Kerry raises South China Sea concerns with China`s FM
Reuters, Kuala Lumpur :US Secretary of State John Kerry expressed his concern about China’s land reclamation and construction on man-made islands in the disputed South...
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Coalition to launch `comprehensive battle` on IS: Turkey
Reuters, Istanbul :U.S. aircraft and drones are arriving in Turkish air bases and a comprehensive battle against Islamic State militants will be launched soon, Turkish...
Abe asks Biden for investigation of possible US spying
Reuters, Tokyo :Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe asked U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday for an investigation into possible spying on high-level Japanese government...
Dozens of rotting crocodile heads found dumped in Darwin freezer box
Abc News :Northern Territory police are investigating how dozens of severed crocodile heads ended up half-thawed and rotting in a dumped freezer box outside Darwin.A...
World hopes for first clues to MH370 mystery
AFP, Paris :Technical experts in France were to begin examining a washed-up plane part on Wednesday that almost certainly belonged to missing flight MH370, raising...
Sri Lanka to act on UN war crimes report
AFP, Colombo :Sri Lanka Tuesday pledged to act on a UN war crimes report to be published next month, marking a de facto acceptance of...
At least 180 dead, 1m people displaced in Indian floods
AFP, Kolkata :Floods from days of torrential rain have now claimed at least 180 lives in India with one million people sheltering in relief camps...
Japan suspends work on US base on Okinawa
Reuters, Tokyo :Japan said on Tuesday it was suspending construction of a contentious U.S. air base on the island of Okinawa for a month to...
Obama unveils major climate change plan
Agencies, Washington :US President Barack Obama unveiled a major climate change plan on Monday aimed at a large reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from America’s...
Loyalists retake Yemen’s biggest airbase in new blow for rebels
AFP, Aden :Pro-government forces backed by a Saudi-led coalition retook Yemen’s biggest airbase from Iran-backed rebels on Tuesday in a significant new gain after their...
Afghan Taliban deny ‘propaganda’ about succession crisis
AP, Kabul :Afghanistan’s Taliban on Tuesday urged followers to disregard “enemy propaganda” about internal fractures following the death of longtime leader Mullah Mohammad Omar and...
US-led strikes in Iraq, Syria killed 459 civilians
AP, Baghdad :US-led airstrikes targeting the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria have likely killed at least 459 civilians over the past year, a...