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b776a6760cd186fee29a6b946b209928 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-28636126 | Conflicting claims over Thai surrogate baby case | Conflicting claims over Thai surrogate baby case
An Australian couple have denied abandoning a baby boy with Down's Syndrome, who was born to a surrogate mother in Thailand.
Pattharamon Chanbua, 21, was paid by the couple to have their child. But they took home only one baby when she had twins, leaving behind Gammy.
Th... |
60ce737c67b478419b23ad70a2899f55 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-28826352 | More found, two missing after Indonesia tourist boat sinks | More found, two missing after Indonesia tourist boat sinks
Two foreign tourists are still missing after a boat sank off the coast of eastern Indonesia on Saturday.
Twenty foreign tourists, an Indonesian guide and four crew were on board when the boat foundered near Sangeang Api, a volcanic island off Sumbawa.
Ten peopl... |
ae4d1560b16605c16674ad8346e38743 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-28933726 | Tepco to pay damages in Fukushima suicide case | Tepco to pay damages in Fukushima suicide case
A Japanese court has ordered the operator of the Fukushima nuclear plant to pay damages to the family of an evacuee who killed herself.
Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) will pay the family of Hamako Watanabe 49 million yen (£284,000, $472,000).
Ms Watanabe killed herse... |
ede134ad11717869708144e9467e2bd6 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-29392744 | Narendra Modi lawsuit revisits Gujarat riots on US visit | Narendra Modi lawsuit revisits Gujarat riots on US visit
The lawsuit charging India's Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi with
crimes against humanity during the 2002 Gujarat riots
was timed to cause maximum embarrassment during his five-day American charm offensive.
With US officials making clear Mr Modi ha... |
95e7f95a0935f721f8db6e71b6b3673c | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-30144182 | Sri Lanka election: Health chief to challenge Rajapaksa | Sri Lanka election: Health chief to challenge Rajapaksa
One of the most senior figures in the Sri Lankan government has announced that he is defecting to stand against President Mahinda Rajapaksa in forthcoming presidential elections.
Correspondents say the move by Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena is a major politi... |
6e24505118e291597e62f48767096215 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-30373877 | Xinjiang: Has China's crackdown on 'terrorism' worked? | Xinjiang: Has China's crackdown on 'terrorism' worked?
"Kashgar is not stable."
The words of a paramilitary police officer as he marched past me under the statue of Chairman Mao in China's westernmost city.
It was the answer to my question: "Why are there so many armoured trucks, so many armed officers, so many police ... |
7cbcca7f1b6f2e9e41ca22885d2a87cb | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-30491435 | Pakistan Taliban: Peshawar school attack leaves 141 dead | Pakistan Taliban: Peshawar school attack leaves 141 dead
Militants from the Pakistani Taliban have attacked an army-run school in Peshawar, killing 141 people, 132 of them children, the military say.
Officials say the attack in the north-western city is over, with all the attackers killed. Seven militants took part in ... |
56ad8cd907833986a945fcffa5f594e1 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-30616380 | Nato marks transition to new Afghanistan mission | Nato marks transition to new Afghanistan mission
Nato has formally ended its 13-year combat mission in Afghanistan - heralding the start of a new phase of support for local Afghan troops.
Commanders lowered the flag during a ceremony in Kabul - raising the flag of the new mission named Resolute Support.
"We have lifted... |
1254b2fb84b13e60b142cdcb54e62461 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-30738671 | Sri Lanka's Rajapaksa suffers shock election defeat | Sri Lanka's Rajapaksa suffers shock election defeat
Sri Lanka's long-time leader Mahinda Rajapaksa has been defeated in the presidential election.
Official results showed Maithripala Sirisena, a former ally of the incumbent, had won 51.3% of the vote.
Mr Rajapaksa, in office since 2005,
said on Twitter
he looked forwar... |
ef1723e4873e417fd89b61b68ae5c827 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-31311887 | Afghanistan's women's cyclists: The world's most unlikely sports team? | Afghanistan's women's cyclists: The world's most unlikely sports team?
Perhaps the world's most unlikely sporting team, Afghanistan's women cyclists train three times a week on unused roads on a plain north of the capital, Kabul.
They set out, carrying their cycles past open sewers, from a private house with a water pu... |
8219ca346606129a77755493164a94e4 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-32146849 | Could North Korea ever give up the bomb? | Could North Korea ever give up the bomb?
To state the obvious: North Korea is not Iran.
There are crucial differences which make defusing Kim Jong-un's nuclear ambitions much harder than removing those of the Iranian leadership.
