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MH370: Searching teams wait for new signals before using submersible
Teams searching for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane will wait for further contact with signals picked up over the weekend before using a submersible...
World Bank cuts China growth forecast from 7.7% to 7.6%
Chinese economy's growth forecast has been slightly cut by the World Bank, citing a "bumpy start to the year". The World Bank now expects the...
Chuck Hagel tours China’s first aircraft carrier Liaoning
US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has toured the Liaoning - China's first aircraft carrier - at the beginning of a three-day visit to the...
MH370: Australian vessel detects signals consistent with black box flight recorders
Australian defense vessel Ocean Shield searching for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane has detected signals consistent with those from black box flight recorders. The Ocean...
Prince William and Kate Middleton arrive in New Zealand with Prince George
Prince William and Kate Middleton have carried their son, Prince George, off the plane at the start of a three-week visit to New Zealand...
India elections 2014: Indians vote in world’s biggest poll
India has begun voting in the world's biggest election, with the nine-phase ballot beginning on Monday and concluding on May 12. India ruling Congress party...
MH370: Second black box ping detected
Australia’s Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston coordinating the search for missing Malaysian Airlines plane say a Chinese ship has detected a pulse signal for...
Afghanistan elections 2014: More than 7 million people voted in presidential poll
More than 7 million people out of an estimated eligible 12 million voted in Afghanistan's election for a new president, the country's electoral commission...
Pakistani Christian couple sentenced to death for blasphemy
A Pakistani Christian couple has been sentenced to death for blasphemy after allegedly sending a text message insulting the Prophet Muhammad. Shafqat Emmanuel and Shagufta...
Thailand: Red Shirts warn of civil war threat
Thailand's pro-government Red Shirt movement has warned that any attempt to oust PM Yingluck Shinawatra could trigger a civil war. The movement’s leaders issued the...
MH370: Chinese search ship picks up pulse signal
One of the Chinese ships searching for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane in the southern Indian Ocean has picked up a pulse signal, Chinese...
Solomon Islands floods: Twelve people killed and dozens missing
At least 30 people are still missing after flash floods that have killed 12 people and left some 10,000 homeless in the Solomon Islands. Much...
Muhammad Mosa Khan: Pakistani baby accused of planning murder
According to new reports, a nine-month-old Pakistani boy has appeared in court on charges of planning a murder, threatening police and interfering in state...
Afghanistan elections 2014: First democratic transfer of power amid tight security
Afghanistan is voting for a new president in what will be the nation's first ever transfer of power through the ballot box. A massive security...
Two Associated Press journalists shot by Afghan police officer
Two foreign journalists have been shot by a police officer in Khost, eastern Afghanistan, officials say. One of the women died, the other was critically...
MH370: Underwater search for black box begins with pinger locator deployment
A towed pinger locator is now being used to hunt for the black box of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. Two ships with locator capabilities...
North Korean crew missing after cargo capsizes off South Korea
A Mongolian-flagged cargo ship carrying North Korean sailors has sunk off South Korea, killing at least two people. Sixteen sailors were on board the cargo...
MH370: Malaysia PM Najib Razak visits search hub in Perth
Malaysia PM Najib Razak said his country will not give up on the search for missing flight MH370, as he visited the search hub...
Pervez Musharraf escapes assassination attempt
Pakistani former military ruler Pervez Musharraf’s convoy has been targeted by a bomb attack within minutes of him passing, police say. Police said it was...
MH370: Cockpit-tower communication full transcript released
Malaysian authorities released the full transcript of communications between flight MH370 and Kuala Lumpur's air traffic control (ATC). They said there was no indication of...
Malaysia Airlines plane’s disappearance mystery may never be solved
The reasons for the Malaysia Airlines plane's disappearance may never be known, police chief Khalid Abu Bakar has warned as PM Najib Razak heads...
Gu Junshan: China ex-general charged with corruption and abuse of power
Former Chinese General Gu Junshan has been charged with corruption, misuse of state funds and abuse of power, state media report. Gu Junshan, who was...
Search for missing Malaysian Airlines plane most challenging ever
Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston - the man responsible for co-ordinating the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 from Australia - says the...
Flight MH370: New version of last communication between air traffic control and cockpit released
A new version of the last communication between air traffic control and the cockpit of the missing flight MH370 has been issued by Malaysian...
Flight MH370: No time limit on Malaysia Airlines jet hunt
Australian PM Tony Abbott has announced that rescue crews have put no time limit on the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane. Tony Abbott...
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