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e82ec6f78263767c92775462c099cabb | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18453996 | Last Aum cult fugitive Katsuya Takahashi arrested in Japan | Last Aum cult fugitive Katsuya Takahashi arrested in Japan
Police in Japan have arrested the last fugitive of the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult, ending a 17-year manhunt.
Katsuya Takahashi is suspected of involvement in the 1995 sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system that killed 13 people.
The police have veri... |
ec2e0feba112d6519abfaf6c5ab31fad | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18986249 | North Korea leader Kim Jong-un married to Ri Sol-ju | North Korea leader Kim Jong-un married to Ri Sol-ju
North Korean state media have confirmed for the first time that the country's leader Kim Jong-un is married.
Reports referred to him attending the opening of an amusement park with his wife, "Comrade Ri Sol-ju".
There had been much speculation about Mr Kim's private l... |
8f4953ae44599e438b53f8dbf8e9aafe | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-19204847 | Bo Xilai scandal: Police 'admit Neil Heywood cover-up' | Bo Xilai scandal: Police 'admit Neil Heywood cover-up'
A court official in China says four policemen have admitted covering up the murder of Briton Neil Heywood, a day after the wife of a former top politician was tried for the killing.
Mr Heywood was found dead in the city of Chongqing in November 2011.
The court offi... |
01c4ac55301a16756633ada394252d0e | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-19248413 | Japan's women footballers get Olympic flight upgrades | Japan's women footballers get Olympic flight upgrades
The Japanese women's football team was upgraded to business class on its flight home from the Olympics, Japan's football association has confirmed.
Team members had complained they had flown economy class to London while the men's team sat in the business cabin.
The... |
ffed4e2539ff4903f59ba0b16b794708 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-19311098 | Pakistan disabled girl arrested for blasphemy | Pakistan disabled girl arrested for blasphemy
Pakistani police have arrested a mentally disabled 11-year-old girl after a mob accused her of desecrating pages of the Koran.
The mob demanded the Christian girl's arrest and threatened to burn down Christian homes outside the capital Islamabad, local media say.
Officials ... |
c9c8c4f6319b5fc77713765fdb7e5087 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-19616356 | Afghanistan: Nato air strike 'kills eight women' in Laghman | Afghanistan: Nato air strike 'kills eight women' in Laghman
At least eight women have died in a Nato air strike in Afghanistan's eastern province of Laghman, local officials say.
Nato has conceded that between five and eight civilians died as it targeted insurgents, and offered condolences.
Afghan President Hamid Karza... |
386e3895faaa1a07c6d91100c542a02c | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-19725296 | Japan ex-PM Shinzo Abe elected opposition leader | Japan ex-PM Shinzo Abe elected opposition leader
Japan's opposition Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has chosen Shinzo Abe to be its new leader, potentially positioning him to become the next prime minister.
He defeated ex-defence chief Shigeru Ishiba in a run-off vote.
Mr Abe is a former prime minister who, when in offi... |
94b5fbb030b7990fd57d7f6e49d0f196 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-19790977 | Hong Kong boat crash off Lamma Island kills 36 | Hong Kong boat crash off Lamma Island kills 36
A collision between two passenger boats off Hong Kong has left at least 36 people dead, officials say.
One of the boats was carrying more than 120 people to a fireworks display when it half-sank following Monday night's collision near Lamma Island.
Twenty-eight people were... |
b2f72ef48c88187a872587ed762d456c | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-19887497 | Karachi: Brain-eating amoeba kills 10 | Karachi: Brain-eating amoeba kills 10
A rare brain-eating amoeba is responsible for at least 10 deaths in the Pakistani city of Karachi in recent months, health officials believe.
The source of the parasite is not yet known, but it is thought victims may have been exposed to it when using water to rinse their nasal pas... |
3f3d56747ebd1e4eb3dddc24b79dce5d | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-19940437 | Mongolia capital Ulan-Bator removes Lenin statue | Mongolia capital Ulan-Bator removes Lenin statue
Ulan-Bator, the capital of Mongolia, has removed its last bronze statue of Vladimir Lenin, denouncing the communist leader as a "murderer".
The monument was hoisted from its plinth in a park and dropped on to the back of a flat-bed lorry at a ceremony attended by city ma... |
f27423ef2b27f29b82156a9326e53851 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20041320 | Q&A: Where will China's innovators come from? | Q&A: Where will China's innovators come from?
China is making rapid advances in technology, but without reform in the education system and a culture tolerant of failure, it won't produce the next Steve Jobs, says technology entrepreneur Kai-Fu Lee in an interview with the BBC, as part of a series of features on challen... |
2c6d42ac43681026a7451775cf3476db | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20078481 | Tokyo governor Shintaro Ishihara quits to form new party | Tokyo governor Shintaro Ishihara quits to form new party
Tokyo's governor Shintaro Ishihara is resigning to form a new national political party, ahead of expected general elections in Japan.
"As of today, I will resign as the Tokyo governor," he told reporters.
