Category: Asia
Majidreza Rahnavard: Iran carries out second execution over protests
Iran says it has carried out a second execution linked to the anti-government protests engulfing the country.
Majidreza Rahnavard was hanged "in p [...]
South Korea: Parliament calls for minister to be dismissed over Halloween crush
South Korea's parliament has passed a motion calling for the dismissal of the interior minister over the government's response to the Itaewon crush.
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5 key takeaways from Xi’s trip to Saudi Arabia
Years of progressing ties between oil-wealthy Saudi Arabia and China, an economic giant in the east, this week culminated in a multiple-day state vis [...]
Russian Nobel Peace laureate slams Putin’s ‘insane and criminal war’ on Ukraine
Russian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Yan Rachinsky blasted President Vladimir Putin’s “insane and criminal” war on Ukraine in his acceptance speech in [...]
Hong Kong: Media mogul Jimmy Lai gets over five years for fraud
Jimmy Lai, the billionaire Hong Kong media tycoon, has been sentenced to almost six years in prison for fraud.
A judge said Lai, found guilty of i [...]
Ukraine war: US says Iran now Russia’s ‘top military backer’
Russia and Iran's relationship has warmed to a fully fledged defence partnership, the US has said.
Russia is giving an unprecedented level of mili [...]
When China and Saudi Arabia meet, nothing matters more than oil
Chinese leader Xi Jinping is visiting Saudi Arabia this week for the first time in nearly seven years, during which he signed a comprehensive strateg [...]
Japan, Britain and Italy plan sixth-generation fighter jet to rival world’s most-advanced warplanes
The United Kingdom, Japan and Italy announced Friday they are teaming up to build a sixth-generation fighter jet, designed to rival or eclipse the be [...]
Boy in the box: DNA helps Philadelphia police name victim after 65 years
Police have identified a young boy found dead in a box in the city of Philadelphia more than 60 years ago.
The child, known to generations as the [...]
Brittney Griner: Russia frees US basketball star in swap with arms dealer Viktor Bout
The US and Russia have exchanged jailed US basketball star Brittney Griner for notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout, held in an American prison for 12 y [...]