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Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party began an eight-day congress yesterday that starts an orchestrated transfer of power to new leaders who will face myriad challenges including economic reforms, corruption and maritime
Authorities in Thailand have arrested members of a student group opposed to military rule, including one snatched off the street at night and bundled into a vehicle, in the latest
Taliban gunmen stormed a university in northwestern Pakistan yesterday, killing at least 20 people and triggering an hours-long gunbattle with the army and police before the military declared the assault
Japanese Economy Minister Akira Amari said he would provide an explanation about allegations of financial impropriety to be published in a tabloid magazine article today. “I want to thoroughly investigate the
A senior U.S. diplomat stepped up pressure on China yesterday to play a leading role in punishing North Korea for its recent nuclear test that raised worries about advancements in
Vietnam said China has moved an oil rig into disputed waters in the South China Sea in a move that could result in a repeat the 2014 stand-off between the
Shouting slogans and holding placards, hundreds of students yesterday angrily protested the death of an Indian student who, along with four others, was barred from using some facilities at his
A suicide bomber riding a motorcycle struck a crowded police checkpoint on the outskirts of the Pakistani city of Peshawar yesterday, killing 11 people in an attack claimed by the
A young woman in a remote northern region of Afghanistan had her nose cut off by her husband, officials in the region said yesterday. Fawzia Salimi, a hospital director in Maymana,
Police shot dead a man armed with a knife in a Sydney police station yesterday, an official said. The man was shot once by a police sergeant with 24 years of experience during a
The family of an Australian doctor and his wife abducted in Burkina Faso urged the kidnappers yesterday to release the couple so that they can continue their life-saving charity work in
Representatives of four countries gathered amid tight security in the Afghan capital Kabul yesterday for a second round of talks aimed at bringing an end to Afghanistan’s 15-year war with
North Korea has launched an estimated one million propaganda leaflets by balloon into South Korea amid increased tension between the rivals following the North’s recent nuclear test, Seoul officials said
In a dense strip of peat swamp jungle along the banks of Mangkutub River in the heart of Borneo, a conservationist aims his tranquilizer rifle at an orangutan high in
All 60 people forced overboard after their tourist boat caught fire yesterday off the coast of New Zealand have been rescued, according to authorities. Police spokeswoman Kim Perks said the fire
A court in Bangladesh sentenced five alleged radical Islamists to 10 years in jail yesterday after finding them guilty of carrying out a series of explosions in 2005 to demand
After ringing in the new year with claims of its first successful hydrogen bomb test, North Korea is now calling on the United States and the world community to accept
One of the eight men killed in an audacious attack by Muslim militants in the heart of Indonesia’s capital was a civilian and not one of the bombers as first
Attackers set off suicide bombs and exchanged gunfire outside a Starbucks cafe in Indonesia’s capital in a brazen assault yesterday that police said “imitated” the recent Paris attacks. Backers of the Islamic
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Attackers set off explosions at a Starbucks cafe in a bustling shopping area in Indonesia's capital and waged gunbattles with police today (Thursday), leaving bodies in
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