11 dead, 8 missing after quake jolted Malaysia peak
AFP, Kundasang : A strong earthquake that jolted Malaysia’s Mount Kinabalu killed at least 11 people and left another 8 missing, an official said Saturday, as...
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Seoul Mayor declares ‘war’ on MERS after fourth death
AFP, Seoul :South Korea today reported a fourth death from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), as an infected doctor fuelled fears of a fresh surge...
US lawmakers knock Xi for ‘persistent’ China rights abuses
AFP, Washington :US lawmakers including presidential candidate Senator Marco Rubio wrote Communist leader Xi Jinping on Thursday’s anniversary of the Tiananmen square crackdown, saying China’s...
Philippines wants defence pact for Japanese troops
AP, Tokyo :Philippine President Benigno Aquino III said Friday he wants to start talks to allow Japanese troops into his Southeast Asian country as it...
Vietnam launches special ‘sovereignty’ cruise, angering China
Reuters, Hanoi :Vietnam is offering scores of patriotic citizens the holiday of a lifetime with a cruise to some of Asia’s most hotly contested islands,...
China in focus as cyber attack hits millions of US federal workers
AFP, Washington :Hackers broke into US government computers, possibly compromising the personal data of 4 million current and former federal employees, and investigators were probing...
Taliban admit holding informal Afghan talks in Norway
AFP, Kabul :The Taliban on Friday admitted taking part in informal talks in Norway with an Afghan delegation, reportedly made up of women, signalling a...
HRW urges UN to put Israel on child rights violators list
AFP, United Nations :Human Rights Watch on Thursday urged United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to add Israel to annual “List of Shame” of children’s rights...
Abe, Aquino to oppose any attempt to change status quo in South China Sea
Reuters, Tokyo :Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday said he agreed with Philippine President Benigno Aquino to oppose unilateral attempts to change the status...
Mubarak to stand re-trial over 2011 killing of protesters
Reuters, Cairo :Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will face a second and final retrial over the killing of protesters during the 2011 uprising that ended...
90 killed in Ghana gas station blast
Reuters, Accra :An explosion at a petrol station in Ghana’s capital Accra killed about 90 people, many of whom had sought shelter there from torrential...
18 killed, 400 missing in China cruise ship mishap
Reuters, Jianli, China :Rescuers searched a sunken cruise ship in the Yangtze River on Wednesday for more than 400 missing people, many of them elderly,...