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Pair grilled after UK fighter jets escort … AFP - 15 hours agoTwo men arrested on a Pakistan International Airlines plane after fighter jets were scrambled to escort it to a London airport remained in custody Saturday for More »
Pakistan school bus explosion and blaze … Reuters - 16 hours agoISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Seventeen Pakistani children burnt to death on Saturday when a gas cylinder on the bus taking them to school exploded, media said. Ten More »
Pakistan remains opposed to drones after … AFP - Fri, May 24, 2013The Pakistan government Friday repeated its view that US drone strikes in its territory were illegal, after President Barack Obama laid out new guidelines for their More »
- Russia welcomes North Korea's readiness … Reuters - Fri, May 24, 2013
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia welcomes North Korea's declaration of readiness to return to talks with world powers, a senior Russian diplomat was cited by the Interfax More »
North Korea says will take 'positive … Reuters - Fri, May 24, 2013By Terril Yue Jones and Sui-Lee Wee BEIJING (Reuters) - A North Korean envoy told China's president on Friday that his reclusive country was willing to take More »
- North Korea willing to take action to … Reuters - Fri, May 24, 2013
BEIJING (Reuters) - A North Korean envoy told Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday that North Korea is willing to take "positive actions" to safeguard peace and More »
- North Korea envoy hands letter from … Reuters - Fri, May 24, 2013
BEIJING (Reuters) - A North Korean envoy handed on Friday a letter from North Korea's top leader, Kim Jong-un, to Chinese President Xi Jinping, state media More »
- Korean women scrap meeting Japanese … Reuters - Fri, May 24, 2013
By Yoshiyuki Osada OSAKA, Japan (Reuters) - Two elderly South Korean women forced to work in Japanese war-time military brothels cancelled a meeting on Friday with More »
Japan PM heads to Myanmar on sales … AFP - Fri, May 24, 2013Prime Minister Shinzo Abe flies to Myanmar Friday bearing almost $1 billion in development aid and a plan for a nationwide electricity grid as Japan tries to grab More »
N. Korean envoy stresses dialogue in … AFP - Fri, May 24, 2013North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un's special envoy told a top Chinese defence official Friday that his country wants to solve problems on the Korean peninsula through More »
- U.S. official hints at renewed Iranian … Reuters - Fri, May 24, 2013
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India has made "tremendous progress" in reducing oil imports from Iran, a senior U.S. government official said on Friday, in a sign the South More »
China says hopes visit of North Korean … Reuters - Fri, May 24, 2013BEIJING (Reuters) - China hopes that a visit by a senior North Korean envoy can ease tension in the region and help spur efforts to rid the Korean peninsula of More »
Korean "grannies" cancel meet with Osaka … Reuters - Fri, May 24, 2013By Yoshiyuki Osada OSAKA, Japan (Reuters) - Two elderly South Korean women forced to work in Japanese wartime military brothels abruptly cancelled a meeting with More »
Global Markets Down After Bernanke QE … Sky News - Thu, May 23, 2013The FTSE lost close to 2% in early trading on the back of signs the US may wind down quantitative easing measures and weak Chinese data. More »
US Drone Strikes Have Killed Four A … Sky News - Thu, May 23, 2013The US government has admitted publicly for the first time that four American ciitizens have been killed in drone strikes since 2009 in Pakistan and Yemen. More »
North Korea says willing to take China's … Reuters - Thu, May 23, 2013By Ben Blanchard and Sui-Lee Wee BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea is willing to take China's advice and enter into talks, Chinese state television cited an envoy of More »
Everest: Japanese Man Oldest To Reach … Sky News - Thu, May 23, 2013An 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer has become the oldest man to reach the top of Mount Everest - but his record may be short-lived. More »
China offers 500 troops for UN Mali … AFP - Thu, May 23, 2013China has offered to send more than 500 soldiers to the UN force seeking to contain Islamist militants in Mali in what would be its biggest contribution to UN More »
Taliban claim bomb in southwest Pakistan … Reuters - Thu, May 23, 2013PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility on Thursday for a bomb that killed 11 security personnel and two civilians in the More »
Japan man, 80, scales Everest, sets … AFP - Thu, May 23, 2013An 80-year-old Japanese man who underwent heart surgery in January reached the summit of Mount Everest on Thursday, becoming the oldest person to scale the world's More »
China warns blind dissident ahead of … Reuters - Thu, May 23, 2013BEIJING (Reuters) - China warned blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng on Thursday to mind his language ahead of his trip next month to political rival Taiwan, on a More »
China's Li effusive in praise of Pakistan, … Reuters - Thu, May 23, 2013By Nick Macfie ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang praised the Sino-Pakistan relationship to the hilt on Thursday, urging the "all-weather friends" to More »
Bomb kills 12 in southwest Pakistan AFP - Thu, May 23, 2013A bomb planted in a rickshaw tore through a vehicle used by security forces in southwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least 12 people, police said. More »
Japan's wartime brothels were wrong, … Reuters - Thu, May 23, 2013By Linda Sieg and Ruairidh Villar SAGAMIHARA, Japan (Reuters) - When Masayoshi Matsumoto joined the Japanese army in 1943 and was sent to occupied China as a medic, More »
U.S. acknowledges killing four Americans … Reuters - Thu, May 23, 2013By Mark Hosenball and David Ingram WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government formally acknowledged for the first time on Wednesday that it had killed four More »
European banks stop sending money to … Reuters - Thu, May 23, 2013By Megha Rajagopalan BEIJING (Reuters) - European aid groups said their banks in Europe had stopped sending money to North Korea in the wake of U.S. sanctions on More »
In China, food scares put Mao's self-sufficiency … Reuters - Wed, May 22, 2013By David Stanway and Niu Shuping BEIJING (Reuters) - The discovery of dangerous levels of toxic cadmium in rice sold in the southern city of Guangzhou, the latest More »
- North Korea sanctions threaten humanitarian … Reuters - Wed, May 22, 2013
By Emma Batha LONDON, May 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Aid agencies helping millions of people in North Korea could be forced to pull out after a Chinese bank More »
Analysis - From opera to exercises, … Reuters - Wed, May 22, 2013By Peter Apps, Political Risk Correspondent WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Even as the United States accuses China of military espionage and worries about Beijing's more More »
China, Pakistan plan 'economic corridor': … AFP - Wed, May 22, 2013Chinese Premier Li Keqiang Wednesday linked growth in his country's restive west with that in sluggish Pakistan, saying the two sides wanted to create an "economic More »
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