Bangladesh to press for Muslim refugees’ return to Myanmar
Bangladesh opened talks with neighbouring Myanmar on Monday with the aim of securing the return of more than half a million Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar,...
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US ‘probing’ to see if North Korea interested in dialogue: Tillerson
The United States is probing North Korea to see whether it is interested in dialogue and has multiple direct channels of communication with Pyongyang, US...
More than 60 Rohingya feared drowned
More than 60 Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar are believed to have drowned when their boat capsized, the latest victims in what the United Nations...
Women to plead not guilty in high-profile Kim Jong Nam murder trial
Two women accused of killing the estranged half-brother of North Korea’s leader at the Kuala Lumpur international airport are expected to plead not guilty when...
Stampede in India’s financial capital kills at least 22
A rush hour stampede killed at least 22 people and wounded 36 on Friday during a sudden monsoon downpour at a busy railway station in...
China support for N.Korea clampdown growing: US official
China is making progress in enforcing sanctions imposed on North Korea, a US State Department official said on Thursday, and urged skeptical members of Congress not...
Suicide car bomb kills at least 12 Afghan police
At least 12 Afghan police were killed and four wounded when a Humvee packed with explosives drove into their checkpoint in the southern province of...
Trump: military option for N.Korea not preferred, but would be ‘devastating’
President Donald Trump warned North Korea on Tuesday that any U.S. military option would be “devastating” for Pyongyang, but said the use of force was...
Rights group accuses Myanmar of crimes against humanity
Myanmar is committing crimes against humanity in its campaign against Muslim insurgents in Rakhine state, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday, calling for the UN...
Bali’s menacing volcano puts some tourists’ plans on back burner
Clouds shrouded the top of Bali’s highest volcano on Tuesday as the risk of an imminent eruption began to persuade some tourists to have second thoughts about...
Pakistan’s ex-PM Sharif appears before anti-corruption court
Ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif appeared before an anti-corruption court on Tuesday, kicking off trial proceedings that he says are biased and which threaten to dent...
Mattis seeks deeper ties with India amid China assertiveness
US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis held talks with Indian leaders on Tuesday to deepen military ties including the potential sales of US jet fighters and...
N.Korea bolsters defences after flight by US bombers
North Korea appears to have boosted defences on its east coast, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency said on Tuesday, after the North said US President...
Iraqi Kurds shrug off threats to hold independence vote
Kurds voted in an independence referendum in northern Iraq on Monday, ignoring pressure from Baghdad, threats from Turkey and Iran, and international warnings that the...
Abe announces snap election amid worries over N. Korea crisis
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he would dissolve parliament’s lower house on Thursday for a snap election, as he seeks a fresh mandate to...
Thousands evacuated as volcano on holiday island Bali grows more active
Nearly 35,000 people have been evacuated from near a volcano on the Indonesian holiday island of Bali that officials say is becoming more active and...
Car bomber hits NATO convoy in Afghanistan
A car bomber attacked a Danish convoy belonging to the NATO-led military mission in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Sunday, wounding a number of civilians...
China says N.Korean quake ‘suspected explosion’, S.Korea says likely natural
China’s earthquake administration said on Saturday it had detected a magnitude 3.4 earthquake in North Korea that was a “suspected explosion”, raising fears the isolated...
China follows UN sanctions with bans, limits on fuel products to North Korea
China said on Saturday it will ban exports of some petroleum products to North Korea, as well as imports of textiles from the isolated North,...
Trump, South Korea’s Moon agree to boost defenses
U.S. President Donald Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in agreed to strengthen their defense posture amid rising tensions with North Korea, the White House...
