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Cambodia’s ambassador to South Korea charged with corruption PUBLISHED : Thursday, 07 April, 2016, 9:59pm UPDATED : Thursday, 07 April, 2016, 9:59pm Associated Press Cambodia’s ambassador to South Korea was charged on Thursday with corruption related offences, with investigators saying his...

Brussels airport reopening Sunday after terrorist attack in March; all passengers to be screened on arrival PUBLISHED : Saturday, 02 April, 2016, 4:20am UPDATED : Saturday, 02 April, 2016, 4:20am Reuters Brussels main airport is likely to reopen on Sunday after police and the government...

Major bust: nearly 3,000 illegal immigrants nabbed by Hong Kong and mainland China police in joint operation Southeast Asians form vast majority of the detained as authorities describe ‘very organised’ cross-border smuggling efforts PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 30 March, 2016, 2:38pm UPDATED ...

San Francisco police release tragic video of tourist Paul Tam being murdered in street by mugger PUBLISHED : Monday, 28 March, 2016, 8:52am UPDATED : Monday, 28 March, 2016, 8:52am Associated Press A British tourist who was stabbed in the head during a mugging in San Francisco has died after...

Low temperature alert issued for most parts of Taiwan 2016/03/24 09:31:45 (CNA file photo) Taipei, March 24 (CNA) The Central Weather Bureau on Thursday issued a low temperature alert for 17 cities and counties around Taiwan, saying a low of around 10 degrees Celsius is expected from late...

Ivory Coast arrests 15 over terror attack AAP on March 23, 2016, 7:26 am Ivory Coast authorities have arrested 15 people in connection with an attack claimed by al-Qaeda that killed 19 people at a beach resort earlier this month, a state prosecutor says. They were still seeking the...

Istanbul soccer match halted over threat AP on March 21, 2016, 8:08 am An Istanbul soccer game has been cancelled amid media report citing a bomb threat at the stadium. Turkish authorities have called off a Galatasaray-Fenerbahce soccer derby in Istanbul about two hours before kickoff...

Top US Marine in Japan apologises for alleged rape by sailor PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 16 March, 2016, 8:19pm UPDATED : Wednesday, 16 March, 2016, 8:20pm Kyodo Lieutenant general Lawrence Nicholson (second left), Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga. Photo: Kyodo The top commander of US military...

Doctors who treated Germanwings pilot refused to talk French investigators PUBLISHED : Sunday, 13 March, 2016, 2:41pm UPDATED : Sunday, 13 March, 2016, 2:41pm Associated Press in Barcelona Robert Tansill Oliver and Maribel Calvo, parents of a businessman who was on board the Germanwings...

WHO upgrades Zika warning to pregnant women, advising them to avoid visiting affected areas PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 09 March, 2016, 10:17am UPDATED : Wednesday, 09 March, 2016, 10:17am Reuters in Geneva World Health Organisation Director-General Margaret Chan speaks on the Zika virus at a...

ISIS making kids play soccer with decapitated heads: Report Postmedia Network First posted: Monday, March 07, 2016 01:55 PM EST | Updated: Monday, March 07, 2016 02:11 PM EST ISIS thugs are forcing children to play soccer with decapitated heads to make them more brutal killers, a new study...

Oops! Student in borrowed Cadillac ruins the day for a BMW and Benz in southern China Caddie’s owner faces repair bills of about 100,000 yuan as the car’s insurance had expired PUBLISHED : Friday, 04 March, 2016, 1:24pm UPDATED : Friday, 04 March, 2016, 3:09pm Kathy Gao [email protected]...

Turkey prosecutes nearly 2,000 for insulting president AFP March 3, 2016, 3:50 am Ankara (AFP) - Almost 2,000 people in Turkey have been prosecuted for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan since he came to office in August 2014, a government minister said on Wednesday. "The number of...

Big bang theory: Scientists say they have found cause of Takata air bag explosions PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 24 February, 2016, 8:44am UPDATED : Wednesday, 24 February, 2016, 8:44am Associated Press in Detroit In this June 23, 2015, file photo, taken at a US Senate committee hearing in...

Three workers detained in ICBC money laundering case granted bail Reuters February 23, 2016, 1:39 am Spanish Civil Guard officers stand in front of the entrance of the headquarters of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) during a raid in Madrid, Spain, February 17, 2016...

Thousands of Chinese-Americans stage racially-tinged protests across US for rookie Asian cop who shot unarmed black man PUBLISHED : Sunday, 21 February, 2016, 5:18pm UPDATED : Sunday, 21 February, 2016, 5:18pm Associated Press in New York A woman shouts during a rally in support of former...

Top Khmer Rouge leader tells court he fought for 'social justice' AFP February 19, 2016, 12:55 am Phnom Penh (AFP) - One of the Khmer Rouge's top surviving leaders Wednesday challenged his life sentence for crimes against humanity and said he had only fought for "social justice" in Cambodia...

1MDB fallout: Malaysian police open defamation probe against ex-PM Mahathir for blog post about attorney general PUBLISHED : Monday, 15 February, 2016, 4:29pm UPDATED : Monday, 15 February, 2016, 4:29pm Reuters in George Town Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has upped his...

Indonesia air force plane crashes into home; 4 dead The Associated Press First posted: Wednesday, February 10, 2016 10:12 AM EST | Updated: Wednesday, February 10, 2016 11:51 AM EST Rescuers carry a part of an Indonesian Air Force plane which crashed into a house in Malang, East Java...

Maurice White, funk legend who co-founded Earth, Wind and Fire, dead at 74 PUBLISHED : Friday, 05 February, 2016, 10:33am UPDATED : Friday, 05 February, 2016, 10:33am Associated Press in New York Maurice White (right) and guitarist Verdine White of the group Earth, Wind and Fire perform...