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12 January 2026, 13:58 PM
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11 January 2026, 02:08 AM
Bangabandhu’s autobiography translated to Korean
2 July 2021, 08:18 AM
Asia
Japan minister says necessary to 'wake up' to protect Taiwan
29 June 2021, 02:49 AM
Japan
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28 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Asia
Hong Kong police arrest former Apple Daily journalist at airport: media
28 June 2021, 11:36 AM
China
China turns on world’s second-biggest hydropower dam
28 June 2021, 08:40 AM
China
China's '300': When Spartans met the Beijing police
Half-naked models, dressed as Spartan warriors similar to the action-fantasy film "300" are subdued by Beijing police while taking part in a marketing stunt,
24 July 2015, 05:21 AM
Toshiba president, senior execs quit over $1.2 bn scandal
Toshiba president Hisao Tanaka and his predecessor Norio Sasaki resign over a $1.2 billion accounting scandal blamed on management's overzealous pursuit of profit that has battered one of Japan's best-known firms.
21 July 2015, 06:58 AM
Malaysia cops hunt 'culprits' who leaked documents
Malaysian police said yesterday a special task force set up to probe reported transfers involving a state investment fund to Prime
13 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Dog filmed steering motorcycle, owner faces hefty fine (video)
In Vietnam a man faces fine of up to $320 for allowing his dog steer his motorbike in an 'extremely dangerous' stunt, reports NDTV
12 July 2015, 15:02 PM
Air strike kills ISIS leader in Afghanistan
A senior Islamic State commander has been killed by an air strike in eastern Afghanistan, intelligence officials said yesterday, the fourth
11 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Typhoon swipes eastern China
Typhoon Chan-hom swiped eastern China yesterday, paralysing transport links and devastating farmland as authorities evacuated more
11 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Chinese journo freed after detention
A Chinese journalist detained for nine months after helping a German magazine report on democracy protests in Hong Kong has been released, she told AFP
10 July 2015, 18:00 PM
World's oldest man Sakari Momoi dies at 112 in Japan
The world's oldest man, Japanese supercentenarian Sakari Momoi, has died in Tokyo at the age of 112.
7 July 2015, 04:59 AM
China factory collapse kills 12
Twelve people died after a shoe factory collapsed in eastern China, state media reported yesterday, with more than 40 escaping on their own or being rescued.
5 July 2015, 18:00 PM
China 'trying to hack into everything'
Hillary Clinton accused China on Saturday of "trying to hack into everything that doesn't move in America" and stealing government information, in strongly
5 July 2015, 18:00 PM
6.4 quake kills 3 in China's Xinjiang
A shallow 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck China's far western region of Xinjiang yesterday, the US Geological Survey said, with three
3 July 2015, 18:00 PM
17 killed in Pakistan train plunge
At least 17 die in Pakistan after a train carrying hundreds of army personnel derails from a bridge and plunges into a canal.
3 July 2015, 11:04 AM
Khmer Rouge leaders begin appeal hearings
Two former Khmer Rouge leaders yesterday began appeal hearings against landmark convictions for crimes against humanity last year
2 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Pilot shut off wrong engine: probe report
The pilot flying a TransAsia Airways (6702.TW) ATR mistakenly switched off the plane's only working engine seconds before it crashed in February, killing 43
2 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Ferry tragedy kills 38 in Philippines
A ferry loaded with nearly 200 people capsized off a central Philippine port on yesterday, officials said, killing at least 38 people in the
2 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Ferry tragedy kills 38 in Philippines
A ferry loaded with nearly 200 people capsized off a central Philippine port on yesterday, officials said, killing at least 38 people in the
2 July 2015, 18:00 PM
China welcomes US-Cuba deal
China yesterday welcomed the re-establishment of formal ties between the US and Cuba, despite the move representing a reconciliation between Beijing's
2 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Afghan court quashes Farkhunda mob killing death sentences
An Afghan appeals court quashes death sentences imposed on four men for their part in the mob killing of a young woman in Kabul in March.
2 July 2015, 10:41 AM
IS beheads two Syrian women 'for the first time'
The Islamic State group beheads two women in Syria on accusations of "sorcery," the first such executions of female civilians in Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
30 June 2015, 11:12 AM
Taiwan water park fire hurts more than 500
Witnesses described the scene at a Taiwan water park as "hell" after a ball of fire ripped through a crowd, with authorities putting the
28 June 2015, 18:00 PM