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Thai woman wearing Islamic head-scarf na...

Thai woman wearing Islamic head-scarf named as suspect in Bangkok bomb blas...

Bangkok police have named a Thai woman wanted for questioning about the lethal shrine explosion as they said they were seeking two new suspects after bomb-making material was found in a second apartment in the city’s outskirts. Investigators released a photograph of the woman, identified as Wanna... read more »

Thai police question Uighur trio over Ba...

Thai police question Uighur trio over Bangkok blast

Bangkok: Thai police on Friday said three Uighur Muslims, among dozens detained in the kingdom for illegal entry last year, have been questioned over the deadly Bangkok bombing. Eleven days on from the bombing at Erawan shrine, which killed 20 people and wounded scores more, authorities are hunting... read more »

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un Says Nuc...

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un Says Nuclear Might Sealed Deal With South

POCHEON, South Korea — Nuclear weapons secured the deal with South Korea and ended a dangerous military standoff, according to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Putting his own spin on the accord reached Monday after marathon all-night talks, the pact “was by no means something achieved on... read more »

Austria Now Says 71 Bodies Thought to Be...

Austria Now Says 71 Bodies Thought to Be of Migrants Were in Truck

VIENNA — The legions of desperate migrants fleeing war and mayhem in the Middle East and Africa have long known they were risking harm from unscrupulous smugglers and death at sea to reach the safety of Europe. But it has became shockingly clear that they now face the same dangers within... read more »

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UN Security Council OKs resolution against Yemen rebels

The United Nations Security Council has voted unanimously to adopt a resolution that demands that Shiite rebels immediately relinquish control of Yemen’s government in a crisis that... read more »

China’s first female astronaut gives birth

China’s first female astronaut has begun training for her next mission after giving birth to her first child. The China Daily newspaper on Friday quoted Liu Yang as confirming the birth... read more »

WikiLeaks case: Hormone treatment approved for Chelsea Manning

Defence Department officials said on Thursday that hormone treatment for gender reassignment has been approved for Chelsea Manning, the former intelligence analyst convicted of espionage... read more »

Jackie Chan’s son Jaycee released from jail

Jaycee Chan, the son of actor Jackie Chan, was released from jail in China on Friday after serving a six-month sentence on drugs charges, state media said. The official Xinhua news agency... read more »

New York Times media columnist David Carr dies at 58

Media columnist David Carr, who wrote the Media Equation column for The New York Times and penned a memoir about his fight with drug addiction, collapsed at his office and died on Thursday. He was... read more »