal during preparations to climb the world’s highest mountain, the
N.Korea test-fires ballistic missile in defiance of world pressure
North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile on Saturday shortly after US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned that failure to curb Pyongyang’s nuclear and ballistic
U.S. warns of possible conflict with N.Korea, China worried
U.S. President Donald Trump said a major conflict with North Korea was possible over its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes, while China said the situation
U.S., South Korea warn defiant North against new provocation
South Korea and the United States agreed on Thursday on “swift punitive measures” against North Korea in the event of further provocation, as a North