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Wang Yi criticises ‘relaunch’ of China-Australian relations as Marise Payne defends Huawei banThe progress of repairing China-Australia ties, strained over Canberra’s concerns about Chinese influence in its domestic affairs, has been “unsatisfactory”, …
Defections across sensitive area dotted with landmines, fences and guard posts are rareThe South Korean military detained a North Korean soldier who crossed the heavily fortified demilitarised zone that separates the two countries, according to the Sou…
Official in Chinese region says detainees have ‘returned home’ but US calls for evidence and a UN inspectionMost people sent to mass detention centres in China’s Xinjiang region have “returned to society”, a senior official from the region has claimed….
Minister says women now have justice but Muslim groups accuse Hindu-led government of community interferenceIndia’s parliament has approved a bill outlawing the centuries-old right of a Muslim man to instantly divorce his wife, drawing accusations of g…
Projectiles were fired early Wednesday, Yonhap news agency reported, citing South Korean military’s joint chiefs of staffNorth Korea fired multiple unidentified projectiles early on Wednesday, less than a week after firing two new short-range ballistic…
Projectiles were launched from same coastal area as a similar launch a week ago, according to joint chiefs of staff in SeoulNorth Korea has fired two short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast less than a week after a similar test launch, the So…
UN figures for first half of 2019 blame 717 deaths on pro-Kabul forces and 531 on militantsAfghan forces and their international allies killed more civilians in the first half of 2019 than the Taliban and other militant groups, UN figures show, extendi…
Attack occurred at office of vice presidential candidate Amrullah Saleh, who was slightly injuredAt least 20 people were killed and 50 injured in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Sunday in a suicide bombing and gun battle at vice presidential candidate A…
India urges Tehran to release remaining three crew of tanker seized on 13 July amid Middle East tensionsIran has freed nine of 12 Indian crew members of MT Riah, a Panama-flagged tanker it seized this month as part of a growing diplomatic crisis in the…
Moscow says it carried out its first long-range operation with Beijing, prompting warning shots from South Korean jets Russia has said it carried out its first long-range joint air patrol with China in the Asia-Pacific region, a mission that triggered …
North Korean leader pictured with submarine that may signal development of the country’s missile programmeNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspected a large newly built submarine, state news agency KCNA reported on Tuesday, potentially signalling contin…
The government said ‘hostile forces’ wanted to break China apart and called the region of Xinjiang an ‘inseparable’ part of China The far northwestern region of Xinjiang is an “inseparable” part of China despite efforts by extremists to distort history…
Arrest of Hafiz Saeed comes days before Pakistan’s prime minister, Imran Khan, visits WashingtonAuthorities in Pakistan have arrested Hafiz Saeed, the alleged mastermind of a four-day militant attack on the Indian city of Mumbai in 2008, on terror fina…
Gun City, which sold weapons to man accused of mosque attack, plans new outletThe New Zealand retailer Gun City, which sold weapons to the man accused of shootings at two Christchurch mosques that killed 51 people and injured dozens, has sparked conce…
Steps are the strongest the country has taken in response to massacres of minority Rohingya in 2017Mike Pompeo, the US secretary of state, has announced sanctions on the Myanmar military’s commander-in-chief Min Aung Hlaing and other military leaders o…