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Seoul’s mayor, Oh Se-hoon, apologised during a media briefing and said the city government would deploy all available resources to assist residents after the crowd crush over the weekend. South Korea’s police chief, Yoon Hee-keun, apologised for the fo…
At least 40 people have died after a bridge in the Indian state of Gujarat collapsed, plunging hundreds of people into a river. More than 150 people were on the suspension bridge over the Machchhu River in the town of Morbi at the time of the coll…
South Korea is in national mourning for the victims of a devastating crowd surge in Seoul’s nightlife district of Itaewon.A mass of mostly young people celebrating Halloween became trapped and crushed late on Saturday as the crowd moved forward into a …
Heavy rains ahead of Storm Nalgae caused flooding and multiple landslides in the southern Philippines, killing dozens of people, a senior government official said on Friday. Authorities have evacuated thousands of people from the path of the …
New footage from the Chinese Communist party congress shows a series of interactions related to a file held by Hu Jintao, before the former president was hauled out of the room. Outgoing politburo member
Li Zhanshu can be seen
pulling a file away fro…
The former Chinese president Hu Jintao was unexpectedly ushered out of the 20th Communist party congress during its closing ceremony. He appeared to be held tightly by his arm and urged to leave as he attempted to speak to his successor, Xi JinpingForm…
The Chinese president, Xi Jinping, opened a key Communist party summit with a speech warning Taiwan that the ‘wheels of history’ are turning towards Beijing taking control of the island. He denounced ‘foreign interference’ for exacerbating tensions, fo…
Chinese authorities have censored discussion of a rare protest in Beijing in which large banners were unfurled on a flyover on Thursday calling for boycotts and the removal of Xi Jinping, just days before the Communist party congress, China’s most…
A teacher at the Thai daycare centre where more than 20 small children were killed recounted the moment the 34-year-old perpetrator broke in. ‘It all went down really fast. He was slashing the knife, he didn’t use the gun, he kept slashing in…
A former policeman opened fire at a nursery in Thailand on Thursday, killing at least 34 people, including children and adults. The shooting occurred in Na Klang district in Nong Bua Lamphu province during the afternoon while children at the centre wer…
South Korea’s military has apologised after a missile it launched during a drill on Tuesday malfunctioned and crashed to the ground, causing alarm among nearby residents who thought they were under attack from North Korea, which had test launched …
North Korea has reportedly launched an intermediate-range ballistic missile over northern Japan. The first such shot in five years prompted the Japanese government to urge people to shelter from falling debris. The Japanese prime minister, Fumio Kishid…
125 people died and hundreds were injured at an Indonesian league football match. Supporters of the Javanese clubs and longtime rivals Arema and Persebaya Surabaya clashed after Arema were defeated 3-2 at the match in Malang regency, East Java. Support…
Footage on social media shows hundreds of people protesting in Tokyo outside the state funeral of Shinzo Abe, a former prime minister of Japan who was shot dead during a campaign speech three months ago. Investigators believed the attacker bore a …
Super Typhoon Noru tore its way out of the northern Philippines on Monday, leaving casualties, floods and power outages. Government work and classes at schools have been suspended in the capital and beyond Continue reading…