Policeman, five gunmen killed in Kabul Taliban attack AFP News - 6 hours agoExplosions rocked central Kabul for several hours on Friday after Taliban gunmen launched a major suicide and gun attack centred on a compound of the International More »
First day in second Eng-NZ Test washed out AFP News - 9 hours agoRain meant there was no play on the first day of the second and final Test between England and New Zealand at Headingley on Friday. More »
China's Catholics show fervour in Shanghai celebration AFP News - 10 hours agoThousands of Chinese Catholics gathered in Shanghai on Friday for a celebration to honour the Virgin Mary, in a show of religious fervour permitted by the More »
Japan's J-League still blazing trails at 20 AFP News - 10 hours agoJapan's J-League was a trailblazer for Asian football when it debuted in 1993 and now, as it celebrates its 20th anniversary, it is still pointing the way forwards More »
N. Korea slams S. Korea leader as 'confrontation maniac' AFP News - 10 hours agoNorth Korea Friday accused South Korean President Park Geun-Hye of hurting the dignity of its leadership and slammed her as "a confrontation maniac". More »
Search for China's missing children goes online AFP News - 11 hours agoIt took dozens of volunteers half a year searching old Chinese maps and villages, but finally the online-organised group helped Luo Gang find where he was kidnapped More »
N. Korean envoy meets China president: state media AFP News - 12 hours agoA North Korean envoy met China's President Xi Jinping on Friday and handed him a letter from leader Kim Jong-Un, Chinese state media reported, in a sign Pyongyang More »
Japan mayor apologises to 'comfort women' AFP News - Fri, May 24, 2013A Japanese politician on Friday apologised to women forcibly drafted into military brothels during World War II after his comments about them being a military More »
Japan PM heads to Myanmar on sales mission AFP News - 15 hours agoPrime Minister Shinzo Abe flies to Myanmar Friday bearing almost $1 billion in development aid and a plan for a nationwide electricity grid as Japan tries to grab More »
Militants kill four soldiers in Indian Kashmir AFP News - 15 hours agoMilitants killed four soldiers Friday in an ambush outside Srinagar, the main city of Indian Kashmir, sparking a gun battle in which one rebel also died, local More »
Bomb kills five rangers in Thailand's restive south AFP News - 15 hours agoFive paramilitary rangers were killed and one other wounded in an ambush when suspected rebels detonated a bomb buried in a road in Thailand's insurgency-plagued More »
Tokyo denies 'ghosts' keeping PM out of residence AFP News - 17 hours agoJapanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's cabinet on Friday formally denied months-long rumours that the premier had not moved into his official residence over fears the More »
S.Korea commission to probe $20 bln river project AFP News - 18 hours agoA South Korean government commission will probe a $20 billion effort to dredge, dam and beautify four major rivers that has been tainted by charges of environmental More »
Digital reincarnation for Dunhuang's Buddhist art AFP News - 18 hours agoInching their cameras along a rail inside the chamber, specialists use powerful flashes to light up paintings of female Buddhist spirits drawn more than 1,400 years More »
N.Korea town opens to Western tourists AFP News - 20 hours agoNorth Korea's authorities have opened the border town of Sinuiju to Western tourists, Chinese-based travel agencies said, despite international tensions over More »
China, US to try new tone in desert outing AFP News - 23 hours agoChina and the United States are hoping for a new chance to set the course for smoother relations through a secluded desert summit as the Asian power's leader Xi More »
Two years on, Li Na still stands alone AFP News - Fri, May 24, 2013Li Na's momentous French Open title win of 2011 was expected to open the floodgates for Asian -- and in particular Chinese -- players in world tennis. More »
Strong quake strikes off Tonga AFP News - Fri, May 24, 2013A 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck 255 kilometres (158 miles) southwest of Tonga on Friday, according to the US Geological Survey, but there were no reports of More »
H7N9 bird flu can spread in mammals: study AFP News - Fri, May 24, 2013The H7N9 strain of bird flu can spread among ferrets and could do the same among humans under certain conditions, according to lab animal studies on the virus More »
Malaysia activist charged with sedition, 3 others held AFP News - Fri, May 24, 2013A Malaysian court on Thursday charged a student activist with sedition and police arrested three others, including two opposition politicians, in what critics More »
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