Asia
7 May 2023
Some 23,000 people have fled ethnic violence in northeast India that has reportedly killed at least 54 people, the army said Sunday, although there was no new "major violence" overnight.
7 May 2023
When Ahmed Rabbani ran out of paint to satisfy his artistic yearnings during 20 years of incarceration at Guantanamo Bay, he turned to whatever came to hand dirt, coffee grinds and even spices such as turmeric from the prison canteen.
6 May 2023
Philippine authorities have rescued over a thousand people from several Asian nations who were trafficked into the country, held captive and forced to run online scams, an official said Saturday.
6 May 2023
A US F-16 fighter jet crashed in a farming area south of Seoul during a training exercise on Saturday, said the US military, but appeared to have caused no casualties or property damage.
6 May 2023
Iran executed on Saturday Swedish-Iranian dissident Habib Chaab for "terrorism", the judiciary said, in the Islamic republic's latest use of the death penalty against dual nationals.
5 May 2023
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck central Japan on Friday, forcing the suspension of bullet train services, but no tsunami warning was issued, authorities said.
4 May 2023
Following the recommendation of an international jury of media professionals, Niloofar Hamedi, Elaheh Mohammadi and Narges Mohammadi were named as the laureates of the 2023 UNESCO/ Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize.
3 May 2023
The death toll from an explosion at a chemical plant in China has risen to nine, with one person injured and another still missing, state media reported Wednesday.
2 May 2023
China has prevented increasing numbers of people from leaving the country as part of efforts to tighten controls under President Xi Jinping, a human rights group said Tuesday.
2 May 2023
Samsung Electronics is banning employees in its mobile and appliances division from using generative AI services such as ChatGPT, the company said on Tuesday, after instances of "misuse" of the technology.
1 May 2023
The Taliban authorities will be absent from UN-led talks on Afghanistan that open Monday in Qatar, as a government spokesman rejects linking international engagement with women's rights
30 Apr 2023
Indian forest officials have tranquillised and relocated a rice-loving wild tusker elephant that killed at least six people, media reports said.