The 80-year-old, serving his fourth term as governor, is k... |
3841d32c4b20fabf5c010b65be0b66c1 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20308610 | UN 'failed Sri Lanka civilians', says internal probe | UN 'failed Sri Lanka civilians', says internal probe
The United Nations failed in its mandate to protect civilians in the last months of Sri Lanka's bloody civil war, a leaked draft of a highly critical internal UN report says.
"Events in Sri Lanka mark a grave failure of the UN," it concludes.
The government and Tamil... |
31e7af0823091a88bba4d1ab7288b539 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20407511 | Afghanistan opium harvest drops by a third - UN | Afghanistan opium harvest drops by a third - UN
Opium production in Afghanistan has fallen by a third, according to a United Nations report.
The fall came even as the amount of land used to cultivate the crop rose by 18%,
the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said
.
More farmers have been trying to grow the crop as ... |
b49f597967ebd28bd04be5870ff34abf | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20752337 | Afghan landmine blast kills girls in Nangarhar | Afghan landmine blast kills girls in Nangarhar
At least nine young girls have been killed and three more injured in a landmine explosion in eastern Afghanistan, officials say.
The girls were collecting firewood when one of them hit the mine with an axe, a provincial official said. Earlier reports said 10 girls were kil... |
632d84def9e3450b4f67dd5097499d02 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20769324 | North Korea satellite 'tumbling in space' | North Korea satellite 'tumbling in space'
North Korea appears to be struggling to control a satellite it put into orbit last week, a space expert has said.
The Unha-3 satellite was launched on board a long-range rocket on 12 December, in defiance of sanctions and international warnings.
Pyongyang says the device, the s... |
09e5cd7a77ffe004e2e78189423a1102 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20779388 | Pakistan killings near Peshawar disrupt polio campaign | Pakistan killings near Peshawar disrupt polio campaign
Two polio vaccination workers have been killed in north-western Pakistan in the latest of a spate of deadly attacks.
The shootings in the Peshawar region left a vaccination supervisor and her driver dead, and injured a volunteer.
The deaths brought to eight the num... |
962d53e13bc81e36864d5d9a7c3b1017 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20982990 | Sri Lanka Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake is impeached | Sri Lanka Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake is impeached
The Sri Lankan parliament has voted to remove Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake in a move analysts say could trigger a constitutional crisis.
The chamber, dominated by supporters of Sri Lanka's president, voted to impeach her by 155 votes to 49.
The governmen... |
850a25ba8391e448e2c3887df503f850 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21218187 | North Korea warning follows nuclear threat | North Korea warning follows nuclear threat
North Korea has warned of "substantial and high-profile important state measures", days after announcing plans for a third nuclear test.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un made the statement during a meeting with top security officials, state media said.
The reports did not give ... |
30847e5644adec5897332cdcad70ce56 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21218320 | Australian state of Queensland braces for flooding | Australian state of Queensland braces for flooding
The Australian state of Queensland is on alert for flooding in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Oswald.
Hundreds of people have been evacuated as heavy rain continued to fall on Sunday, with the towns of Gladstone and Bundaberg preparing for the possibility of major floods... |
7f13ade4c05130bcd7e292cc1d098dbb | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21231199 | Rescuers help Australia flood victims as waters recede | Rescuers help Australia flood victims as waters recede
Rescue workers in Australia are working to help people affected by floods which have inundated two eastern states.
In Queensland, helicopters rescued more than 1,000 people stranded in the city of Bundaberg as the Burnett River burst its banks, flooding 2,000 homes... |
e9472328a568e8d9a0a95fe626892407 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21244016 | Pakistan polio vaccination policeman shot dead by gunmen | Pakistan polio vaccination policeman shot dead by gunmen
A policeman providing security for a polio vaccination team in Pakistan has been killed by gunmen near the north-western town of Swabi, officials say.
The killing is the latest in a spate of deadly attacks against vaccination workers in the country.
In December a... |
96106b85aca6f7fc46b1df6997df64fe | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21325225 | Kashmir girl band Pragaash gives up after threats | Kashmir girl band Pragaash gives up after threats
An all-girl rock group in Indian-administered Kashmir say they have disbanded after the region's most senior cleric called them "un-Islamic".
"Just tell everyone we have quit. We are no more a band," one of the members of the group Pragaash told the BBC.
The three teena... |
9a1d91d0651e69834993de0c1fb116d5 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21347496 | Quake off Solomon Islands triggers deadly tsunami | Quake off Solomon Islands triggers deadly tsunami
Homes were damaged and at least five people have been reported dead after a tsunami triggered by an undersea earthquake hit the Solomon Islands.
The quake, with a magnitude 8.0, struck at 01:12 GMT near the Santa Cruz islands, the US Geological Survey said.
A tsunami me... |
d8a04986bcca9b0a1a4ca0536f250b16 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21392248 | Senkaku/Diaoyu islands: Japan may release China radar data | Senkaku/Diaoyu islands: Japan may release China radar data
Japan says it may release evidence to prove a Chinese naval frigate locked its fire-control radar onto a Japanese ship near disputed islands.
Tokyo said it might release the data after Beijing rejected accusations it had targeted the destroyer last month.
