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Jakarta - Indonesia admitted Thursday that one of its patrol boats fired on two Taiwanese fishing vessels in the Strait of Malacca, but insisted it was an act of self-defence.It was the latest example of Jakarta taking a tougher...
Tokyo - Japanese whalers returned to port Thursday after an Antarctic hunt that killed more than 300 of the mammals, the government said.The fleet had set sail for the Southern Ocean in December, with plans to slaughter 333 minke...
Hong Kong - Asian shares dropped on Thursday, with energy stocks taking a hammering from a slide in oil prices while a stronger dollar piled pressure on commodity producers.Energy stocks dragged Wall Street and European equities lower on Wednesday...
Tokyo - Hundreds of aspiring ninjas from abroad have overwhelmed tourism officials in Japan looking to hire six full-time secret assassins, massively outnumbering local applicants.Central Japan's Aichi prefecture is hiring a troupe of ninjas - the martial-arts masters and...
BANGKOK - Thailand on Thursday said it would fund the construction of the first phase of railway line from the Thai-Laos border to the Gulf of Thailand that China and Thailand had agreed to partner.The project is part of...
Beijing - At least 19 people have been killed in a coal mine accident in China, state media and officials said Thursday, in what is believed to be one of the deadliest such incidents so far this year.The accident...
TOKYO - A Japanese whaling fleet returned home Thursday from its annual Antarctic hunt, the government said, a trip that angered environmentalists and nations opposed to the slaughter.The ships had set sail for the Southern Ocean in December, with...
Update: Two Taiwanese fishing vessels that were allegedly chased and fired at by an Indonesian patrol vessel arrived in Singapore early Thursday (March 24) morning. The Straits Times reported that there were 25 crew members on board, including the...
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Sydney - Two pieces of debris found in Mozambique are "almost certainly from MH370", Australia's transport minister said Thursday, following analysis by technical specialists probing the missing Malaysia Airlines flight."The analysis has concluded the debris is almost certainly from...