Firstly, North Korea already has the bomb - and dismantling a machine which exists is a lot... |
911c7ee71c76171e98117f894634446c | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-32282967 | Sewol ferry disaster: Demands for answers go on | Sewol ferry disaster: Demands for answers go on
On 16 April 2014, a ferry capsized off South Korea's southern coast killing 304 people, mostly high school students, in one of South Korea's most high-profile maritime disasters. One year on, President Park Guen-hye has said the government will try to salvage the ship, bu... |
d795d748db5c3f5ebfed525b3b1a0fd7 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-32494628 | Nepal on 'war footing' as quarter of population hit by quake | Nepal on 'war footing' as quarter of population hit by quake
Nepal is "on a war footing" as it tries to help survivors following Saturday's earthquake, its prime minister says.
Sushil Koirala said the government was doing all it could but was overwhelmed.
The UN has estimated that eight million people have been affecte... |
eb4b502dc6b0f3021d9c4221121b7681 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-32671101 | North Korea 'test-fires submarine-launched missile' | North Korea 'test-fires submarine-launched missile'
North Korea says it has successfully tested a submarine-launched missile, which if confirmed would be a significant boost in its arsenal.
Analysts say North Korea has several nuclear warheads but this development would be an advance as submarine-fired devices are diff... |
7e15c4f432340cab918b38ae36006f35 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-32686354 | Lost New Zealand woman drinks breast milk 'to keep going' | Lost New Zealand woman drinks breast milk 'to keep going'
A New Zealand woman who was lost in a forest east of Wellington for 24 hours said she drank her own breast milk and covered herself in dirt to survive.
Susan O'Brien, 29, had taken a wrong turn during the Xterra race through Rimutaka Forest Park.
Authorities lau... |
70dd326be1badd9c172de372998ee59a | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-32701001 | Bangladesh blogger Ananta Bijoy Das hacked to death | Bangladesh blogger Ananta Bijoy Das hacked to death
A secular blogger has been hacked to death in north-eastern Bangladesh in the country's third such deadly attack since the start of the year.
Ananta Bijoy Das was attacked by masked men with machetes in Sylhet, police say. He is said to have received death threats fro... |
fad1f04c660a59b6f563ba3cc3e8283c | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-32766748 | Myanmar denies responsibility for migrant boat crisis | Myanmar denies responsibility for migrant boat crisis
Myanmar's government has said it is not responsible for the migrant boat crisis in south-east Asia, and may not attend an emergency summit on the issue.
Thousands of migrants from Bangladesh and Myanmar are feared stranded in boats in the Andaman Sea after their cre... |
f58102167d84eb87e5075a680b24b987 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-33130231 | Nepal earthquake: Damaged historic sites reopened | Nepal earthquake: Damaged historic sites reopened
Nepal has reopened many of the heritage sites in the Kathmandu valley to the public, in a bid to attract tourists after April's devastating earthquake.
Among them was Kathmandu's historic Durbar Square or "noble court", which was badly damaged.
Unesco has raised some co... |
6684d475b3f86fd96fef3a8e0ef1b3de | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-33745611 | MtGox bitcoin chief Mark Karpeles arrested in Japan | MtGox bitcoin chief Mark Karpeles arrested in Japan
Japanese police have arrested the CEO of the failed company MtGox, which was once the world's biggest exchange of the virtual currency, bitcoin.
Mark Karpeles, 30, is being held in connection with the loss of bitcoins worth $387m (£247m, €351m) last February.
He is su... |
1a256ff79b5369c68afcd2c24cd0e611 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-33951718 | Indonesian plane missing over Papua region | Indonesian plane missing over Papua region
An Indonesian passenger plane with 54 people on board is missing in Papua region, officials have said.
The Trigana Air flight took off from the regional capital Jayapura for Oksibil in the south at 14:21 local time (05:21GMT), but contract was lost.
Villagers from Okbape, arou... |
c13970f93bfefc5c83ccaf944ba86af8 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-34287385 | Gunmen attack Pakistan air force base in Peshawar | Gunmen attack Pakistan air force base in Peshawar
Taliban militants have killed at least 29 people in an attack on an air force base in the northern city of Peshawar, Pakistani officials say.
The gunmen, dressed in police uniforms, stormed the Badaber air base on Friday morning, Maj Gen Asim Bajwa said.
At least 16 of ... |
b3dea9abb0c67d4d07fa0401abab0ebd | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-34387854 | Taliban selfies: Why militants posed for photos in Kunduz | Taliban selfies: Why militants posed for photos in Kunduz
The Afghan Taliban long ago perfected the art of propaganda. But as BBC Afghan's Mohammad Zahid explains, Monday's assault on Kunduz gave them the opportunity to show themselves in real time mingling on the streets.
