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Three hurt in suicide blast at China's Kyrgyzstan embassy AFP on August 31, 2016, 4:02 am Car explodes at Chinese embassy in Kyrgyzstan: police Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) (AFP) - A van driven by a suicide bomber exploded after ramming through a gate at the Chinese embassy in Kyrgyzstan on...

VW to pay up to $US15.3b over emissions David Shepardson and Joel Schectman - AAP on June 29, 2016, 8:45 am German automaker Volkswagen AG will pay as much as $US15.3 billion ($A21 billion) after admitting it cheated on US diesel emissions tests for years, agreeing to buy back vehicles from...

'Solar kids'; Brothers who become paralyzed at night mystify doctors Munir Ahmed, The Associated Press First posted: Friday, May 06, 2016 07:13 AM EDT | Updated: Friday, May 06, 2016 07:33 AM EDT Pakistani children Abdul Rasheed, 9, left, and Shoaib Ahmed, 13, sit in a room during the day at...

Adults with diabetes have quadrupled since 1980, according to WHO report which estimates annual cost of disease at US$827 billion United Nations’ first ever report on the disease shows Western Pacific region – which includes China and Japan – as worst affected. PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 06 April...

Thai cops bust high quality fake passport gang lead by Iranian kingpin nicknamed ‘The Doctor’ PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 10 February, 2016, 3:49pm UPDATED : Wednesday, 10 February, 2016, 3:49pm Agence France-Presse in Bangkok Hamid Reza Jafary, a key suspect involved in supplying fake...

Remaining three missing Hong Kong booksellers surface in mainland China, accused of ‘illegal activities’ Guangdong police also tell Hong Kong counterparts that bookseller Lee Po does not want to meet them PUBLISHED : Friday, 05 February, 2016, 12:46am UPDATED : Friday, 05 February, 2016...

Hundreds turn out to support jailed Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 26 January, 2016, 7:16pm UPDATED : Tuesday, 26 January, 2016, 7:16pm Agence France-Presses in Cilacap, Indonesia Indonesian Muslim Abu Bakar Bashir, 77 years old, holds the Koran as he sweering in...

Cop allegedly tells drivers to run over protesters on Facebook THE ASSOCIATED PRESS First posted: Tuesday, January 19, 2016 10:39 AM EST | Updated: Tuesday, January 19, 2016 11:14 AM EST A police officer allegedly told drivers to run over Black Lives Matter protesters on the Lake...

Sweden requests permission from Ecuador to quiz Assange AFP January 14, 2016, 12:29 am Stockholm (AFP) - The Swedish state prosecutor's office said Wednesday it had formally asked Ecuador for permission to interrogate WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange over a rape allegation. "The written...

Gunman ambushes, wounds Philadelphia policeman ‘in the name of Islam’ PUBLISHED : Saturday, 09 January, 2016, 2:48pm UPDATED : Saturday, 09 January, 2016, 2:48pm Reuters A still image from surveillance video shows a gunman approaching a Philadelphia Police vehicle in which Officer Jesse...

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Missing Hong Kong bookseller 'assisting in investigation': wife AFP January 3, 2016, 2:08 am Hong Kong (AFP) - A missing Hong Kong employee from a publisher of books critical of China was "assisting in an investigation", his wife said Saturday, as police also probe the disappearance of his...

Another Hong Kong bookseller goes missing: wife AFP January 2, 2016, 12:04 am Hong Kong (AFP) - A Hong Kong employee of a publishing firm known for producing books critical of the Chinese government has gone missing, his wife said Friday, following the earlier apparent disappearance of four...

110 journalists killed in 2015, mostly in 'peaceful' countries AFP December 30, 2015, 5:36 am Paris (AFP) - A total of 110 journalists were killed around the world in 2015, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said on Tuesday, noting that while many died in war zones the majority were killed in...

Ex-RBS trader pleads guilty in U.S. to defrauding customers Reuters December 22, 2015, 7:11 am People walk past a branch of The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) in central London August 27, 2014. REUTERS/Toby Melville (Reuters) - A bond trader pleaded guilty on Monday to conspiring to defraud...

Crew missing after Singapore Strait collision sinks general cargo freighter Shipping traffic in the waterway remains undisrupted and there were no signs of any fuel leak PUBLISHED : Thursday, 17 December, 2015, 3:45pm UPDATED : Thursday, 17 December, 2015, 3:45pm Reuters in Singapore An...

Police arrest former Ping An Securities exec: media AFP December 12, 2015, 4:47 pm Beijing (AFP) - Chinese police have arrested a former chief of one of China's top investment banks, according to reports, the latest move against leading businessmen in the world's second largest economy...

Samsung Galaxy S7 scores over 2400 in Single-core with Snapdragon 820 By Zoheb - In News And Rumors Earlier we published an article reporting that Snapdragon 820 Benchmark score reached 2300 in single-core performance, and now we have got the new leak for you. The latest leak is coming from...

Beijing’s smog off the scale but still no sign of top red alert Beijing’s schools remain open despite pollution going beyond ‘hazardous’ PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 01 December, 2015, 11:56pm UPDATED : Wednesday, 02 December, 2015, 12:28am Zhuang Pinghui [email protected] Vehicles travel...

Two dead in US military helicopter crash AFP November 24, 2015, 1:01 am Seoul (AFP) - Two people were killed when a US military attack helicopter crashed on a mountain road in South Korea on Monday evening, officials said. The helicopter, believed to be an AH-64 Apache, crashed in the city...