China... |
dc3dbb20af1bfde8b63ecd02de8056e3 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21501955 | Two charged in Papua New Guinea 'sorcery' killing case | Two charged in Papua New Guinea 'sorcery' killing case
Two people have been charged in Papua New Guinea with burning alive a woman they accused of sorcery, officials say.
The pair charged with the murder of Kepari Leniata, 20, are related to a six-year-old boy they accused her of using sorcery to kill, police said in a... |
d75e2e4058acb43cdc9499ba6cf0536f | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21504125 | Putting a face to the conflict in Thailand's south | Putting a face to the conflict in Thailand's south
Nine years ago, a forgotten conflict in the far south of Thailand flared up in the most dramatic way.
Gunmen raided a military arms depot, killing the four guards and making off with around 400 assault rifles.
Three months later waves of insurgents, armed with some of ... |
05345f067abe57bfec29ec84de6be87c | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21628758 | Sabah stand-off 'turns deadly' as clashes break out | Sabah stand-off 'turns deadly' as clashes break out
At least 14 people have died in clashes to end the siege of a village in Malaysia's Sabah province by a Philippines clan, police say.
Sabah Police Chief Hamza Taib said two police officers and 12 Filipino rebels had been killed at Lahad Datu.
Lahad Datu was occupied i... |
4a3d1ed94fe63b24b9ae418476a18f63 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21713340 | China warns against Korea escalation | China warns against Korea escalation
China has appealed for calm on the Korean peninsula, hours after North Korea said it had scrapped all peace pacts with the South and threatened pre-emptive nuclear strikes.
China, the North's only major ally, said all sides should continue to talk and avoid "further escalation".
Pyo... |
42b5a01633c7aea46a43f83a57d2d7fd | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21894339 | Burma: State of emergency imposed in Meiktila | Burma: State of emergency imposed in Meiktila
A state of emergency has been imposed in the Burmese town of Meiktila following three days of communal violence between Buddhists and Muslims.
A statement announcing the decision on behalf of President Thein Sein was broadcast on state television.
He said that the move woul... |
7f8a3f87679397c8a57ede325421a875 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22165159 | The struggle of religious minorities in Indonesia | The struggle of religious minorities in Indonesia
A conflict between the Ahmadiyah community and the local government has been drawing attention to what rights groups say is an increasing trend of intolerance in Indonesia.
The Ahmadiyah are a minority Muslim sect who have struggled to practise their faith in the world'... |
fc7fbd4da974e2a169e6af13c3d1d122 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22254493 | EU lifts sanctions against Burma | EU lifts sanctions against Burma
The European Union has lifted the last of its trade, economic and individual sanctions against Burma in response to its political reform programme.
The sanctions were temporarily lifted last year, and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi agreed Burma's progress merited the move being made... |
eb6db8897c00acfdfd7b3ec1a01d809a | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22334883 | Burma report backs security boost for Rakhine | Burma report backs security boost for Rakhine
A government commission in Burma has recommended doubling the number of security forces in Rakhine state, which saw deadly ethnic clashes last year.
It also said that the segregation of Muslim Rohingyas and Buddhists should continue, but acknowledged that was not a suitable... |
9d6dc694513c0eac9c696e93455dcd31 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22336540 | Everest: Climbers Steck and Moro in fight with Sherpas | Everest: Climbers Steck and Moro in fight with Sherpas
Police in Nepal are investigating an alleged fight between two famous European climbers and their Nepalese mountain guides on Mount Everest.
Switzerland's Ueli Steck and Simone Moro from Italy were at 7,470m (24,500ft) when the brawl occurred.
The pair allegedly ig... |
6679f137c9c312a769f2dcdbf2767d70 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22338101 | Fears grow for abducted Laos campaigner Sombath | Fears grow for abducted Laos campaigner Sombath
It is a case that a decent detective would crack in a week. Sombath Somphone's abduction was caught on camera and took place on a busy road at a police checkpoint.
But more than four months after Laos' leading development worker disappeared, the authorities say they have ... |
8894102ea09bbd7549a5b09f7f82da0e | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22350948 | Viewpoint: Are US-North Korea talks possible? | Viewpoint: Are US-North Korea talks possible?
While North Korean rhetoric appears to be finally tapering off, tensions on the Korean Peninsula persist. In a matter of only a few weeks, the Kim regime has unravelled two of the greatest successes of detente with its adversaries.
Pyongyang announced that it would restart ... |
ed47014ff4ee09ad3aff09fc96a891a6 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22370487 | Bangladesh 'slave labour' condemned by Pope | Bangladesh 'slave labour' condemned by Pope
Pope Francis has denounced as "slave labour" the conditions of workers caught in a deadly building collapse in Bangladesh last week.
More than 400 people are confirmed to have died in the collapse of the Rana Plaza building near the capital, Dhaka.
It housed several clothing ... |
c324a81efd114d8daa2391348394d4e8 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22509425 | Vietnam firms involved in 'illegal land grabs' | Vietnam firms involved in 'illegal land grabs'
An environmental group has accused two Vietnamese rubber firms of involvement in massive land grabs in Cambodia and Laos.
