Asia Pacific
18 dead after Nepal plane crashes during takeoff
BY BINAJ GURUBACHARYA AP A domestic plane crashed Wednesday while taking off from the airport serving Nepal’s capital, killing 18 people and ...Bangladesh blocks roads and internet, deploys army to curb protests
BY JULHAS ALAM and SHEIKH SAALIQ, Associated Press Police imposed a strict curfew with a “shoot-on-sight” order across Bangladesh as military forces ...Global cyber outage grounds flights, hits media, financial, telecoms
BY CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY and ELAINE KURTENBACH AP A widespread Microsoft outage was disrupting flights, banks, media outlets and companies around the world ...WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange released from prison after US plea deal
By Selim SAHEB ETTABA AFP Julian Assange was released from prison Monday and has left Britain, WikiLeaks said, as he reached a ...Fresh unrest in New Caledonia after independence activists flown to France for detention
Pro-independence protesters burned police vehicles and blocked roads in New Caledonia on Monday, authorities in the French Pacific territory said, as anger ...South Korea fires warning shots after new border incursion
Seoul’s military said Friday it had fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers briefly crossed the heavily fortified border in the third ...Extreme heat kills hundreds, millions more sweltering worldwide as summer begins
By Gloria Dickie Reuters Deadly heatwaves are scorching cities on four continents as the Northern Hemisphere marks the first day of summer, ...Russian President Putin in Hanoi after inking N. Korea defence pact
BY Damon Wake with Cat Barton in Seoul AFP Russian President Vladimir Putin met his Vietnamese counterpart Thursday as he began a ...North Korea’s Kim vows ‘full support’ for Russia in Ukraine as Putin announces deal to ...
By: KIM TONG-HYUNG, Associated Press North Korean leader Kim Jong Un promised full support for Russia’s war in Ukraine before beginning a ...Putin vows trade, security with North Korea beyond reach of West
By Hyonhee Shin and Josh Smith Reuters Vladimir Putin promised to build trade and security systems with North Korea that are not ...














