Asia
India Child Protection Officers Held In Trafficking Probe
Two child protection officers have been arrested for alleged links with a trafficking gang that ran illegal adoption...
China To Increase Military Spending By 7% In 2017
China says it will increase military spending by about 7% this year, just days after Donald Trump outlined a boost to...
N. Korea To Top Agenda On Tillerson Asia Visit
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson plans to visit Japan, China and South Korea later this month to discuss Pyongyang's...
N. Korea Hits Out At US Over Potential Terror Listing
North Korea warned Saturday that the US will "pay dearly" if it relists Pyongyang as a state sponsor of terrorism...
China Defence Spending To Rise ‘around 7%’
China will raise defence spending by "around seven percent" this year as it guards against "outside meddling" in its...
Malaysia Rejects Reports It Violated U.N. Sanctions On North Korea
Malaysia on Saturday rejected claims it may have violated sanctions imposed by the United Nations on North Korea, after...
Syrian Talks End, ‘more Positive’ Than Previous Round
More than a week of UN-sponsored peace talks ended in Geneva on Friday, the main opposition group said, calling the...
Chemical Weapons Injure Seven In Mosul Area
Seven people, among them five children, have been hospitalised over the past two days near Iraq's Mosul with injuries...
China Counts Over 100 Billionaires Among Top Communist Legislators
China counts more than 100 billionaires among its top legislators, with 209 of the richest holding wealth nearly...
Malaysia Prepares To Deport N.Korean Linked To Murder; Condemns Attack
Malaysia released on Friday a North Korean suspect in the murder of the estranged half-brother of North Korea's leader...
UN Concerned At ‘serious’ Abuses, Torture In Sri Lanka
The UN on Friday warned that a range of serious abuses, including torture, appear to remain widespread in Sri Lanka and...
Bangladesh Arrests Cafe Attackers’ ‘spiritual Leader’
Bangladesh police said Friday they had arrested the "spiritual leader" of a banned Islamist outfit alleged to have...
Ghana and Qatar To Deepen Diplomatic Ties
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has stated that his government intends to build a strong diplomatic and...
Record Pay As Chinese Super League Hits Britain
The Chinese Super League will take another step towards global recognition when it returns this week, boasting some of...
Three Soldiers Killed In Day of Bloodshed In Thai South
Three Thai soldiers were gunned down in front of terrified shoppers at busy evening market in Thailand's...
North Korean Arrested In Kim Killing Released
The only North Korean arrested over the Cold War-style assassination of Kim Jong-Nam was released Friday as diplomatic...
Qatar Population Booms On Back of 2022 World Cup
Qatar's population has swollen by almost 40 percent since the emirate was chosen to the host the 2022 World Cup,...
UN Envoy Calls For Highest Level Myanmar Probe
The United Nations rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar called Thursday for the creation of a Commission of Inquiry...
Iraqi Kurd Forces Halt Pumping Through Key Oil Pipeline
Iraqi Kurdish forces deployed at a state-run oil company Thursday, temporarily halting pumping through a pipeline that...