In its report, Global Witness said HAGL and Vietnam Rubber Group had been allocated over 280,000 hectares for rubber plantations in the countries.
Resi... |
b7c6020f99069c8f0e6b8db29af6c6a9 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22519384 | Japan WWII 'comfort women' were 'necessary' - Hashimoto | Japan WWII 'comfort women' were 'necessary' - Hashimoto
A prominent Japanese politician has described as "necessary" the system by which women were forced to become prostitutes for World War II troops.
Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto said on Monday that the "comfort women" gave Japanese soldiers a chance "to rest".
On Tuesd... |
69c8296ff94ec95aa893d9ac3095e233 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22520600 | Rohingya boats sink off west Burma - many missing | Rohingya boats sink off west Burma - many missing
At least 50 Rohingya Muslims are feared drowned after their boats capsized off western Burma, officials say.
The boats, said to be carrying about 100 passengers, were evacuating people ahead of powerful Cyclone Mahasen.
The vessels sank off Pauktaw township in Rakhine s... |
8eb9542c8dc1c1a13a9a3e2120c8b72a | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22525431 | Dhaka Rana Plaza collapse: Pressure tells on retailers and government | Dhaka Rana Plaza collapse: Pressure tells on retailers and government
Almost simultaneously, Western retailers and the Bangladeshi government have adopted a series of measures to improve conditions for the country's millions of clothing workers, which activists have been demanding for years.
It's a sign of the intense ... |
74c6ceac7329ed9aed19ebcc1f23f7c5 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22584440 | Pakistan politician Zahra Shahid Hussain killed in Karachi | Pakistan politician Zahra Shahid Hussain killed in Karachi
A senior female Pakistani politician has been shot dead in the southern port city of Karachi.
Zahra Shahid Hussain was the senior vice-president of Pakistan's Movement for Justice party (PTI), led by former international cricketer Imran Khan.
She was killed by ... |
d6bb3ea0cc41bc8fdc7b8a8754498044 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22652210 | Tension over army 'seizure' of Sri Lanka Jaffna land | Tension over army 'seizure' of Sri Lanka Jaffna land
There are growing tensions in northern Sri Lanka as Tamil people try to prevent the Sinhalese-dominated army from taking over their land.
In a new development, villagers have driven out a group of surveyors sent by the authorities.
Thousands more are engaged in court... |
befac95d00bea019a42e477e3005c424 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22656758 | Afghan Taliban battle police in central Kabul | Afghan Taliban battle police in central Kabul
Afghan security forces have fought Taliban insurgents for hours in the centre of Kabul, after a major explosion shook the city.
A Nepali guard and an off-duty policeman were killed, along with a number of militants.
The attack hit a guesthouse used by the International Orga... |
2344ebbd8159b248b34690e32c5d683c | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22815142 | My day: Maternity nurse Wen Xiaowei | My day: Maternity nurse Wen Xiaowei
Wen Xiaowei, 47, works in China as a yuesao, a maternity nurse who lives with new parents and their babies for the first month after the birth of their child.
I'm from Fushun city in Liaoning province. My husband works in Shandong province as a construction worker.
When I'm working, ... |
c15f8370a3289fed2c1e58298ca7cfee | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22860144 | Afghanistan: Deadly explosion at Kabul Supreme Court | Afghanistan: Deadly explosion at Kabul Supreme Court
A suicide bomb attack in Kabul has killed at least 16 people and injured more than 40 others outside the Supreme Court, Afghan police say.
The attacker drove a car packed with explosives at buses that were carrying court staff, including judges.
In a statement sent t... |
6503729778322dc3a3a18fca4f9b6da1 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22920542 | Pakistan violence: Gunmen storm Quetta hospital | Pakistan violence: Gunmen storm Quetta hospital
Gunmen have attacked a hospital in the western Pakistani city of Quetta, hours after an explosion on a bus killed 14 female university students.
Officials say four gunmen were killed during a siege of part of the hospital where the wounded are being treated.
Nurses, hospi... |
f90ec361ad8675f7e9085987535fdb59 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22993910 | Seven people injured in stampede over David Beckham in China | Seven people injured in stampede over David Beckham in China
At least seven people have been hurt in a stampede in China, which happened when the football star David Beckham arrived at Shanghai Tongji University.
Witnesses said about 1,000 fans rushed forward, as former England star Mr Beckham arrived and waved to them... |
303d8bd5195837b1689a4a23564487c1 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23013087 | Japan's Mount Fuji wins Unesco world heritage status | Japan's Mount Fuji wins Unesco world heritage status
Japan's cone-shaped, snow-topped volcano, Mount Fuji, has been granted World Heritage status, at a Unesco meeting in Cambodia.
The United Nations body selected the mountain as a "cultural" rather than a "natural" heritage site.
Unesco said Mount Fuji had "inspired ar... |
f4250c03ba62b6cc6349c60447b7226f | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23027029 | Pakistan's Sharif plans to try Musharraf for treason | Pakistan's Sharif plans to try Musharraf for treason
Pakistan's new government has said it plans to put former military ruler Pervez Musharraf on trial for treason.
"He will have to answer for his guilt before the court," Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif told parliament.
