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(Reuters) – Fifteen crew members of a South Korean ferry that sank in April killing more than 300 people, most of them children, went on trial on Tuesday on charges ranging from negligence to homicide, with the shout going up of “murderer” as the captain entered the court. Captain Lee Joon-seok, 68, and three senior crew members were charged with homicide, facing a maximum sentence of death. Two were charged with fleeing and abandoning ship […]
Pakistan’s airport resumes operations after a night-long battle which ended with 30 dead including all the attackers.
China expressed dismay at the friendly games held by Vietnam and Philippines in one of the disputed islands in the Spratlys.
(Reuters) – China denounced Vietnam and the Philippines on Monday for getting together on a disputed island in the South China Sea to play soccer and volleyball, calling it “a clumsy farce” and demanded both countries stop causing trouble. The comments by a foreign ministry spokeswoman were China’s first response to the gathering on the Vietnamese-held island of Southwest Cay on Sunday. Philippine naval officials described the meeting of soldiers from the two sides as […]
Pakistani authorities said that the situation in the airport in Karachi is secured after a night-long battle with heavily-armed suicide bombers. Pakistani Taliban promptly claimed responsibility for the attack.
HANOI (PNA/VNS) — Vietnamese Fisheries Surveillance Department (VSFD) staff has reported high-capacity Chinese vessels in waters around the Haiyang Shiyou-981 rig, which is illegally standing in Vietnam’s waters. They said the vessels had bulbous bows and were accompanied by two Chinese coast-guard ships. Together with Chinese fishing vessels, they kept on hampering Vietnamese vessels, occasionally throwing stones and bottles. China still has a fleet of between 110-115 ships around the rig, including about 40 coast-guard […]
(Reuters) — At least 58 people have been killed and many more are missing in flash floods that hit parts of northern Afghanistan, President Hamid Karzai’s office said on Saturday (June 7). The floods were caused by heavy rain that fell overnight in the Gozargah-e Noor district of the northern Baghlan province. Residents of the flooded area said many people have lost their homes. “Some 500 houses were destroyed in these floods and nearly 60 people have been killed also […]
By Phil Stewart (Reuters) – China’s military spending exceeded $145 billion last year as it advanced a program modernizing an arsenal of drones, warships, jets, missiles and cyber weapons, the Pentagon said on Thursday, offering a far higher figure than Beijing’s official tally. The Pentagon’s estimate, using 2013 prices and exchange rates, was 21 percent above the $119.5 billion figure announced by China. It was detailed in an annual report to Congress that cited steady progress in […]
According to a report to the United States Congress by the the Defense Department, China’s military capabilities are expanding in time with the rising tensions in several territorial disputes with neighboring countries.
Thailand’s junta stated that representatives from Hanoi and Beijing expressed their support of the new military government.
China will not submit a counter-memorial at the arbitration tribunal at the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, reiterating their position that they will not participate in the proceedings.
A news report from Tokyo stated that leaders from the Group of Seven are set to adopt for the first time a statement of their concerns against Chinese militarism in the South China Sea.
