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China: Huge Explosions Hit Tianjin Killing at Least Seven
Huge explosions have hit the city of Tianjin in northern China, reportedly injuring at least 300 people and causing at least seven deaths. The blasts...
Jeb Bush Blames Hillary Clinton for ISIS Rise
Jeb Bush has blamed President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State and Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton for the current unrest in the...
Choe Yong-gon: North Korea’s Vice-Premier Executed on Kim Jong-un’s Orders
North Korea's vice-premier Choe Yong-gon was executed in May on the orders of supreme leader Kim Jong-un, the South Korean government says. Choe Yong-gon was...
Chinese Yuan in Record Devaluation
China's Central Bank has cut the yuan’s rate against the US dollar for a second day. The move sent fresh shockwaves through Asian markets, but...
Chinese Yuan Devalued at Three-Year Low
The Chinese yuan has been devalued to its lowest rate against the US dollar in almost three years. China’s central bank said the move was...
King Bhumibol of Thailand Treated for Hydrocephalus
King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand has been treated for hydrocephalus and is now recovering, say Thai authorities. Hydrocephalus is a condition consisting in an excessive...
India Stampede: At Least 10 Killed at Deoghar’s Baidyanath Jyotirlinga Temple
At least ten people have been killed and 20 injured in a stampede at the Baidyanath Jyotirlinga temple in the eastern Indian state of...
Vegemite Sales Won’t Be Limited in Australian Remote Communities
Australia’s PM Tony Abbott has announced that Vegemite sales will not be limited in remote communities, amid reports the spread was being used in...
Nagasaki Marks 70th Anniversary Since Atomic Bombing Attack
Nagasaki has marked the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing attack on Sunday, August 9. Speeches at the ceremony criticized the attending PM Shinzo Abe...
SG50: Singapore Celebrates 50 Years Since Becoming an Independent State
Singapore is celebrating 50 years since it became an independent state with nationwide events. Tens of thousands of people are expected on August 9 to...
Vegemite Sales May Be Limited in Australia
Australia is proposing banning the sale of Vegemite in some communities because it is used to make alcohol. The government says the popular yeast-based product...
Typhoon Soudelor Makes Landfall in China
Typhoon Soudelor has hit south-eastern China prompting the evacuation of thousands of people and leaving millions of homes without power. The powerful typhoon struck Fujian...
Typhoon Soudelor Hits Taiwan Leaving at Least 4 People Dead
Typhoon Soudelor has hit Taiwan with strong winds and heavy rain, leaving at least four people dead. The powerful typhoon - with winds of more...
Niloy Neel: Bangladeshi Secularist Blogger Murdered in Dhaka
Bangladeshi secularist blogger Niloy Neel has been killed by a gang armed with machetes in the capital Dhaka, police say. Niloy Neel was attacked at...
MH370: French Investigators to Expand Search on Reunion Island
French investigators will conduct air, land and sea searches in and around the island of Reunion in the hope of finding more debris which...
Pyongyang Time: North Korea Creates Its Own Time Zone
North Korea has created its own time zone to mark its liberation from the Japanese at the end of World War Two, says state...
Hiroshima Commemorates 70th Anniversary of Atomic Bombing
Hiroshima is commemorating the 70th anniversary of the first atomic bomb being dropped by a US aircraft. A ceremony, attended by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe,...
MH370: Debris Found on Reunion Island Belongs to Missing Malaysia Airlines Plane
Malaysian PM Najib Razak has confirmed that part of the aircraft wing found on Reunion Island is from the missing MH370 plane. Najib Razak said...
Lee Hee-ho: Former South Korea First Lady Arrives in North Korea
Former South Korea’s First Lady Lee Hee-ho has travelled to North Korea for a peace visit. It is unclear whether, the widow of former South...
India Train Crash: At Least 24 Deaths as Two Services Derail in Madhya Pradesh
At least 24 people have been killed in India after two passenger trains in Madhya Pradesh have derailed minutes apart on a flooded bridge,...
MH370: Second Plane Debris Washed Ashore on Reunion
A second piece of plane suspected to come from the missing flight MH370 has washed ashore on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion. A wing...
Jalaluddin Haqqani Dead: Afghan Militant Leader Died at Least a Year Ago
Afghan militant leader Jalaluddin Haqqani died at least a year ago, the BBC reported. It appears the founder of the Haqqani network died after a...
Mullah Omar’s Death Confirmed by Taliban
The death of Taliban supreme leader Mullah Omar - reported by the Afghan government on July 29 - was confirmed by the Taliban on...
MH370: Debris Found in Reunion Sent to France
Malaysia PM Najib Razak has announced that debris found on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion is to be transported to France to find...
Yakub Memon: Mumbai Bomb Plotter Executed in India
Yakub Memon, the man convicted of financing the deadly 1993 Mumbai bombings, has been executed in India. Yakub Memon was hanged at a prison in...
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