Mr Musharraf, who returned to Pakistan from self-impo... |
e712346222501fc8ce5d4276ae0fd85f | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23109476 | Eight soldiers killed by roadside bomb in south Thailand | Eight soldiers killed by roadside bomb in south Thailand
Eight soldiers have been killed by a roadside bomb in Thailand's restive south, police say, in one of the deadliest attacks on the security forces in recent years.
The "powerful" bomb targeted military vehicles in Krong Pinang district of Yala province, police sa... |
06f9eedc3be503c49cc6b2b591735748 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23177535 | My day: Fashion designer Nathan Jiang | My day: Fashion designer Nathan Jiang
Fashion designer Nathan Jiang sells patchwork clothes made from second-hand fabric from his boutique in the Chinese capital, Beijing.
I wake up every day around 05:00 and I get dressed. I wear anything that makes me happy. I like a lot of bright colours. Dots are totally my thing.
... |
3ffcff81df50b05f2ed03d19278fb5a2 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23324172 | North Korea 'behind cyber attack' on South websites | North Korea 'behind cyber attack' on South websites
South Korea believes North Korea was behind cyber attacks against several websites last month, officials say.
The attacks, which took place on the anniversary of the Korean War, hit the presidential office website, and several other official and media sites.
Investiga... |
f39050ec341e122be849289908aeadfb | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23430117 | US and Vietnam leaders discuss trade, rights | US and Vietnam leaders discuss trade, rights
Vietnam's President Truong Tan Sang and US President Barack Obama have met for landmark talks in Washington.
Mr Sang is only the second Vietnamese president to have embarked on a White House visit since the two countries resumed ties in 1995.
The talks on Thursday focused on... |
71b4dc395ffb935400377b85ab5a13b2 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23759951 | Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif urges dialogue with militants | Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif urges dialogue with militants
Pakistan's PM Nawaz Sharif has called for dialogue with militants to end the violence he says threatens the very survival of the country.
Mr Sharif said he invited "all those elements who have unfortunately adopted the path of extremism" to talk.
But he warned that... |
f9d0df41c986b8585b3f68fcd5cbe4d0 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23766790 | Afghanistan beat Pakistan 3-0 in Kabul friendly | Afghanistan beat Pakistan 3-0 in Kabul friendly
Afghanistan's footballers have triumphed 3-0 over Pakistan in a friendly match, the first international game played in Kabul in a decade.
The home side dominated the game from the kick-off, going three goals ahead mid-way through the second half to the delight of their ra... |
c9fe7f90160ee195329c8a43edaf2dc5 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23792120 | Maldives girl's 100 lashes sentence overturned | Maldives girl's 100 lashes sentence overturned
A 15-year-old girl who was sentenced to 100 lashes for engaging in premarital sex has had her punishment overturned by a Maldives court.
The High Court ruled on Wednesday that the girl, whose stepfather is on trial for raping her, had been wrongly convicted by a juvenile c... |
7b8c7dd12c6722cdb45ca6a235e2b039 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23833027 | Body found in Australia crocodile attack | Body found in Australia crocodile attack
Police say they have found the body of a man snatched by a crocodile as he swam in a river in Australia's Northern Territory during a birthday party.
The body of Sean Cole, 26, was found on Monday in the area where he was last seen.
Police say he ignored signs to stay out of the... |
6ba09e7b5fdd4192f1015baaca71b626 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23839017 | Karzai calls for Pakistan role in Afghan peace process | Karzai calls for Pakistan role in Afghan peace process
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has urged Pakistan "to facilitate peace talks" between his country and the Taliban during a visit to Islamabad.
He said the Pakistani government could provide opportunities for talks between the Afghan High Peace Council and the milita... |
69b1ad1f0801c7ce44c0ed8028999f2c | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23918882 | Fukushima radiation levels '18 times higher' than thought | Fukushima radiation levels '18 times higher' than thought
Radiation levels around Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant are 18 times higher than previously thought, Japanese authorities have warned.
Last week the plant's operator reported radioactive water had leaked from a storage tank into the ground.
It now says readings ... |
de8a966ee2718ab03dda135fa94993fe | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23930633 | Australian election: Ten things | Australian election: Ten things
Australians went to the polls on Saturday to decide the outcome of the race between Labor Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Liberal-National coalition leader Tony Abbott.
Here are 10 highlights and lesser-known facts about the elections.
More than 50 parties were contesting this election - m... |
3ce04e4ea636e1d81f7ac182f0a2c252 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23948089 | China corruption: Ban on officials' mooncakes purchases | China corruption: Ban on officials' mooncakes purchases
China is banning officials from using public funds to buy mooncakes, the pastries offered as gifts during the Mid-Autumn (or Moon) Festival.
The ban is part of President Xi Jinping's drive to beat corruption and restore faith in the ruling Communist Party.
Every v... |
ae7d91d9a4096b355be34198c9c7f184 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24044335 | My day: Genealogist Huihan Lie | My day: Genealogist Huihan Lie
Born in Amsterdam to ethnically Chinese parents, Huihan Lie runs the company My China Roots in Beijing, which traces family histories and tries to put them in the context of the time.
