Category: Asia
UN seeks top court opinion on Israeli occupation
The UN General Assembly has asked the UN's highest court to give a legal opinion on Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories.
The resolution [...]
Authorities tracked the Idaho student killings suspect as he drove cross-country to Pennsylvania, sources say
Authorities carefully tracked the man charged in the killings of four Idaho college students as he drove across the country around Christmas and cont [...]
North Korea ends year with ballistic missiles launch
North Korea has fired three short range ballistic missiles towards the sea to the east of the Korean peninsula, South Korea's military says.
This [...]
Hindu woman’s mutilated body found in Pakistan
The mutilated body of a Hindu woman was found in a field Thursday in southeastern Pakistan, police said, as they investigate her alleged murder in th [...]
Rescue teams resume search after deadly Cambodia casino fire
Search and rescue operations resumed in Cambodia Friday morning following the deadly fire that engulfed a border city casino complex, killing at leas [...]
Xi and Putin to speak via video as grinding Ukraine war tests China-Russia partnership
Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin are scheduled to speak Friday via video conference, the Kremlin said, with analysts watching for any sign of a softenin [...]
Heeraben Modi: Indian PM Modi’s mother dies aged 99
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mother Heeraben Modi has died at the age of 99.
She had been admitted to hospital in the western state of Gu [...]
Kabul professor tears up diplomas on live TV to protest Taliban ban on women’s education
A Kabul professor tore up his diplomas live on television in Afghanistan in protest over the Taliban’s barring of women from higher education.
The [...]
Netanyahu’s hard-line new government takes office in Israel
The most religious and hard-line government in Israel's history has been sworn in.
Benjamin Netanyahu returns as prime minister, after his Likud p [...]
EU calls screening of travellers from China unjustified
The EU's disease agency has said the screening of travellers from China for Covid-19 would be "unjustified".
On Thursday, Italy urged the rest of [...]