North Korean missile “blows up” on test launch
A North Korean missile “blew up almost immediately” on its test launch on Sunday, the U.S. Pacific Command said, hours before U.S. Vice President Mike
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N.Korea displays new long-range and submarine-based missiles
North Korea displayed what appeared to be new long-range and submarine-based missiles on the 105th birth anniversary of its founding father, Kim Il Sung, on
Uzbekistan says had warned West about Stockholm attack suspect
Uzbekistan’s security services passed information on Rakhmat Akilov, the man accused of ramming a truck into a crowd of people in Stockholm last week, to
N. Korea tension must not reach ‘irreversible’ stage (Update)
China said on Friday tension over North Korea had to be stopped from reaching an “irreversible and unmanageable stage” as a US aircraft carrier group steamed
China warns against force as North Korea prepares celebration
Military force cannot resolve tension over North Korea, China said on Thursday, while an influential Chinese newspaper urged the North to halt its nuclear programme
IS claims suicide bomber attack that kills three in Afghanistan
Islamic State militants claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb attack on Wednesday near the Afghan Defence Ministry that killed at least three people. At least
China’s Xi calls for peaceful resolution of N. Korea tensions
Chinese President Xi Jinping called for a peaceful resolution of rising tension on the Korean peninsula in a telephone conversation with US President Donald Trump
N. Korea state media warns nuclear strike if provoked (Update)
North Korean state media on Tuesday warned of a nuclear attack on the United States at any sign of US aggression as a US Navy
Russia, before Tillerson visit, ‘worried’ US may attack N. Korea
Russia said it hoped forthcoming talks in Moscow with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson would be productive, but said it was extremely worried the
Freight train to leave Britain on long haul for China
The first freight train to run from Britain to China was due to depart on Monday, carrying vitamins, baby products and other goods as Britain
Three people killed, several injured during protests in India’s Kashmir
Three people were killed and more than a dozen injured on Sunday when police clashed with protesters during a by-election in Srinagar in India’s disputed
U.S. Navy strike group to move toward Korean peninsula -U.S. official
A U.S. Navy strike group will be moving toward the western Pacific Ocean near the Korean peninsula as a show of force, a U.S. official
Myanmar leader says no ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi said ethnic cleansing was too strong a term to describe what was happening in the Muslim-majority Rakhine region, the
Blast in Pakistani city of Lahore kills at least six
A suicide bomber killed at least six people and wounded 18 when he blew himself up near an army vehicle taking part in a census
N.Korea test-fires missile into sea ahead of Trump-Xi summit
By Ju-min Park and Jack Kim North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile into the sea off its east coast on Wednesday, South Korea’s military said,
Ruling party wins Armenian parliamentary vote
President Serzh Sarksyan’s ruling Republican Party won elections in Armenia on Sunday, official results showed, laying the foundation for a new parliamentary system of government.
Indonesia sinks scores more boats in war on illegal fishing
Indonesia destroyed 81 mostly foreign boats at the weekend that had been caught illegally fishing in its waters, taking to more than 300 the number
‘Biggest insurgent attack in years’ in Thai south wounds 12 police
Insurgents fired hundreds of shots into a police booth in restive Muslim-majority southern Thailand on Monday, wounding 12 officers in what police called the biggest
Suu Kyi’s party wins nearly half of Myanmar by-elections
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s party won nearly half of the seats contested in by-elections on Sunday, the first vote since it swept to
Armenians cast ballots in tight election to pave way for power shift
By Hasmik Mkrtchyan Armenians voted for a new parliament on Sunday in a closely fought race between the ruling party and a former coalition partner