The alarm goes at 07:30. That's my girlfriend's fault, because she has to be in the office at 09:00 - for... |
1e69de17b1d06f32037aafe8cb1e2540 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24058708 | North Korea's Yongbyon reactor 'nearing operation' | North Korea's Yongbyon reactor 'nearing operation'
Steam has been seen rising from North Korea's Yongbyon nuclear facility, suggesting that the reactor has been restarted, a US institute says.
The colour and volume of the steam indicated that the reactor was in or nearing operation, the institute said.
Pyongyang vowed ... |
c01dabec53774fea3c74c4a164b3e947 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24090322 | Japan launches 'affordable' Epsilon space rocket | Japan launches 'affordable' Epsilon space rocket
Japan has launched the first in a new generation of space rockets, hoping the design will make missions more affordable.
The Epsilon rocket is about half the size of Japan's previous generation of space vehicles, and uses artificial intelligence to perform safety checks.... |
b9e6e7f657c472edaf4d72ccd54d453b | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24202247 | Mandarin rat snake grounds Qantas flight in Sydney | Mandarin rat snake grounds Qantas flight in Sydney
Hundreds of passengers bound for Japan were stranded in Australia overnight after a snake was found on a Qantas plane at Sydney airport.
Staff found the 20cm-long (eight-inch) Mandarin rat snake in the cabin before passengers boarded the Boeing 747 on Sunday.
It is not... |
d17ea5434fccbccc987699a19fe4307b | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24361701 | Vietnam dissident Le Quoc Quan jailed over tax evasion | Vietnam dissident Le Quoc Quan jailed over tax evasion
One of Vietnam's best-known dissidents, Le Quoc Quan, has been sentenced to 30 months in jail for tax evasion.
Security was tight outside Hanoi People's Court where Quan appeared and where rights activists have protested against his detention.
Quan, who denied the ... |
9a3887c630484c821a908e5d672749d3 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24456910 | Bangladesh ex-minister Abdul Alim jailed for war crimes | Bangladesh ex-minister Abdul Alim jailed for war crimes
A special war crimes tribunal in Bangladesh has handed a life sentence to a former opposition minister.
Abdul Alim, 83, of the Bangladesh National Party was guilty of nine of 17 charges dating back to the country's 1971 war of independence from Pakistan.
Six curre... |
d83a6578634c425e72b19c71438177c4 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24510460 | Vietnam buries national hero Vo Nguyen Giap | Vietnam buries national hero Vo Nguyen Giap
Vietnamese independence hero General Vo Nguyen Giap has been buried after an elaborate two-day state funeral.
The general's body was flown from Hanoi, where it had been lying in state, to his home town in Quang Binh province for burial.
Thousands of people have paid their res... |
da34c0a61a5f472c2b3d1de19eceef6e | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24516181 | Malaysia court rules non-Muslims cannot use 'Allah' | Malaysia court rules non-Muslims cannot use 'Allah'
A Malaysian court has ruled that non-Muslims cannot use the word Allah to refer to God, even in their own faiths, overturning a 2009 lower court ruling.
The appeals court said the term Allah must be exclusive to Islam or it could cause public disorder.
People of all f... |
c7884ac76c0a310700c6c38d7a5c4a15 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24621992 | Malaysia 'Allah' court ruling: PM Najib speaks out | Malaysia 'Allah' court ruling: PM Najib speaks out
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has spoken out about a recent court ruling that says non-Muslims cannot use the word Allah to refer to their God.
The controversial ruling said that the term Allah must be exclusive to Islam or it could cause public disorder.
Howeve... |
9b9268f8c0a4668b583fb73a2005fea3 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24622002 | Bangladesh garment plants to get factory safety cash | Bangladesh garment plants to get factory safety cash
Bangladesh and the International Labour Organisation have agreed to launch a $24m (£15m) initiative to improve the conditions of garment workers.
The move comes almost six months after a fire at a factory complex near Dhaka killed more than 1,100 people.
That disast... |
940e8c601f2c181a8676651944c8c0ea | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24672295 | Meet the Australian children fluent in Mandarin | Meet the Australian children fluent in Mandarin
Australia's politicians often talk about the importance of building ties with Asia. Successive governments have promised to increase the number of schools teaching Asian languages, but in fact the number of children in high school learning Asian languages is falling. The ... |
342100932cf586fbb6e44e85dcb30f49 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24922492 | Philippine Typhoon Haiyan survivors 'desperate' for aid | Philippine Typhoon Haiyan survivors 'desperate' for aid
Survivors of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines are increasingly desperate for food, water and medical supplies, officials in affected areas say.
The official death toll stands at more than 2,000, though some reports say it could be as high as 10,000.
The UN says m... |
96c7e8a57505bf72c12598ffd5eef7ad | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24928138 | Typhoon Haiyan: Philippines defends aid response | Typhoon Haiyan: Philippines defends aid response
The Philippine government says it is facing its biggest ever logistical challenge after Typhoon Haiyan, which affected as many as 11 million people.
