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India launches its first mission to Mars
India is preparing to launch its first robotic spacecraft towards Mars. The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) will lift off at 09:08 GMT atop an Indian-built...
Pervez Musharraf’s bail approved by Pakistani court
Former military ruler Pervez Musharraf's bail over the 2007 army operation to oust militants from Islamabad's Red Mosque has been approved by a Pakistani...
RFI journalists Claude Verlon and Ghislaine Dupont killed in Mali
RFI journalists Claude Verlon and Ghislaine Dupont have been killed after they were kidnapped in the northern town of Kidal in Mali. Claude Verlon and...
Hakimullah Mehsud’s death: Pakistan summons US ambassador over drone strike
Pakistan's Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has said the death of Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud has destroyed the country's nascent peace process. "This is...
Malaysia summons US and Australian ambassadors over Asia spy claims
Malaysia has summoned the heads of the US and Australian diplomatic missions in Kuala Lumpur over a row about an alleged American-led spying network...
Hakimullah Mehsud dead: Pakistan Taliban chief killed in drone strike
Pakistan Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud has been killed in a drone strike. The strike targeted a vehicle used by Hakimullah Mehsud with four missiles in...
Indonesia: Australian ambassador summoned amid Asia US spying reports
Australia's ambassador has been summoned in Indonesia amid reports that Australian embassies have been used as part of a US-led spying network in Asia. According...
India to restrict foreign cloud-based email services after NSA leaks
India will impose a ban on the use of foreign cloud-based email services to send official communications, before the end of the year. It would...
Tiananmen car crash suspects detained in China
Chinese police have detained five suspects in connection with Monday's deadly car crash at Beijing's Tiananmen Square, state media report. Police have described the incident...
North Korea: UN inquiry into human rights abuses
Michael Kirby, the chief of a UN inquiry into human rights abuses in North Korea, says he was "moved to tears" by testimonies of...
Japan’s top banks in yakuza gangster probe
Japan's Financial Services Agency (FSA) has decided to inspect three major banks, including giant Mitsubishi, over possible transactions involving yakuza organized crime gangs. One of...
Tiananmen car crash suspects named
Two suspects have been named by Beijing police after a deadly car crash in Tiananmen Square, state media report. The vehicle crashed into a crowd...
Tiananmen car crash kills five people and injures 38 others
At least five people died and 38 others were injured after a vehicle crashed in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, Chinese state media have said. Three...
Bangladesh opposition in 3-day strike over government’s failure to set up caretaker cabinet
Bangladesh's main opposition party and its allies have decide to begin a three-day strike over the government's failure to set up a caretaker cabinet...
New Express issues apology over Chen Yongzhou reports
Chinese newspaper New Express, which made front-page appeals for the release of its journalist Chen Yongzhou, has issued an apology over his report. The Guangdong-based...
Shinzo Abe: Japan will stand up to China
In a recent interview, Japanese PM Shinzo Abe says other countries want Japan to adopt a more assertive leadership role in Asia to counter...
Scaredy Cats and Dogs 2013: Philippine Animal Welfare Society Halloween event
Animal lovers in Manila, Philippines, got their pets into the spirit of Halloween by dressing them up in spooky costumes. The crowd of mostly dogs...
Chen Yongzhou confesses to wrongdoing on state TV
Imprisoned Chinese journalist Chen Yongzhou, whose newspaper New Express has made front-page appeals for his release, has confessed to wrongdoing on state TV. "I'm willing...
North Korea releases six South Koreans
Six South Korean men have been returned by North Korea to their homeland, South Korean officials say, in a rare move. The men, between the...
Bo Xilai appeal and upheld his life sentence rejected by Chinese court
Shandong court in China has rejected the appeal of former politician Bo Xilai and upheld his life sentence for bribery, embezzlement and abuse of...
Chen Yongzhou case: New Express publishes second plea for his release
Chinese newspaper The New Express has published a second front-page plea for the release of its journalist Chen Yongzhou held by police. The New Express...
Australia to raise debt ceiling by two-thirds
Australia plans to raise the country's debt limit by two-thirds to allay concerns it could face a future fiscal crisis. The newly-elected conservative government is...
China: The New Express newspaper in detained journalist Chen Yongzhou plea
Chinese newspaper The New Express, based in Guangzhou, has published a rare front-page plea for the release of one of its journalists held by...
Australia bushfires rage out of control near Sydney
Australian fire fighters deliberately joined up two large fires near the Blue Mountains as part of efforts to control bushfires across New South Wales. Extensive...
China smog closes schools, highways and airport in Harbin
China’s smog has forced schools, highways and airport to shut in northern city of Harbin, Heilongjiang province. The density of airborne particles was several times...
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