As much as
prisoners rushing out of unlocked j... |
a5650484ecd1572e957e6672bec16d5a | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-34387945 | New Zealand to turn Kermadec into vast marine reserve | New Zealand to turn Kermadec into vast marine reserve
New Zealand has revealed plans to turn an area of the South Pacific about the size of France into a marine reserve.
The Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary lies north of the mainland and includes a chain of islands and underwater volcanoes.
Prime Minister John Key made the ann... |
432baa0d23e79c0e9268a6278798a199 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-34406648 | Taliban triumph in capture of Kunduz | Taliban triumph in capture of Kunduz
Capturing Kunduz was the most important victory for the Afghan Taliban since their regime was ousted by US-led forces in late 2001.
It was the first provincial capital to end up in Taliban hands since the invasion.
The fall of Kunduz, however fleeting, represents a win-win for the ... |
368f7d86c79e53ef02aea7ae4a56c201 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-34409419 | Afghan forces' Kunduz fightback in pictures | Afghan forces' Kunduz fightback in pictures
Afghan government forces claim they have recaptured most of Kunduz, but there are reports of sporadic gunfire as the Taliban fight back.
The militants first seized the city early on Monday, pushing security forces back to the airport, from where they had to call on US air str... |
f04899d02c51a9f2aa291df776197cb9 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-34411477 | Syria: What can Russia's military do? | Syria: What can Russia's military do?
This is the first Russian military operation beyond the boundaries of the former Soviet Union since the end of the Cold War.
But the US and its coalition partners have already conducted more than 7,000 air strikes in Syria and Iraq against the so-called Islamic State (IS). And even... |
e242060041702e35c32af51b1a1b5dd4 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-34600551 | Myanmar elite 'profits from $31bn jade trade' | Myanmar elite 'profits from $31bn jade trade'
Jade mining companies connected to the army in Myanmar may have carried out "the biggest natural resources heist in modern history", say transparency campaigners Global Witness.
Their report
claims jade valued at a staggering almost $31bn (£20bn) was extracted from Burmese ... |
eb2c2249faabb905595add3d37e3c55f | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-34671504 | South China Sea: Hague panel can rule on Philippines-China dispute | South China Sea: Hague panel can rule on Philippines-China dispute
An international arbitration panel has ruled that it can hear a case brought by the Philippines in its territorial dispute with China, involving a group of islands in the South China Sea.
The Permanent Court of Arbitration, based in The Hague, rejected ... |
869fd05fe891e3ee7cefd68480332990 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-35051628 | Viewpoint: How Peshawar massacre changed Pakistan | Viewpoint: How Peshawar massacre changed Pakistan
The year 2015 has been a make-or-break for Pakistan - and no question has been bigger than whether to talk to militants or crush them.
The determining event that led to a dramatic change of policy by both the military and the civilian government was the 16 December 2014... |
ebb9a9341109472b3869b561918eb179 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-35167983 | Afghanistan: Sangin almost entirely in Taliban hands | Afghanistan: Sangin almost entirely in Taliban hands
Latest reports from southern Afghanistan suggest that Sangin district in Helmand province is now almost entirely under Taliban control after days of fierce fighting.
The police headquarters and the main government building fell to the Taliban on Wednesday, a local se... |
32af96fed776ee9a342ae496194868ef | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-35186892 | Organisers of Iglesias Sri Lanka gig 'should be whipped' | Organisers of Iglesias Sri Lanka gig 'should be whipped'
Sri Lanka's president says the organisers of an Enrique Iglesias gig should be whipped as punishment over the behaviour of some female fans.
Maithripala Sirisena said scenes of local women running on stage to kiss the singer and throwing their underwear at him, w... |
73e50a1f66a9c9fd61b0398d11efe8e0 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-35188135 | Japan and South Korea agree WW2 'comfort women' deal | Japan and South Korea agree WW2 'comfort women' deal
Japan and South Korea have agreed to settle the issue of "comfort women" forced to work in Japanese brothels during World War Two, in their first such deal since 1965.
Japan has apologised and will pay 1bn yen ($8.3m, £5.6m) - the amount South Korea asked for - to fu... |
39a2c2258c9a674d5c00e166c716c94e | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-35345872 | Pakistan unblocks access to YouTube | Pakistan unblocks access to YouTube
Pakistan has unblocked the video sharing site, YouTube, more than three years after it was banned for posting a video deemed insulting to Islam.