Cabinet Secretary Rene Almendras said the government had been overwhelmed by the impact of Haiyan, one of the most powerfu... |
d689b9b55f2df441726c37e895ff49dd | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24950905 | Typhoon Haiyan: Plight of survivors 'bleak' despite aid effort | Typhoon Haiyan: Plight of survivors 'bleak' despite aid effort
Aid workers struggling to help survivors of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines have described the situation as bleak, one week after the storm tore into the country.
A spokesman for Medecins Sans Frontieres said the logistical issues of distributing aid were... |
8a697a81157c1875b68419cd5255424c | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24978926 | Philippine typhoon: Aquino criticises local officials | Philippine typhoon: Aquino criticises local officials
Philippine President Benigno Aquino has criticised authorities in some areas for not being fully prepared for the devastation caused by Typhoon Haiyan.
During a visit to the coastal town of Guiuan, he praised local officials for carrying out a proper evacuation, but... |
9188cb5f27d97ea0618e66b02cf36b6c | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25013393 | Gold bars worth $1.1m found in plane toilet in India | Gold bars worth $1.1m found in plane toilet in India
A stash of 24 gold bars worth more than $1.1m has been discovered in the toilet compartment of a commercial plane in eastern India.
Cleaners found the haul in two bags on board a Jet Airways flight at Kolkata airport, officials said.
India is one of the world's main ... |
63c9e123fc9b66014ee0a002aaad85ea | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25050493 | Shinzo Abe: China new air defence zone move 'dangerous' | Shinzo Abe: China new air defence zone move 'dangerous'
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has described China's move to create a new "air defence identification zone" over disputed waters as "dangerous".
China's action had "no validity whatsoever on Japan", Mr Abe added.
China has voiced anger at Japanese and US object... |
a7b8f3565549b8734be8e4f1d3acb6ff | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25051606 | Typhoon Haiyan death toll rises over 5,000 | Typhoon Haiyan death toll rises over 5,000
The death toll from Typhoon Haiyan has risen above 5,000, officials in the Philippines say, two weeks after the devastating storm hit the country.
The country's National Disaster Agency says that 5,209 people are now known to have lost their lives, with many more still missing... |
692c5e5f32ceb67e87d217968d55f961 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25235293 | Jailed Bin Laden doctor Shakil Afridi refuses to stay silent | Jailed Bin Laden doctor Shakil Afridi refuses to stay silent
The Pakistani doctor who is accused of helping the American Central Intelligence Agency track down former al-Qaeda leader, Osama Bin Laden, says he is being denied his right to a fair trial.
"I am the first individual in Pakistan to have been denied permissio... |
5b114e46035652ce1eccf43bc060c70a | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25620543 | Afghanistan girl wearing suicide vest detained | Afghanistan girl wearing suicide vest detained
A young Afghan girl has been detained wearing a suicide vest in southern Afghanistan, officials say.
She was held on Sunday night in Helmand province, as she tried to carry out an attack on border police, an interior ministry spokesman told the BBC.
The girl, reported to b... |
871da93b346e8c2d57f69e2376fdc609 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25663992 | Aitzaz Hasan: Tributes to Pakistan teenager killed when he stopped a bomber | Aitzaz Hasan: Tributes to Pakistan teenager killed when he stopped a bomber
Tributes have been pouring in for a Pakistani teenager who was killed on Monday when he tackled a suicide bomber targeting his school in the Hangu area.
Aitzaz Hasan, 15, was with friends outside school when they spotted a man wearing a suicide... |
700ce3a05c9dd4ee5270ce84c4989b03 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25772063 | Indonesia condemns Australian navy waters violations | Indonesia condemns Australian navy waters violations
Indonesia has condemned Australian naval incursions into its waters as a "violation of its sovereignty".
Australia has apologised to Indonesia, saying its navy vessels "inadvertently" made the incursions during operations to stop asylum seekers.
Indonesia has asked A... |
a9f958b6e60ab2c06e9ae4506635083e | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25942191 | Cambodian filmmaker Rithy Panh's search for catharsis | Cambodian filmmaker Rithy Panh's search for catharsis
Rithy Panh, the 50-something filmmaker and survivor of the Cambodian killing fields, likes to watch war films. The sounds of bombs exploding and guns firing offer a mindless release from his day job: making documentaries that try to extract meaning from the Khmer Ro... |
638e409540cf54d84718bc354c7f5db8 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-26224510 | Thailand police and protesters clash fatally in Bangkok | Thailand police and protesters clash fatally in Bangkok
At least four people have been killed and dozens injured in violence that erupted as Thai police began clearing protest sites in the capital, Bangkok.
Police were trying to retake official sites that have been blocked by demonstrators since late last year.
Meanwhi... |
c0c8a506b75fa3add37ce1635584647c | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-26252563 | North and South Koreans hold rare family reunions | North and South Koreans hold rare family reunions
Hundreds of North and South Korean relatives are seeing each other for the first time in decades, at a reunion for families separated by the Korean War.
More than 100 mostly elderly South Koreans arrived in the North on Thursday for the event.
