With the world’s biggest military, China far outnumbers rival Japan in manpower, ships, aircraft and defence spending, but analysts say underlying weaknesses leave it still wary of a fight. The two Asian powers are embroiled in simmering territorial…
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A Chinese beekeeper covered his semi-naked body in more than 460,000 bees for a publicity stunt aimed at selling more of his honey, he told AFP Thursday, using a technique known as “bee bearding.” She Ping, a 34-year-old honey merchant from the southwestern…
Sri Lanka fans at home burst firecrackers and danced on the streets as the national team won the World Twenty20 title beating India by six wickets in Dhaka on Sunday. Instant celebrations broke out at cricket grounds and public parks in the capital…
Nicaragua’s president Saturday defended his country’s right to strengthen its military with Russian help, seemingly backtracking on statements earlier in the week shrugging off suggestions of increased cooperation. Daniel Ortega said Nicaragua was “…
Two vessels were searching underwater for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 on Saturday, as air and sea missions failed to find any sign of the plane and the clock ticked on the signal from its black box. Up to 10 military planes, three civilian…
US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel on Saturday vowed America would stand by its security commitments to Tokyo, after Russia’s intervention in Ukraine raised concerns in a region plagued by its own territorial disputes. Hagel, on a two-day visit to Japan…
Thousands of K-Pop fans flocked to a major concert by top South Korean music stars in Japan this week, with organisers and fans alike calling it a “bridge” for two nations locked in a never-ending diplomatic squabble. The K-Pop juggernaut has been spreading…
An Indian judge on Friday ordered three men to hang after they were convicted of two gang-rapes, the first death sentences to be handed down for multiple sex attacks since the law was toughened last year. The sentences were announced at a court in Mumbai…
3 April 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today he is encouraged by the technical and security preparations and broad…
2 April 2014 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today praised the commitment by small islands in the Pacific to…
2 April 2014 – A senior United Nations official today urged Afghans to use this Saturday’s presidential and provincial council…
2 April 2014 – The United Nations humanitarian wing is warning that life-saving assistance to hundreds of thousands of vulnerable…
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak vowed Thursday “we will not rest” until the fate of Flight MH370 is known, as Australia called it “the most difficult search in human history”. Najib toured the military base in Perth being used as a staging post…
Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis said on Thursday it was replacing the top executives at its Japanese unit over allegations the division hid serious potential side effects of leukaemia treatments from regulators. David Epstein, the head of the firm…
31 March 2014 – The United Nations International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ruled against Japan in a case involving…
31 March 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged the Government of Myanmar to ensure the safety and security of…
A powerful 8.2-magnitude earthquake hit Chile’s Pacific coast, triggering tsunami waves of more than two meters and killing at least five people. The victims were four men and a woman who died in the cities of Iquique and Alto Hospicio either of a heart…
The appearance of rambling letters said to have been written by Uzbekistan’s once all-powerful first daughter Gulnara Karimova has heightened the mystery over her astonishing fall from grace in the ex-Soviet state. At least four different letters said…
Hundreds of people queued in the Philippines Tuesday to kiss the hair, bloodstained clothing and a cassock of the late Pope John Paul II, beseeching the soon-to-be-sainted Polish pontiff to perform miracles for them. “I am so happy. I am ready to die…
A Thai anti-government protester was shot dead and several others wounded Tuesday when their convoy was attacked on a busy expressway, officials said, reigniting tensions in Bangkok after weeks of relative calm. The victims, supporters of a militant…