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Japans Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (AFP)

Japan-'s history of forced labour haunts ties with other Asian...

Survivors of the camps, their families and supporters are still seeking compensation and atonement for the labour and...

10 Aug 2020 11:00 AM IST

Teargas canisters fly during anti-government protest in Beirut. (AP)

Lebanon PM considering entire government-'s resignation amid renewed...

Apart from several MPs, Lebanon-'s information minister and environment minister both announced their resignations on...

10 Aug 2020 10:25 AM IST

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, second left, waves to media as he arrives at Taipei Songshan Airport in Taipei, Taiwan. (AP)

Why is US-' highest-level visit to Taiwan sparking such anger from...

China is sensitive to any move that could amount to official recognition of Taiwan, such as when Tsai spoke to Trump...

10 Aug 2020 9:22 AM IST

Hong Kong media tycoon and founder of the Apple Daily newspaper Jimmy Lai (C) arrives at the West Kowloon Magistrates Court for charges related to last years protests in Hong Kong. (AFP)

Hong Kong-'s pro-democracy media mogul arrested under security law

Jimmy Lai owns the Apple Daily newspaper and Next Magazine, two outlets unapologetically pro-democracy and critical of...

10 Aug 2020 8:49 AM IST

Lebanons Information Minister Manal Abdel Samad. (AFP)

Lebanon-'s information minister quits in the wake of Beirut blast

This is the first government resignation since a deadly port blast killed more than 150 people and destroyed swathes of...

9 Aug 2020 3:46 PM IST

US Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar. (AP)

Trump official lands in Taiwan for highest-level visit in decades

China described the visit as a threat to â€˜peace and stabilityâ€™, while the defence minister warned against US making...

9 Aug 2020 3:11 PM IST

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani gestures as he speaks during the first day of the Loya Jirga, a grand assembly of Afghan elders, at the Loya Jirga Hall in Kabul. (AFP)

Afghan mega gathering approves release of 400 Taliban prisoners

The move also looks to bring the United States a little closer to bringing its troops home and ending its longest...

9 Aug 2020 1:28 PM IST

$Nagasaki hopes for a \nuclear-free world\ on 75th anniversary of atomic bombing$ World

Nagasaki hopes for a -'nuclear-free world-' on 75th anniversary of...

On August 9, 1945, Nagasaki was flattened in an atomic inferno three days after the first US atomic bombing in Hiroshima

9 Aug 2020 12:45 PM IST

High school students offer flowers for the victims of U.S. atomic bombing in front of a monument at the Atomic Bomb Hypocenter Park in Nagasaki. (AP)

Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the first victims of atomic age

The twin bombings dealt the final blow to imperial Japan, which surrendered on August 15, 1945, bringing an end to World...

9 Aug 2020 12:04 PM IST

An anti-government protester clashes with riot police officers during a protest against the political elites and the government after this weeks deadly explosion at Beirut port which devastated large parts of the capital in Beirut, Lebanon. (AP)

Lebanese protesters storm ministry buildings, set up symbolic nooses...

-'Resignation or hang,-' read a banner held by protesters, who also planned to hold a symbolic funeral for the dead

9 Aug 2020 9:52 AM IST

Iran President Hassan Rouhani. (AFP)

Iran urges UN to hold US accountable for plane interception

Iran-'s UN ambassador say a Mahan Airlines Airbus A310 en route to Beirut on July 23 was intercepted by two US F-15...

8 Aug 2020 1:58 PM IST

People evacuate the wounded after a massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020. (AP)

Lebanon president rejects international probe into Beirut port blast

-'There are two possible scenarios for what happened: it was either negligence or foreign interference through a missile...

8 Aug 2020 11:42 AM IST