Pakistan's telecoms regulator said the ban was no longer necessary because Google, which owns YouTube, had now launched a Pakistan-specific... |
36a7f4bef51ba5b569eacf3ea9a5bd78 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-35508475 | Deadly earthquake topples buildings in Taiwan city of Tainan | Deadly earthquake topples buildings in Taiwan city of Tainan
An earthquake has toppled buildings in the south Taiwanese city of Tainan, killing at least 11 people.
The magnitude 6.4 quake struck just before 04:00 (20:00 GMT Friday) when most people were at home asleep.
A baby was among at least four people killed when ... |
0b2c54aecced6aa4e341825fffa26374 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-35516199 | North Korea rocket launch: Why did Kim fire missile now? | North Korea rocket launch: Why did Kim fire missile now?
North Korea said the rocket it launched on the morning of 7 February was to put a satellite into orbit around the earth.
Some reports said the payload of the missile fired could be as large as 500kg (1,100lbs), many times the size of the Unha 3 missile payload pu... |
5a6d7d0f7ef624b80aaa0184c880f4aa | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-35519749 | Myanmar speculation mounts over Suu Kyi 'president move' | Myanmar speculation mounts over Suu Kyi 'president move'
The Burmese parliament has announced it will begin electing a new president on 17 March.
The delay comes amid a transition of power from the military-controlled government to the party of former political prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi.
No official reason has been giv... |
37a58622b9fc91e9df8ac21cba2cac97 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-35710969 | Emirates A380 from Dubai to NZ makes longest non-stop flight | Emirates A380 from Dubai to NZ makes longest non-stop flight
An Emirates Airbus A380 jet has made what is believed to be the current longest non-stop scheduled commercial flight by distance.
The plane covered about 14,200km (8,824 miles) when it touched down in Auckland, New Zealand on Wednesday.
It was expected to be ... |
9198b0efe310ddf316a415bf9aee9d42 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-35724422 | What impact will S Korea's expanded missile defence system have? | What impact will S Korea's expanded missile defence system have?
The verbal threats from the North Korean leadership - and its recent nuclear and missile tests - have prompted a fundamental rethink in its southern neighbour.
The long-standing hopes that Pyongyang might eventually be induced to give up its nuclear weapo... |
a079b34c664c7104abc15714314b9515 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-35949749 | Vietnam police chief Tran Dai Quang sworn in as president | Vietnam police chief Tran Dai Quang sworn in as president
Vietnam's police chief, Tran Dai Quang, has been sworn in as the communist country's president.
Mr Quang, 59, has been head of the ministry of public security, which has been the focus of Western criticism of the nation's human rights record.
He had been nominat... |
8b980b22470bfab36e9b1d5b92f40200 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-35987069 | Myanmar political prisoners to be freed - Aung San Suu Kyi | Myanmar political prisoners to be freed - Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi says her new government in Myanmar will work towards freeing all remaining political prisoners within the next two weeks.
It is her first announcement in her new role as "state counsellor", a position similar to prime minister.
She is barred fr... |
90733edcbfba5948de4c4ff1dc49243a | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-36297583 | Philippines: Duterte vows to bring back death penalty | Philippines: Duterte vows to bring back death penalty
Philippine President-elect Rodrigo Duterte said he will seek to return the death penalty, in his first comments to reporters since last week's election.
He added that he would also seek to give security forces shoot-to-kill powers for suspects who evade arrest and t... |
3a29787959ae8719ce1a89a5dd2105d0 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-36462026 | Bangladesh home minister suggests Israel behind spate of killings | Bangladesh home minister suggests Israel behind spate of killings
Bangladesh Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has suggested an Israeli link to the recent killings of secular bloggers and minorities.
He said an opposition politician had met an Israeli intelligence agent and there was evidence of an "international conspira... |
4ed02862a43d843eb7ab2ce725c4920c | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-36486970 | Pakistani MQM linked to 'dozens of UK bank accounts' | Pakistani MQM linked to 'dozens of UK bank accounts'
UK police documents obtained by the BBC list more than 70 London bank accounts related to a Pakistani party being investigated for money-laundering.
Twenty-six are in the name of MQM leader Altaf Hussain. UK-based party officials are waiting to hear if they will face... |
0dd775d7664566801167d5a7cb03a061 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-36734167 | Bangladesh attack kills four near huge Eid gathering | Bangladesh attack kills four near huge Eid gathering
Militants have attacked police guarding the largest Eid gathering in Bangladesh, throwing homemade bombs and launching a gun attack.