The reunions, which come a... |
311dfe856cd1be7ef944d84839fdeb1c | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-26503141?utm=EchoboxAI | Missing Malaysia plane MH370: What we know | Missing Malaysia plane MH370: What we know
The missing Malaysia Airlines plane, flight MH370, had 239 people on board and was en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on 8 March 2014 when air traffic control staff lost contact with it.
The search for the plane eventually focused on a 120,000 sq km area of seabed about 2,0... |
25080127db37877e90f3db5f42017195 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-27133865 | Pakistan army eyes Taliban talks with unease | Pakistan army eyes Taliban talks with unease
From the moment it was founded in 2007, the Pakistani Taliban have proved to be a formidable force.
Their suicide bombers have killed tens of thousands in cities and at the height of its power, in 2008, they controlled huge swathes of territory in the north-west and were eve... |
11c09c8ba1bcd626601381743e13fa5f | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-27169405 | Obama in landmark Malaysia visit | Obama in landmark Malaysia visit
US President Barack Obama has arrived in Malaysia - the first serving American leader to visit the predominantly-Muslim nation since 1966.
The visit signals closer bilateral relations after decades of uneasy ties.
Mr Obama is expected to seek closer trade relations with Malaysia to dilu... |
b516627b917a21242caff7a70970557a | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-27319433 | Pakistan 'blasphemy lawyer' shot dead in Multan office | Pakistan 'blasphemy lawyer' shot dead in Multan office
Gunmen in the Pakistani city of Multan have shot dead a lawyer defending a university lecturer accused of blasphemy, police and officials say.
Police said that Rashid Rehman was sitting in his office when he was shot. Two of his assistants were injured.
Allegations... |
8251401c0157605c68b61692aadb4c90 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-27338112 | Can Vietnamese comics win readers' hearts? | Can Vietnamese comics win readers' hearts?
A boy held captive in wooden stocks stares straight ahead, his gaze piercing. In the background, a woman sits on a hammock fanning herself.
The arresting image graces the cover of a new Vietnamese comic entitled Long Than Tuong - The Dragon General.
The image would not be out ... |
efb41e54ce596d0ca687a92e497c0811 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-27439456 | Indian election: Narendra Modi hails 'landmark' win | Indian election: Narendra Modi hails 'landmark' win
Incoming Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has hailed a "landmark" election victory by his BJP party.
Thanking supporters in his own constituency in his home state of Gujarat, Mr Modi said they had written a new chapter in the country's history.
Results show
the BJP... |
4f72d534826d56005a9b9e0f8d796e0d | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-27572726 | Thai coup: Leader Gen Prayuth receives royal endorsement | Thai coup: Leader Gen Prayuth receives royal endorsement
Thailand's military leader has received royal endorsement at a ceremony in the capital, Bangkok, after taking power in a coup last week.
Army chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha was formally appointed to run the nation at the army headquarters.
The 86-year-old monarch, K... |
bf9f74d217a0bf5ec65f695a4c375534 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-27654428 | Thailand troops deployed to prevent anti-coup protest | Thailand troops deployed to prevent anti-coup protest
Thousands of police and soldiers have been deployed around the Thai capital, Bangkok, to try to prevent anti-coup protesters from gathering.
Parts of the city centre have been blocked off to traffic, and train stations are closed.
Activists have been using social me... |
99c91cdccfc8193b6b305a91c22af47a | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-27669393 | Japan begins building Fukushima ice wall | Japan begins building Fukushima ice wall
The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant has begun work on a large underground ice wall to isolate toxic water it has produced.
The 1.5km (0.9 mile) wall will be made by inserting 1,550 pipes into the ground. Coolant circulating in the pipes will freeze the surro... |
9be79013b67ed4816f43b78ebe304f29 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-27761956 | Israel and Australia: New best mates? | Israel and Australia: New best mates?
Australia has a lot of best friends. Sometimes it's
Japan
. Sometimes it's
Indonesia
. Sometimes it's
China
.
Now, though, the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thinks he might have found a new best mate Down Under.
After a quick call to congratulate the new President of Eg... |
2876e46ee8d14b4d68757cbfe28e508e | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-27828432 | How rape and violence returned India to the headlines | How rape and violence returned India to the headlines
"We're doing all we can," protested the police officer, pinching his nose uncomfortably as he leaned closer to the crowd.
But sitting back with their arms folded, his audience of men and women from the village of Rajpur Milakh in Uttar Pradesh didn't seem convinced.... |
fd5f62068583cb5f5b7ae7f3533e5907 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-27976775 | Dismay in Australia as journalists are jailed in Egypt | Dismay in Australia as journalists are jailed in Egypt
In Australia, the jail sentences handed down to al-Jazeera's journalists have been greeted with shock and dismay.
For his parents Juris and Lois in Queensland, their six-month nightmare continues.
Peter Greste has been one of Australia's most decorated and high-pro... |
1c1719164c4d8e7ecce623c4bdc4c427 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-28086002 | Japan cabinet approves landmark military change | Japan cabinet approves landmark military change
Japan's cabinet has approved a landmark change in security policy, paving the way for its military to fight overseas.
Under its constitution, Japan is barred from using force to resolve conflicts except in cases of self-defence.
But a reinterpretation of the law will now ... |
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