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A scorching heat wave across southern Pakistan’s city of Karachi has killed more than 400 people, authorities said yesterday, as morgues overflowed with the dead and overwhelmed hospitals struggled to
North Korea’s Supreme Court yesterday sentenced two South Koreans to life in prison with labor after finding them guilty of spying for Seoul. Kim Kuk-gi and Choe Chun-gil were convicted of
The heir of the Samsung business empire bowed deep in apology yesterday as criticism mounted over a Samsung hospital’s role in spreading Middle East respiratory syndrome in South Korea. Lee Jae-yong,
One of South Korea’s most influential writers admitted yesterday to plagiarizing a well-known Japanese author in a short story she published almost a decade ago. Shin Kyung-sook, 52, said in an
Heckled by local residents, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe joined about 5,000 people including the U.S. ambassador in a memorial service marking the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Okinawa, one
Warnings are appearing on Instagram accounts in North Korea that claim access to the popular photo-sharing app is being denied and the site blacklisted for harmful content. Opening the app with
The Taliban launched a complex attack on the Afghan parliament yesterday, with a suicide car bomber striking at the entrance and gunmen battling police as lawmakers were meeting inside to
An Indonesian court yesterday denied the final appeal of a French national who faces execution for drug offenses, setting the stage for diplomatic retaliation by France after executions of other
Nearly 150 people have died from heatstroke in the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi in the last two days, officials said yesterday. Hospital reports confirm at least 148 deaths,
Millions of yoga enthusiasts across the world bent and twisted their bodies in complex postures yesterday to mark International Yoga Day. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi spread his mat among rows
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi told her party’s senior members Saturday that this year’s general election could be delayed if there is any instability in the country. The former
South Korea reported one more fatality from Middle East respiratory syndrome, raising the death toll to 25 as of yesterday, amid signs the viral outbreak may be easing. The Ministry of
The head of the World Health Organization yesterday praised beleaguered South Korean officials and exhausted health workers, saying their efforts to contain a deadly MERS virus outbreak have put the
South Korea’s ruling party-controlled legislature yesterday approved President Park Geun-hye’s choice for prime minister, ending a lengthy merry-go-round at the country’s No. 2 job caused by political wrangling and corruption scandals. The National
Two migrants said they witnessed an Australian official hand cash to the crew of a people-smuggling boat to take its passengers back to Indonesia. The allegation of payments to people-smugglers has
The World Health Organization says the spread of a mysterious virus from the Middle East to South Korea doesn’t merit being declared a global emergency despite infecting more than 160 people in
North Korea says it has been hit by its worst drought in a century, resulting in extensive damage to agriculture. The official Korean Central News Agency said the drought has caused
Prime Minister Tony Abbott sought to brush off Indonesian concerns that Australia paid people smugglers to turn around boats carrying asylum seekers, saying his government is taking a moral approach
The death toll continued to mount in South Korea’s MERS outbreak yesterday even as schools reopen and people recover from the virus. Nineteen people have died in the largest outbreak of the disease
Nestle India said it will destroy instant noodles worth 3.2 billion rupees (USD50 million) following a sales ban imposed by Indian food safety authorities for unsafe levels of lead. India’s food safety panel banned
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