About 300,000 people had gathered for Eid prayers at the Sholakia field in Kishoreganj district when the attack on a security checkpoi... |
18e21d29e4603750c0249cd1701d7aab | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-36890655 | Japan knife attack: 19 killed at care centre in Sagamihara | Japan knife attack: 19 killed at care centre in Sagamihara
Nineteen residents have been killed in a knife attack at a care centre for people with mental disabilities in the Japanese city of Sagamihara.
Such attacks are extremely rare in Japan - the incident is the worst mass killing in decades.
Police have arrested a m... |
526bbe3761ff3f18aef271f41de104f3 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-36961395 | North Korea fires ballistic missile into Japanese waters | North Korea fires ballistic missile into Japanese waters
North Korea has test-fired a ballistic missile which landed in Japanese waters, South Korea and Japan say.
The missile was launched off the North's east coast early on Wednesday and travelled about 1,000km (620 miles), one of the North's longest launches to date.... |
c61e78a6b732a80e9a05319265dcbff0 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-37030696 | North Korean athlete selfie: What happens next? | North Korean athlete selfie: What happens next?
Pictures of a North and South Korean gymnast taking a selfie at the Olympics prompted many of you on the BBC's social media sites to ask whether Hong Un-jong would face punishment for fraternising with the enemy. But as North Korea analyst and sports fan Michael Madden ex... |
b0960a80f919dfed9e5e0c4802bdb7c6 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-37103648 | Olympic pole vault penis claim denied by Japan athlete Hiroki Ogita | Olympic pole vault penis claim denied by Japan athlete Hiroki Ogita
Japanese pole vaulter Hiroki Ogita has described his bewilderment after reports his penis had prevented him from progressing in the Rio Olympics went viral.
A video of the athlete hitting the bar with what looked to some like his penis under his shorts... |
82d8651c6766b6768dc8b22cea54e98d | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-37207973 | Philippines: IS-linked Maute group inmates freed in 'raid' | Philippines: IS-linked Maute group inmates freed in 'raid'
Eight suspected militants linked to so-called Islamic State (IS) have been freed from jail in the Philippines in an apparently "staged raid".
Police said at least 20 fighters from the Maute group had turned up at the Lanao del Sur jail in the southern city of M... |
469d920a237ffda4f4458c3c38207500 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-37227682 | Zika: Singapore urges tests for pregnant women with symptoms | Zika: Singapore urges tests for pregnant women with symptoms
Singapore is advising all pregnant women with symptoms associated with Zika, to be tested for the virus.
The city-state has now confirmed 82 locally transmitted cases of Zika, a mosquito-borne virus linked to severe birth defects.
It has initiated a drive to ... |
bffe186137849ac2aa97263fe155aa0b | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-37327033 | Bangladesh factory fire: At least 23 killed in Tongi | Bangladesh factory fire: At least 23 killed in Tongi
At least 23 people have been killed in a huge fire that broke out at a packaging factory in Bangladesh.
A further 70 people are reported to have been injured in the blaze at an industrial complex in Tongi, north of the capital Dhaka.
Police said about 100 people were... |
87ee09cf14838e774d31589d78d547ec | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-37402183 | World's oldest fish hooks found in Japanese island cave | World's oldest fish hooks found in Japanese island cave
Archaeologists have found the world's oldest fish hooks in a cave on the Japanese island of Okinawa.
The pair, dating from about 23,000 years ago, were carved from sea snail shells and found with other ancient relics,
according to a paper
.
It is thought humans in... |
e81cd52bc9f1eba650626edc3a077bc9 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-37757914 | Quetta attack: Militants kill dozens at Balochistan Police College | Quetta attack: Militants kill dozens at Balochistan Police College
At least 59 cadets and guards have been killed in an attack by militants on a police college in the Pakistani city of Quetta, officials say.
Three militants wearing suicide bomb vests entered the college late on Monday, reportedly taking hostages.
A maj... |
1b0ef69d52a86a0021ff6548128c2d13 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-38178764 | Mass prayer rally in Jakarta against governor 'Ahok' | Mass prayer rally in Jakarta against governor 'Ahok'
At least 200,000 conservative Muslims have gathered for Friday prayers and to protest against Jakarta's governor, at a rally in the Indonesian capital.
Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, better known as "Ahok", is accused of insulting Islam during election campaigning.
On Wedne... |
7d6c30e483669c179b80497a989011d4 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-38793008 | Philippines to suspend drug war to clean up 'corrupt' police | Philippines to suspend drug war to clean up 'corrupt' police
Philippine police are suspending their controversial war on drugs until after the "corrupt" police force has been "cleansed".
Police Chief Ronald dela Rosa said on Monday that anti-drug units would be dissolved.
