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Qatari Planes Banned From Egyptian and Saudi Air Space
Qatari planes are to be banned from Egyptian and Saudi air space, as a growing diplomatic row in the Gulf threatens...
Myanmar’s Edible Bird Nest Industry Comes Home To Roost
The cries of amorous swiftlets echo around the dark room, an unlikely gold mine for traders in southern Myanmar who are...
Saudi Shuts Al-Jazeera Office In Qatar Row
Saudi Arabia on Monday shut the local office of Qatar's Al-Jazeera global news channel after the kingdom and other Arab...
Arab Countries Cut Links With Qatar
Six Arab countries including Saudi Arabia and Egypt have cut diplomatic ties with Qatar, accusing it of destabilising...
Gulf States, Egypt Cut Ties With Qatar
Gulf states on Monday cut diplomatic ties with neighbouring Qatar and kicked it out of a military coalition, less than...
Syria Army Takes Aleppo Town From IS
Syria's army Sunday seized a key town from the Islamic State group in the east of Aleppo province, a military source...
FBI Helping Qatar In ‘hacking’ Probe
The FBI is helping Qatar investigate the source of an alleged "hack" of state media which sparked diplomatic tensions...
Vietnam Cops Bust Gang Using Mobile Labs To Make Ecstasy
Vietnamese cops have smashed a multi-million-dollar drug ring that pumped out ecstasy pills from mobile labs, police...
US Climate Retreat A ‘global Setback’
The US withdrawal from the Paris climate accord is a global setback, but China, India and Europe are willing to step up...
China ‘ping-Pong Prince’ Suspended Over Casino Suit
One of China's best known table tennis champions has been suspended as head coach of the national women's team,...
Six Dead After Dialysis Treatment In Vietnam
Six people are dead and 12 others have been sent for treatment after undergoing kidney dialysis at a hospital in...
Saudi Activist ‘deported’ From Qatar
Qatar has deported a Saudi human rights activist who was on his way to Norway where he hoped to seek asylum, a watchdog...
Taiwan Steel Plant Opens In Vietnam After Fish Deaths
A Taiwanese steel firm behind a toxic waste dump that killed tonnes of fish in Vietnam last year started operations on...
North Korea Fires Third Test Missile In Three Weeks
North Korea has fired a short-range ballistic missile, the third apparently successful test in as many weeks. The Scud...
Young Chinese In the Red As Easy Credit Drives Up Debt
When Wu Qi and her husband traded in their Mazda 3 for a more expensive Mercedes Benz sedan, they applied for a 200,000...
North Korea Leader Oversees ‘new’ Weapon System Test
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has overseen a test of a new anti-aircraft weapon system, state media said Sunday, amid...
Egypt Hits ‘jihadist Camps’ After Attack On Coptic Christians
The funeral of some victims killed in the attack took place later in the day (EPA) Egyptian forces have struck...
Attack On Egypt Christians Kills 24
Gunmen attacked a bus carrying Egyptian Christians south of the capital on Friday, killing at least 24 people, state...
Qatar ‘hacking’ Revives Gulf Tensions
The alleged hack on Qatar's state news agency may have lasted just four hours, but the impact on already tense ties...