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Taiwanese President Flies to Singapore t...

Taiwanese President Flies to Singapore to Pay Last Respects to Lee Kuan Yew...

TAIPEI: Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou flew to Singapore today, a source familiar with the matter said, amid local media reports that Ma would pay his last respects to Singapore’s first prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew, who died aged 91 on Monday. Ma would be unlikely to attend Sunday’s... read more »

Michelle Obama Touts ‘Let Girls Le...

Michelle Obama Touts ‘Let Girls Learn’ Initiative in Japan

United States First Lady Michelle Obama is continuing her trip to Japan, where she is touting an initiative aimed at helping girls in developing countries finish their education. Speaking alongside her Japanese counterpart, Akie Abe on Thursday, Obama said the U.S. and Japan would work together on... read more »

Japan says 3 killed, 3 hurt in Tunisia m...

Japan says 3 killed, 3 hurt in Tunisia museum attack

TOKYO – Three Japanese were killed, and three others injured, in the militant attack on tourists in Tunisia, the Japanese government said Thursday. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said an earlier report of five Japanese dead turned out to be wrong after officials checked names by... read more »

44 militants killed in Tirah

44 militants killed in Tirah

BARA: Forty-four militants were killed and several others sustained injuries when Pakistan Air Force (PAF) fighter aircraft pounded their hideouts in the Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency on Wednesday, official sources said. The sources said the fighter aircraft targeted the hideouts of proscribed... read more »

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Death toll from China oil pipeline blast rises to 52, 11 missing

22 killed in China oil pipeline blast

Beijing – At least 22 people were killed Friday morning when a leaking petroleum pipeline caught fire and exploded in the coastal city of Qingdao in China’s Shandong province, authorities... read more »

Now, Osama doc Shakeel Afridi booked in murder case for unauthorized surgery

Now, Osama doc Shakeel Afridi booked in murder cas...

Islamabad – Pakistan’s Khyber Agency has registered a murder case against Dr Shakeel Afridi, who helped U.S. in tracking slain Al-Qaeda... read more »

Chinese SC bans police from torturing suspects to extra...

China allegedly withholds residence visas for NYT, Bloomberg reporters

London – Chinese Supreme Court has ruled officials in the country to stop torturing suspects for them to make confessions. On its official microblog, the... read more »

Hamid Karzai likely to defer signing U.S. security deal...

US hopes India will persuade 'friend' Karzai on troops stay post-2014

Washington – Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has decided to defer signing the security deal with the United States until after the April 5... read more »

China’s military modernization is challenging US ...

China's military modernization is challenging US military power

A US congressional panel, which advises lawmakers on the national security implications of the relationship between Washington and Beijing, has warned that... read more »

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Flooding in Malawi has killed more than 176 people, displaced at least 200,000, left homes and schools submerged in water and roads washed away, Vice President Saulos Chilima said Friday.... read more »

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    TACLOBAN CITY – An emotional Pope Francis, wearing a plastic poncho over his vestments to protect him from the wind and rain on Saturday, comforted survivors of Typhoon... read more »

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Riyadh: In what could send chills down one’s spine, a Burmese woman, who resided in Saudi Arabia, was publicly beheaded in Islam’s holy city of Mecca on allegations that she had... read more »

Gunman in Paris arrested after he surrendered, two hostages freed, says police

Gunman was mentally unstable According to TV reports, the gunman who had taken two hostages at a post office in Colombes, a city in northwestern Paris, was mentally unstable over a failed... read more »

Indian Among 22 Missing After Boat Sinks in China: Media Report

SHANGHAI: More than 20 people were missing today after a tugboat sank on a trial voyage on the Yangtze, China’s longest river, state media and authorities said. The newly built vessel was... read more »