Asia

Japan’s Abe weighing talks with North Korea’s Kim: reports

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan is considering a summit between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and North Korean leader Kim Jong…

S. Korean ex-president Lee Myung-bak questioned on graft

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- Former South Korean president Lee Myung-bak reported to prosecutors for questioning in a corruption probe…

China ‘winning’ war on smog, helping life expectancy: study

by Becky Davis Agence France-Presse China appears to be "winning" its war on air pollution, making so much progress that…

China’s Xi calls for military loyalty to new constitution

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- A day after he won the mandate to rule for life, President Xi Jinping called on…

US still ‘not heard directly back’ from N.Korea: Tillerson

ABUJA, Nigeria (AFP) -- The United States has still "not heard anything directly back" from Pyongyang over plans for a…

49 dead in Nepal’s worst plane crash in decades

by Paavan MATHEMA Agence France Presse KATHMANDU, Nepal (AFP) -- Forty-nine people were killed when a Bangladeshi plane crashed and…

Japan ministry admits altering documents in scandal dogging Abe

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan's finance ministry admitted to doctoring key documents related to a favoritism scandal dogging Shinzo Abe,…

Five key dates for post-Soviet Russia

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Here are five major dates in Russia since the disintegration of the USSR or the Union…

China’s parliament puts Xi on course to rule for life

by Joanna CHIU / Ryan MCMORROW Agence France Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China's Xi Jinping on Sunday secured a…

Hong Kong goes to polls in crunch vote for democrats

by Elaine Yu © Agence France-Presse HONG KONG, China (AFP) -- Hong Kong's pro-democracy camp will try to claw back lost…

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