Asia
4 Jan
Pilots on a Japan Airlines plane that burst into flames just after all 379 passengers and crew escaped had no "visual contact" with the other aircraft in the collision, the airline said Thursday.
3 Jan
Rescue efforts continue in Japan after 48 people were killed in a powerful earthquake that hit the country on New Year’s Day.
Homes collapsed, buildings caught fire and roads were extensively damaged, hindering the work of rescue services.
3 Jan
Intense fighting has continued in Gaza, even as Israel announced plans to pull back some combat troops. Residents say Israeli war planes and tanks have stepped up bombings and artillery fire in the southern city of Khan Younis.
2 Jan
More than 2,000 residents have been evacuated to temporary shelters amid heightened volcanic activities in a volcano in eastern Indonesia, a local official said Tuesday.
2 Jan
Hong Kong pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai pleaded not guilty Tuesday to "sedition" and "collusion" charges in a high-profile national security trial that could see him jailed for life.
2 Jan
South Korean opposition party leader Lee Jae-myung was stabbed in the neck with a knife on Tuesday by a man who pushed through a crowd pretending to be his supporter, police said. Lee was surrounded by journalists and supporters at a construction site in the southern port city of Busan when a man lunged and…
2 Jan
Japanese rescuers battled against the clock and powerful aftershocks Tuesday to find survivors of a major earthquake that struck on New Year's Day, killing at least 30 people and causing widespread destruction.
2 Jan
Two Chinese balloons were detected moving across the median line separating Taiwan from China, with one flying directly above the island, Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence said Tuesday.
1 Jan
Israel's war in Gaza will continue throughout 2024, a military spokesman said in a new year's message, insisting that tens of thousands of reservists would be needed for fighting.
1 Jan
Bangladeshi Nobel peace laureate Muhammad Yunus was facing six months in jail with a court set to rule on Monday on a labour law case decried by his supporters as politically motivated.
1 Jan
Iran on Monday executed five people convicted of multiple "armed robberies and banditry which rendered roads unsafe and spread terror among people," the judiciary's Mizan Online website said.
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