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IRAN’s Foreign Ministry yesterday dismissed visiting German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel’s call for Iran to recognize Israel, Iranian media reported. “For some issues in the Middle East, we have quite
CHINA’s record on nuclear proliferation is facing congressional criticism as the Obama administration seeks renewal of a 30-year agreement that enables American involvement in China’s fast-growing atomic energy industry. The
AUSTRALIA Johnny Depp’s wife, Amber Heard, is charged with illegally bringing the couple’s dogs to Australia — an incident that captured global attention after the nation’s agriculture minister angrily ordered
TIBET Chinese authorities have refused to release the body of a Tibetan lama who died in a Chinese prison, prompting a sit-in outside the prison by more than 100 Tibetans,
CHINA’s top disciplinary watchdog is investigating Xi Xiaoming, a vice president of the country’s top court, as the ruling Communist Party presses ahead with a nationwide graft crackdown now in
CHINA A fire at a residential building in central China killed seven people and injured 12 others, a local government said yesterday. The fire broke out late Saturday night in
HONG KONG issued its third-highest storm signal for the first time this year as Severe Tropical Storm Linfa approached the financial center. The Hong Kong Observatory hoisted the No. 8
PAKISTAN-AFGHANISTAN One-day peace talks between Afghan officials and Taliban representatives ended with both sides agreeing to meet again after the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan, Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry says. More
CHINA A shoe factory collapses in eastern China during a weekend shift, killing at least 13 people and injuring more than 30. HONG KONG The Land Registry revealed yesterday that a
CHINA A magnitude 6.5 earthquake that shook China’s far-western region of Xinjiang killed three people, injured 71 and collapsed thousands of houses, officials said Saturday. The quake hit Pishan county
N KOREA, already one of the least-wired places in the world, appears to be cracking down on the use of the Internet by even the small number of foreigners who
CHINA’s manufacturing was weak in June and employers cut more jobs, two surveys showed yesterday, in a new sign the world’s second-largest economy is struggling to emerge from a slump.
CHINA’s ruling Communist Party recruited almost 15 percent fewer new members last year amid hopes that better-qualified candidates will expand its guiding role in Chinese society. CHINA-USA Chinese authorities have arrested
AFGHANISTAN An Afghan official says 11 soldiers were killed in an ambush by Taliban insurgents in a western province that borders Iran. SYRIA Fewer than 100 Syrian rebels are currently being
CHINA A bus overturned on a highway and was hit by an oncoming truck in eastern China, killing at least 12 people, officials said. Another 24 people were injured Friday,
HONG KONG Regulators reject an application for a budget airline joint venture involving Australia’s Qantas and China Eastern Airlines after local carriers objected. NORTH KOREA Instagram appears to be back to
PAKISTAN A spokesman for the international aid group Save the Children says Pakistan’s government has allowed it to reopen its locked offices. PHILIPPINES Two Philippine soldiers are killed and three others
JAPAN-PHILIPPINES A tiny military exercise in the Philippines this week may presage something much bigger: the entry of Japan into the tussle for control of the South China Sea. A
AFGHANISTAN A Taliban suicide bomber strikes the entrance to the Afghan parliament and gunmen try to storm the heavily guarded compound, setting off a gun battle with police that leaves
CHINA’s Qihoo 360 Technology Co. Ltd., a provider of internet security products and popular mobile browser, has received a USD9.1 billion offer from a group led by its chief executive
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