ASEAN warns Chinese actions `may undermine peace` in S China Sea
AFP, Kuala Lumpur :Chinese island-building efforts in the disputed South China Sea, where airstrips are being built on coral reefs, risk undermining “peace, security and...
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US, Japan to unveil new defence guidelines amid China’s rise
Reuters, New York :The Japanese military could expand its role and missions around the world under new U.S.-Japan defense guidelines that are expected to be...
Desperate Nepalis flee capital as aftershocks spread fear
Reuters, Bhaktapur :Thousands of Nepalis began fleeing the capital Kathmandu on Monday, terror-stricken by two days of powerful aftershocks and fearing shortages of food and...
‘Intense shelling’ in flashpoint Ukraine village: OSCE
AFP, Vienna :OSCE observers said Monday they have witnessed the most intense shelling in the flashpoint eastern Ukrainian village of Shyrokyne since fighting began there...
Putin says ‘no regrets’ over Crimea annexation
AFP, Moscow :Russian President Vladimir Putin, in an interview broadcast Sunday to mark 15 years in power, said he has no regrets over Moscow’s 2014...
Nepal hospitals overflowing, rural towns cut off
AFP, Hong Kong :International aid groups and governments intensified efforts to get rescuers and supplies into earthquake-hit Nepal on Sunday, but severed communications and landslides...
International rescuers, aid dispatched to Nepal quake
AFP, Hong Kong :International aid groups and governments intensified efforts to get rescuers and supplies into earthquake-hit Nepal on Sunday, but severed communications and landslides...
Philippines urges ASEAN to stop China in South China Sea
AP, Kuala Lumpur :The Philippines on Sunday urged its fellow Southeast Asian countries to take immediate steps to halt land reclamation by China in the...
Saudi-led air strikes hit Yemeni capital, ships shell Aden
Reuters, Sanaa :At least five air strikes hit military sites and an area near the presidential palace compound in the Yemeni capital Sanaa at dawn...
Provincial police chief killed in Afghanistan
AFP, Kandahar :An Afghan provincial police chief was gunned down in a suspected insider attack just a month after his influential predecessor was assassinated, officials...
Indonesia gives 72-hour executions notice
AP, Jakarta :Indonesia notified nine foreigners and a local man convicted of drug trafficking that their executions will be carried out within days, ignoring appeals...
S Sudan opposition leader kept under ‘house arrest’
AFP, Juba :A South Sudanese opposition leader who has spoken out against both sides in the civil war said Saturday he was spending a second...