Category: Asia
South Korean leader lands in Japan for first visit in 12 years for fence-mending summit
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol arrived in Japan Thursday for a fence-mending summit, the first such visit in 12 years as the two neighbors seek [...]
North Korea fires long range missile ahead of Japan-South Korea talks
North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) just hours before the leaders of South Korea and Japan were due to meet for landmark t [...]
Chaos outside Imran Khan’s home as supporters clash with police attempting to arrest former Pakistani leader
Clashes between Pakistani police and Imran Khan’s supporters escalated outside the former prime minister’s home in Lahore on Wednesday as officers fa [...]
Russian jet collides with US drone over Black Sea
A Russian fighter jet has collided with a US drone, causing the unmanned US aircraft to crash into the Black Sea, the American military says.
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Masatoshi Ito, Japanese billionaire behind the rise of 7-Eleven, dies at 98
Masatoshi Ito, the Japanese billionaire who turned 7-Eleven convenience stores into a global empire, has died aged 98, closing the chapter on one of [...]
Xi’s tightens grip, hardens stance on US: Key takeaways from China’s annual political meetings
China’s most important annual political meetings wrapped up Monday, leaving leader Xi Jinping firmly at the helm of a superpower that appears more ea [...]
Bali plans tourist motorbike ban over misbehaviour
Indonesian island Bali is planning to ban foreign tourists from renting motorbikes after a spate of cases involving people breaking traffic laws.
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Israeli teachers’ racist WhatsApp chat caught by pupils
Israel's education minister has apologised to Ethiopian Israeli schoolgirls whose teachers mocked them in a WhatsApp group on a school trip.
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Iwao Hakamada: Japan retrial for world’s longest-serving death row inmate
A Japanese man who was on death row for nearly half a century has been granted a retrial.
Iwao Hakamada, now 87, is the world's longest-serving de [...]
Saudi Arabia executes Jordanian man after allegedly giving forced confession
Saudi Arabia has executed a Jordanian man whose family say he was tortured into confessing to drugs charges.
Hussein Abu al-Khair, 57, had eight c [...]