It comes after the murder of a South Korean bus... |
6b2bc8b969158a90e5f14f0e9d763446 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-38899942 | Vatican defends China invite to organ trafficking summit | Vatican defends China invite to organ trafficking summit
The Vatican has defended its decision to invite China to a conference on organ trafficking despite its record of using executed inmates as organ donors.
The head of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences (PAS) admitted he did not know whether the practice was continu... |
fed3a5a176822b60572c02b97eed5726 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-39040907 | Japan zoo kills 57 snow monkeys due to 'alien genes' | Japan zoo kills 57 snow monkeys due to 'alien genes'
A zoo in northern Japan has culled 57 of its snow monkeys by lethal injection after discovering they carried the genes of an "invasive alien species".
Takagoyama Nature Zoo in Chiba said DNA testing showed the monkeys had been crossbred with the rhesus macaque.
The n... |
9ffc322fc938b88d6d5a79c33c5b6447 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-39048796 | Kim Jong-nam: Main players in mysterious killing | Kim Jong-nam: Main players in mysterious killing
The killing of the North Korean leader's half brother, Kim Jong-nam, in Kuala Lumpur airport spawned a massive police investigation and a diplomatic row involving a large cast of characters. The BBC takes a look at the main players in the web of intrigue surrounding his ... |
2966e89743385c40f8b1391b294db3eb | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-39073837 | Kim Jong-nam: How N Korea could have used potent VX to kill | Kim Jong-nam: How N Korea could have used potent VX to kill
Malaysian authorities have identified the substance that killed Kim Jong-nam at Kuala Lumpur airport as VX, which is classified as a weapon of mass destruction. Bruce Bennett, a defence expert with the Rand Corporation, dissects how this could have happened.
V... |
b0f40bcf35cb8f69e05b859b095ba521 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-39191868 | North Waziristan: What happened after militants lost the battle? | North Waziristan: What happened after militants lost the battle?
For over a decade the inaccessible and mountainous tribal area of North Waziristan was home to a swirling array of violent jihadists.
The Pakistan and Afghan Taliban movements, al-Qaeda and less well-known militant outfits such as the Haqqani Network used... |
2fa3e3d33863077b6dc011dc8c1db648 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-39253143 | Anger over UK ship's damage to pristine reef | Anger over UK ship's damage to pristine reef
Two weeks ago, a British-owned cruise ship accidentally ran aground in one of Indonesia's most pristine coral reefs, causing extensive damage. For local people, who rely on dive tourism, it is a sad and worrying time.
"I was born here, I was in tears when I saw this damage,"... |
2ab35ba590439272f54bdfd6edbb3315 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-39253263 | David Taylor, Sara Connor jailed for killing Bali policeman | David Taylor, Sara Connor jailed for killing Bali policeman
British man David Taylor has been jailed for six years for killing a policeman on the Indonesian holiday island of Bali.
Taylor, 34, and originally from Halifax, was found guilty of hitting Wayan Sudarsa with a bottle on the popular Kuta beach last August.
Hi... |
47b968302b745539966768904bbb6f42 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-39275826 | Mid-flight slumber cut short by exploding headphones | Mid-flight slumber cut short by exploding headphones
Australian authorities have warned about the dangers of using battery-powered devices on flights after a woman's headphones caught fire.
The woman was dozing on a flight from Beijing to Melbourne when she was woken by the sound of an explosion while she listened to m... |
2012d65643a49a87a7729d561ad48680 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-39335211 | Ousted S Korean President Park Geun-hye questioned for 14 hours | Ousted S Korean President Park Geun-hye questioned for 14 hours
Ousted South Korean President Park Geun-hye is expected to be released by prosecutors after a 14-hour interrogation over a corruption scandal that brought her down.
Ms Park denied all charges on Tuesday,
Yonhap news agency reported
, citing sources.
She co... |
9b650a1e8fa3a6577dfe51a638a1b3db | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-39749670 | North Korea crisis: Rex Tillerson urges international response | North Korea crisis: Rex Tillerson urges international response
The US Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, has called on the rest of the world to help force North Korea to give up its nuclear ambitions.
Speaking to the UN Security Council, he called on China in particular to leverage its trade links as influence.
But the... |
643b1876226d915b471f5d29b8176604 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-39961749 | The princess, the palace and the shrinking royal line | The princess, the palace and the shrinking royal line
When the Japanese emperor's granddaughter marries law firm employee Kei Komuro next year, her life will undergo a dramatic change.
Princess Mako, 25, will lose her title and leave the cloistered imperial household to live with her husband in the outside world.
She w... |
e5313688ef1ba1d2b00bb66549482f6f | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-40128846 | Studio Ghibli to open 'Totoro' theme park in Japan | Studio Ghibli to open 'Totoro' theme park in Japan
Japanese animation giant Studio Ghibli has unveiled plans for a theme park to open in 2020.
