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NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar (AFP) — At least four Myanmar military personnel were feared dead after a small air force propeller plane crashed shortly after take off in the capital Naypyidaw Wednesday, official sources said. The Beechcraft passenger plane, which was carrying five crew members and believed to be on a routine patrol, went down in agricultural land near the airport. Hundreds of people gathered in the area as officials raced to extinguish the fire and sift […]
SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) — Oil prices rebounded on bargain-buying in Asia Wednesday after the previous day’s plunge but analysts warned any gains would be limited as the global glut that has hammered markets showed no sign of letting up. Investors are also nervously awaiting the release later in the day of a report on US stockpiles that is forecast to show a further increase in inventories. At around 0300 GMT, US benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) […]
TAINAN, Taiwan (AFP) — Taiwan prosecutors were Wednesday questioning the developer of an apartment complex that collapsed during an earthquake as prosecutors detailed flaws in construction of the building where nearly 100 people remain trapped. Prosecutors in the southern city of Tainan have launched an investigation into Saturday’s disaster after photos showed cans and foam had been used to fill parts of the complex’s concrete framework. The district court took the developer, identified as Lin […]
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — The United Nations urged Turkey to let in tens of thousands of Syrians fleeing a regime offensive around Aleppo on Tuesday, adding to calls for Russia to end air strikes ahead of fresh peace efforts. Up to 31,000 people have fled Aleppo and surrounding areas since last week, as government forces backed by Russian warplanes press an offensive that threatens to encircle the rebel-held eastern part of Syria’s second city. “The highest […]
North Korea, which conducted its fourth nuclear test last month and launched a long-range rocket on Saturday, could begin to recover plutonium from a restarted nuclear reactor within weeks, the director of U.S. National Intelligence said on Tuesday. James Clapper said that in 2013, following its third nuclear test, North Korea announced its intention to “refurbish and restart” facilities at its Yongbyon nuclear complex, to include the uranium enrichment facility and its graphite-moderated plutonium production […]
(Reuters) –Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying told reporters at a hastily called news conference on Tuesday (February 9) that the city’s government strongly condemned the violence which took place in the early morning. “There was a riot in Mong Kok in the early hours of today. A few hundred mobs attacked police officers and the media in Mong Kok. They damaged police cars and public properties, committed acts of arson, threw bricks and other […]
TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) — The Japanese Parliament on Tuesday (February 9) adopted a resolution condemning North Korea’s rocket launch and vowed to impose stronger sanction against Pyongyang. “North Korea pushed ahead with the launch of a ballistic missile. It’s a conduct that can be never accepted and is a clear violation of the U.N. Security Council resolutions,” Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said in parliament on Tuesday. North Korea’s launch of a long-range rocket carrying […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — The rocket launched by North Korea at the weekend seemed more powerful than its 2012 predecessor, but Pyongyang still lacks the expertise to transform it into a ballistic missile capable of reaching the US mainland, South Korean officials said Tuesday. The comments came as leaders of South Korea, the United States and Japan discussed how to punish the North for its latest defiant launch and nuclear test, eyeing “strong and […]
(Reuters) – With the latest Syrian government offensive backed by Russian airstrikes in Aleppo, tens of thousands more Syrians have shown up at the Turkish-Syrian border, desperately hoping the gates will open. Turkey is currently hosting over 2.5 million Syrian refugees. The swelling numbers are taking a toll on many of its cities — the number of refugees in some areas such as Kilis is almost equal to that of the local population. The town […]
SATTAHIP, Thailand (AFP)–The United States launched annual military exercises with Thailand on Tuesday but repeated a call for a swift return to democracy in the junta-ruled country. The two countries have held the joint Cobra Gold exercises since 1980. But Washington has come under increased pressure to scrap the event since Thailand’s military seized power in 2014 — the latest coup to obstruct attempts to build democracy. Some 3,600 US troops are in […]
Baton-wielding Hong Kong riot police fired warning shots and pepper spray early Tuesday after a riot erupted in a busy district when officials tried to shift illegal hawkers on Chinese New Year. Television footage showed one officer pointing his gun at crowds of protesters on the streets of Mongkok who hurled bricks, bottles and pieces of wooden pallets at police in the worst clashes since pro-democracy demonstrations in late 2014. Police fired at least […]
(Reuters) – North Korean students participate in an outdoor dancing event in Pyongyang on Monday (February 8) to celebrate the country’s controversial rocket launch. State-run television KRT showed video of thousands of students, some dressed in traditional Korean clothes, dancing in Kim Il Sung square despite the snow. North Korea on Sunday (February 7) said the launch of the satellite Kwangmyongsong-4, named after late leader Kim Jong Il, was a “complete success” and that it […]
