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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
CHINA The last of the Yangtze River shipwreck victims was cremated Tuesday morning in Jianli county, Hubei Province, where the tragedy took place, the Ministry of Civil Affairs (MCA) announced
NEPAL Avalanches in Nepal’s northern mountains injure five army rescuers and force the suspension of a search for bodies in a trekking village that was buried during April’s devastating earthquake. BANGLADESH’s
NORTH KOREA is accusing the U.S. of targeting it with anthrax and wants the U.N. Security Council to look into they called America’s “biological warfare schemes.” A letter from North
CHINESE border guards shot and killed one person who was allegedly trying to illegally cross from North Korea yesterday, authorities said. The incident took place shortly before 4:00 p.m. after
Tibet A Chinese tour bus plunged off a cliff in Tibet early yesterday, killing 11 people, state media reported. The accident took place in Gonggar county just south of the
JAPAN Two former Japanese political leaders known for their key apologies over Japan’s World War II atrocities say Prime Minister Shinzo Abe should not water down their words when he
PAKISTAN The Pakistani army says an overnight clash near the Afghan border in the restive North Waziristan tribal area killed 19 militants and seven soldiers. NEPAL The families of five Nepalese
CHINA A 3-year-old girl has died after falling from a bouncy castle that was blown into the air in southern China’s Guangxi region. The official Xinhua News Agency reported that
N KOREAN space agency officials say the country is developing a more advanced Earth observation satellite and are defending their right to conduct rocket launches whenever they see fit, despite
HONG KONG Malaysian authorities denied entry to a radical Hong Kong lawmaker at Kuala Lumpur’s airport on Friday, the second time this week they have barred one of the city’s
CHINA Poor construction and lax safety checks are being blamed for China nursing home fire that killed 38. CHINA-USA Chinese and American authors gathered Wednesday to protest a major U.S. book
CHINA A Beijing court yesterday sentenced two young men to up to five months in jail for dangerous driving after they crashed a Lamborghini and a Ferrari in a late-night
SOUTH KOREA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in South Korea where he will be discussing security issues amid fresh fears of North Korean belligerence and delivering a speech
JAPAN research Honda Motor Co. is recalling an additional 4.89 million vehicles around the world for a new type of problem in Takata air bag inflators, for which Japanese rivals
SINGAPORE A Singaporean teenager pleads not guilty to two charges over an online video he posted that was critical of Christianity and the nation’s late founding prime minister, Lee Kuan
MALAYSIAN police said yesterday that they have detained 12 men with suspected links to the Islamic state group who are believed to be plotting attacks on strategic government targets in
AFGHANISTAN The Taliban storms a police checkpoint in a northwestern province and kills nine border guards, while a roadside bombing kills six civilians in the country’s southwest. JAPAN Two Japanese Cabinet
THAILAND The United Nations human rights office urges Thailand to speed up an investigation into the disappearance of an ethnic minority environmental activist who helped villagers report illegal activity in
TIBET A nun set herself on fire while crying out for the Dalai Lama to return to Tibet in the latest in dozens of self-immolations in recent years by Tibetans
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