NEW DELHI - Bangladesh has been hit by a surge in Islamist attacks in the past three years that reached new heights last weekend when 20 hostages were murdered in Dhaka.The wave of attacks has been notably brutal with...
SHANGHAI - The Chinese navy conducted combat drills near its southern island province of Hainan and the Paracel islands in the South China Sea, the Ministry of Defense said on Saturday.The drills come ahead of a July 12 ruling...
SEOUL - A North Korean ballistic missile fired from a submarine on Saturday likely failed in the early stage of flight, the South's military said.The missile was likely fired from the submarine as planned but appears to have failed...
The Y-20, China's domestically developed heavy-lift transport plane, officially joined the People's Liberation Army Air Force on Wednesday.Xu Qiliang, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission, and General Ma Xiaotian, the Air Force's commander, attended a ceremony in Sichuan province...
China could consider quitting the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea if the upcoming ruling by an arbitration court in The Hague infringes on China's sovereignty, an expert said.The Arbitral Tribunal's ruling in the arbitration case,...
President Duterte's aggressive antidrug campaign may be bad news for some, but it's definitely good news for funeral homes, drug rehab centres and related businesses, which are seen as rising stars in the franchising industry, said an official of...
When faced with mandatory conscription in South Korea, all able-bodied men between 18 and 35 face the dilemma of choosing where to serve during their 21-month duty. This ranges from the regular army and the navy to auxiliary police...
Taiwan police said Friday they suspected a 55-year-old man of setting off a pipe bomb on a train in Taipei, injuring 25.The blast, which occurred late Thursday as the train was pulling into a station, was earlier ruled out...
Beijing will not take a "single step back" in the contested South China Sea, state-run media said Friday, despite reports of US naval patrols close to its artificial islands ahead of a tribunal ruling on the dispute.China asserts sovereignty...
The Philippines is willing to share natural resources with Beijing in contested South China Sea areas even if it wins a legal challenge next week, Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay told AFP Friday.Yasay said President Rodrigo Duterte's administration hoped to...