The 200-hectare site will be built in Nagoya city, in Aichi prefecture, said Governor Hideaki Omura on Thursday at a press conference.
The park will be based on the popular film... |
d9b297546baebe03f6c081a7cc556461 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-40256083 | Myanmar: Top UN official in Myanmar to be changed | Myanmar: Top UN official in Myanmar to be changed
The United Nations has confirmed that its top official in Myanmar is being moved from her position.
Diplomatic and aid community sources in Yangon told the BBC the decision was linked to Renata Lok-Dessallien's failure to prioritise human rights.
In particular, this ref... |
5079179322f0b77d5123675c14832955 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-40269546 | North Korea's prisons: How harsh are conditions? | North Korea's prisons: How harsh are conditions?
There is no doubt that North Korea treats its prisoners harshly.
When outsiders are arrested, they are often sentenced to hard labour, and that's exactly what it is - compounded by the severe oppression of isolation and helplessness.
The BBC knows of one former prisoner ... |
7e6c69bb03ceb275c5cd04a0f01b0129 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-40404529 | North Korea refuses Olympic offer from South | North Korea refuses Olympic offer from South
North Korea has rejected an offer from the South to form a unified team for next year's Winter Olympics.
South Korea's new President Moon Jae-in backed proposals for a collaboration after it was suggested by sports minister Do Jong-hwan.
But North Korean International Olympi... |
41fb9e075eeb93e63820782a385373b6 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-40724397 | Divorcee destroys ex's $1m violin collection in Japan | Divorcee destroys ex's $1m violin collection in Japan
Divorces are known to break a heart or two but in one case in Japan, an extra 54 violins were left in tatters.
A woman has been arrested for destroying her former partner's violin collection and 70 bows, together worth 105.9m yen ($950,700, £770,000).
The 34-year-ol... |
4276bbf4ab29d5d37b0bdca001c4139b | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-40749205 | Pakistan braces for Panama Papers verdict on PM Nawaz Sharif | Pakistan braces for Panama Papers verdict on PM Nawaz Sharif
Pakistan is bracing itself for a landmark court verdict that could see Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif forced to resign over corruption allegations.
It follows an investigation into
his family's wealth
after the 2015 Panama Papers dump linked
Mr Sharif's children... |
09e19aaf6b0b39f9e663154633a76796 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-40882877 | North Korea-US tensions: How worried should you be? | North Korea-US tensions: How worried should you be?
The US president has threatened to "totally destroy" North Korea if his country is forced to defend itself or its allies.
North Korea has conducted its sixth nuclear test, threatened to fire off missiles towards the US island territory of Guam and said it might test a... |
2b4bd77309edd297ce9c94db056743f7 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-40927163 | I am 70: The shopkeeper who lived through Kashmir's wars | I am 70: The shopkeeper who lived through Kashmir's wars
As India and Pakistan celebrate 70 years since their creation as sovereign states, the BBC's M Ilyas Khan meets a Kashmiri shopkeeper who was born at the same time as Pakistan.
The story of Mohammad Younus Butt is the story of Neelum Valley - a narrow river valle... |
3b6cbe2a7f906ad3807d649f1aaf8a6c | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41120738 | North Korea tourism: US travel ban takes effect | North Korea tourism: US travel ban takes effect
A US ban on its citizens travelling to North Korea has come into effect, at a time of heightened tensions over North Korean missile launches.
The new rule
was announced
after US student Otto Warmbier died after being released from prison in North Korea.
The State Departme... |
bb971fc73e4991f357783bf520f44bad | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41228181 | Nine charts which tell you all you need to know about North Korea | Nine charts which tell you all you need to know about North Korea
As North Korea and the United States continue to trade threats, we have little idea how the war of words is perceived to the people of North Korea because the regime of Kim Jong-un maintains an iron grip over the population, carefully controlling access ... |
f9bb69c41aed40b40bd7f0d0ff6fc23a | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41279292 | Manila district police force removed after teen deaths | Manila district police force removed after teen deaths
The entire police force in part of the Philippine capital is to be relieved of duty, after the controversial deaths of three teenagers.
Manila police chief Oscar Albayalde said 1,200 officers from the Caloocan district would be retrained and then assigned to other ... |
3a8f61dbbb9ad8a012b1b6f347f3d43c | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41566561?utm_campaign=OSINT%20and%20Internet%20Dumpster%20Diving%20by%20Stu&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletter | Myanmar Rohingya: What you need to know about the crisis | Myanmar Rohingya: What you need to know about the crisis
In August 2017, a deadly crackdown by Myanmar's army on Rohingya Muslims sent hundreds of thousands fleeing across the border into Bangladesh.
