Twenty tortured, then murdered in Pakistan Sufi shrine- police
Twenty people were tortured and then murdered with clubs and knives at a Pakistani Sufi shrine, the police said on Sunday, in an attack purportedly
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China reports six new bird flu cases, one death
China reported six new cases of H7N9 bird flu including one death in Hunan after live poultry markets in the province were shuttered last month.
Indonesian rescuers fear nearly 30 people buried in Java landslide
Indonesian rescuers, joined by police and soldiers, found one body and continued to look for 28 other people feared to be buried after a landslide
N. Korean murder suspects go home with victim’s body as Malaysia forced to swap
Three North Koreans wanted for questioning over the murder of the estranged half-brother of their country’s leader returned home on Friday along with the body
S.Korean court approves warrant for arrest of ousted leader Park
A South Korean court on Friday approved a warrant to arrest ousted president Park Geun-hye, the country’s first democratically elected leader to be thrown out
Malaysia releases Kim Jong Nam’s body in deal ending spat with North Korea
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said on Thursday that the body of Kim Jong Nam, half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, has
Kim Jong Nam’s body still in Malaysia amid talk of deal with N.Korea
The body of Kim Jong Nam, who was murdered in Malaysia last month, is still in Kuala Lumpur, health minister Health Minister Subramaniam Sathasivam said
S. Korean court to decide whether to arrest ousted president Park
A South Korean court will hold a hearing on Thursday to decide whether to arrest ousted president Park Geun-hye and hold her in a cell
250 couples race in Thailand’s Running of the Brides
Some 250 couples in wedding dresses and suits raced through a Bangkok park on Saturday in the annual “Running of the Brides” to compete for
Hong Kong chooses new Beijing-backed leader amid political tension
By James Pomfret and Venus Wu HONG KONG, March 26 (Reuters) – A Beijing-backed civil servant, Carrie Lam, was chosen to be Hong Kong’s next
North Korea maintains readiness for nuclear test at any time – S. Korea
North Korea has maintained readiness to conduct a new nuclear test at any time, a South Korean military official said on Friday, amid a report
Afghan Taliban signal growing strength with capture of key southern district
Taliban fighters have captured the key district of Sangin in the southern Afghan province of Helmand after security forces pulled out, leaving the district centre
Sunken South Korean ferry slowly emerges three years after disaster
A South Korean ferry that sank nearly three years ago, killing 304 people, most of them children on a school trip, slowly emerged from a
N.Korea missile test fails, US and South say, as tensions simmer
By Ju-min Park A North Korean missile appeared to have exploded on Wednesday just after it was launched, the U.S. and South Korean militaries said
GPS device to prevent false Everest claims by climbers
Nepal will provide GPS tracking devices to some mountaineers who attempt to scale Mount Everest this year to prevent them from making false summit claims
Tillerson ends China trip with warm words from President Xi
With warm words from Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson ended his first trip to Asia since taking office
US policy of ‘strategic patience’ with North Korea over
A US policy of strategic patience with North Korea has ended, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said in South Korea on Friday, adding that military
Malaysia says DNA sample confirms murdered Kim Jong Nam’s identity
Malaysia has confirmed the identity of Kim Jong Nam’s body based on a DNA sample taken from one of his children, the deputy prime minister
British, Australian nationals jailed in Bali for murder of policeman
A court in the Indonesian holiday island of Bali jailed a British man and his Australian girlfriend on Monday for their roles in the murder of
North Korea boycotts ‘politically motivated’ UN rights session
North Korea boycotted a UN review of its human rights record on Monday, as an investigator said an escalation in hostilities on the divided peninsula