Vehicle plows into New Year’s crowd in Tokyo, injures eight
TOKYO – At least eight people were injured, one seriously, when a vehicle plowed into crowds celebrating New Year’s Day in Tokyo early on...
Bangladesh heads to polls amid high alert
BANGLADESH is voting in a general election, with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina seeking her third consecutive term in office.
Security forces are on high alert,...
Indian navy tries to save trapped miners
NEW DELHI – A team of Indian navy divers has been deployed in a bid to rescue 15 workers trapped inside a flooded coal...
Bomb kills three Vietnamese tourists, guide near pyramids
CAIRO – Three Vietnamese tourists and an Egyptian guide were killed and at least 10 others injured when a roadside bomb blast hit their...
Canadian detained in China released
MONTREAL – A Canadian citizen who was detained in China this month has returned to Canada after being released from custody, a Canadian government...
Family of Lion Air pilot sues Boeing over fatal crash
CHICAGO – The family of the Indonesian co-pilot of a Lion Air flight that crashed in October, killing all 189 on board, has filed...
China cracks down on Marxist group after Mao’s birthday
BEIJING – A top Chinese university has cracked down on a campus student Marxist society, replacing its leadership after its former head was detained...
Mystery hacker steals data on 1T North Korean defectors in South
SEOUL – The personal information of nearly 1,000 North Koreans who defected to South Korea has been leaked after unknown hackers got access to...
Trump visits US troops in Iraq Xmas trip
WASHINGTON – American President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have made an unannounced Christmas visit to United States troops in Iraq.
They travelled...
Indonesia flights rerouted as volcano alert level raised
JAKARTA – The alert level for Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano has been raised to the second highest level possible after a series of eruptions.
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