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The gathering of South Korean, Japanese and Chinese leaders is the latest move in a diplomatic whirlwind centred around North Korea. (Photo: AFP)

S Korea, Japan, China to hold summit next week

The gathering on May 9 will bring together the South's President Moon Jae-in, Japanese PM Shinzo Abe and Chinese Premier...

1 May 2018 2:13 PM GMT

Air China and Shanghai-based China Eastern Airlines both posted solid profit growth in 2017.

Air passenger in China feels stuffy, opens emergency latch for fresh...

The man was waiting to leave flight at Mianyang airport in southwestern province of Sichuan when he decided he could do...

1 May 2018 1:47 PM GMT

Along the border, South Korea started taking down its loudspeakers on Tuesday afternoon, a defence official said. Activity at several spots along the border indicated North Koreans were doing the same, he said. (Photo: AFP)

North, S Korea start to dismantle border speakers fulfilling summit...

The moves are the first practical, if small, steps toward reconciliation after Friday's meeting between Moon Jae-in and...

1 May 2018 8:05 AM GMT

A UN Security Council delegation is making a belated first visit to Myanmar to ratchet up pressure for a safe and dignified return of the Muslim minority. (Photo: AFP)

Myanmar army chief denies rape of Rohingya as UN visits

Launched in August 2017, that campaign drove around 700,000 Rohingya refugees into Bangladesh, fleeing burnt villages...

1 May 2018 7:44 AM GMT

The snow-capped peak of the countrys highest mountain 100 kilometres (62 miles) west of Tokyo is a symbol of Japan -- and is also an active volcano. (Photo: AFP)

Mount Fuji eruption could paralyse Tokyo: report

The ash would paralyse the capital, rendering roads impassable and stopping the flow of goods and people.

1 May 2018 7:36 AM GMT

South Korean President Moon Jae-in, speaks during the 37th annual May 18 Democratic Uprising memorial at the Gwangju National Cemetery in Gwangju, South Korea. (Photo: AP)

Trump should win Nobel Peace Prize, says South Korea's President

Moon and Kim Jong-un pledged to end hostilities between 2 countries and work towards the complete denuclearisation of...

30 April 2018 10:32 AM GMT

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will be the first Chinese foreign minister to visit the North since 2007, a lapse that highlights the rough patch that relations between the Cold War-era allies has gone through in recent years. (Photo: AFP)

China's foreign minister to visit North Korea this week

The Chinese foreign ministry said Wang Yi will visit N Korea on Wednesday and Thursday at the invitation of his North...

30 April 2018 9:26 AM GMT

Interior ministry spokesman Najib Danish confirmed the attack, but said four people had been killed and five wounded. (Photo: AFP)

Journalists among 21 dead in twin suicide blasts in Kabul, IS claims...

The first explosion was close to buildings of NDS intelligence service, followed by one outside ministry of urban...

30 April 2018 5:07 AM GMT

There was no immediate reaction from Kuwaiti officials. (Photo: AP)

Philippines makes ban on workers going to Kuwait permanent

The Philippines called Kuwait's decision 'deeply disturbing,' saying it 'reneged' on an earlier agreement to work...

29 April 2018 1:56 PM GMT

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in embrace each other after signing a joint statement at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarised Zone on Friday. AP

Kim Jong Un to invite US experts, journos to witness nuclear site...

Kim told Moon that he would soon invite experts to 'open to the international community' the dismantling of facilities,...

29 April 2018 1:56 PM GMT

Seven firefighters were trapped by large fallen objects as they tried to search for people inside the factory. (Photo: AP | Representational)

7 dead, including 5 firefighters in electronics factory blaze in...

The inferno raged through the eight-floor building of a circuit board maker, located in an industrial district in...

29 April 2018 1:27 PM GMT

No one immediately claimed the blast. Both the Taliban and an Islamic State affiliate are active in Nangarhar.(Photo: AFP)

Afghan children set off unexploded mortar round, 3 dead

Afghanistan is littered with land mines and unexploded munitions left over from decades of war, which kill and wound...

29 April 2018 11:01 AM GMT