They risked everything to escape by sea or on foot a military offensive which the United Nations later described as a "t... |
bb3e73f51dad721bedc598a228437ff8 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41649682 | Afghanistan Taliban twin attacks kill dozens | Afghanistan Taliban twin attacks kill dozens
Suicide bombers and gunmen have stormed a police training centre in the eastern Afghan city of Gardez, killing at least 41 people.
Some 110 civilians and 48 police were injured. The interior ministry said the local police chief was among the dead.
The Taliban said it was beh... |
6f6df0018f61825797eae5020b065192 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41965080 | San Francisco shipwreck: Divers find 'cannonball clue' | San Francisco shipwreck: Divers find 'cannonball clue'
A team of underwater archaeologists believe they have found a cannonball from a Spanish ship that sank in a storm off Japan in 1609.
The San Francisco was travelling from the Philippines to Mexico when it sank.
The galleon was believed to be carrying valuable trade... |
18b65eb4b6297833677b73a5aa6a1055 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42007557 | Cambodia's first ice skating team chases Winter Olympic dream | Cambodia's first ice skating team chases Winter Olympic dream
As temperatures in Phnom Penh reach the mid-30s C (90s F), ice machine driver Khiev Panha laces up a pair of figure skates and takes to the ice.
Watched by a small crowd of Cambodians huddled around the sides of their country's only ice rink, Panha skates co... |
f3903dec67289ca98151840a4da808b3 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42435798 | North Korea defection: Warning shots as soldier crosses border to South | North Korea defection: Warning shots as soldier crosses border to South
South Korea's military has fired warning shots at North Korean guards searching for a soldier who defected.
The North Korean soldier had walked across the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) shortly after 08:00 (23:00 GMT Wednesday).
He had emerged from thick... |
1f25cbf0f8299998748a56d2c98705a2 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42616982 | North Korea's cheerleading charm offensive | North Korea's cheerleading charm offensive
North Korea on Tuesday announced that it would be sending a delegation to this year's Winter Olympic Games in South Korea, including a team of cheerleaders.
Though a cheerleading squad may not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of North Korea, they have playe... |
4a0c94623f82f8abb521633598d79acc | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42850624 | Kabul mourns 100 dead after ambulance bomb | Kabul mourns 100 dead after ambulance bomb
More than 100 people are now known to have been killed in a suicide bombing on Saturday in Kabul.
Attackers drove an ambulance past a police checkpoint to get to a crowded street in a district full of government buildings and embassies.
Afghanistan's government has declared a ... |
255f7fbab7fd8eb210835c4493a05727 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42999499 | Bangkok woman killed taking selfie on train tracks | Bangkok woman killed taking selfie on train tracks
A woman has been killed while taking a selfie with a friend on a train track in Thailand.
A friend said they had been drinking and decided "to take a photo with the train" but did not see an approaching train on the other track, police said.
The woman, 24, had her leg ... |
c2997270144775cdaa383c18216d9794 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-43334320 | Trump and North Korea talks: The political gamble of the 21st Century | Trump and North Korea talks: The political gamble of the 21st Century
South Korean leader Moon Jae-in is either a diplomatic genius or a communist set on destroying his country and US President Donald Trump is either a master of brinkmanship or a pawn in a more devious game - depending on who you speak to.
But it is th... |
5b439dfa38bf1ea7323980bfbbece845 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-43368110 | 'No response' yet from North Korea on talks with the US | 'No response' yet from North Korea on talks with the US
South Korea says it has not received a response from Pyongyang on a summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump.
In a surprise development, Mr Trump on Friday accepted North Korea's invitation to direct talks.
South Korean official... |
f38ea6d1d829fe5ff0b1fe1027369d41 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-43369179 | Nepal air crash: 49 dead as plane veers off Kathmandu runway | Nepal air crash: 49 dead as plane veers off Kathmandu runway
A plane carrying 71 passengers and crew has crashed on landing at Nepal's Kathmandu airport, killing 49 people, according to police.
Rescuers pulled bodies from the charred wreckage of the plane, operated by Bangladeshi airline US-Bangla, after a raging fire ... |
584333b44630b9be4e53980bff7157c7 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-43533138 | Russia and Taliban deny US claims of working together | Russia and Taliban deny US claims of working together
Russia and the Taliban have separately rejected comments made by the head of US forces in Afghanistan that Moscow has been supporting, and even supplying weapons to, the insurgent group.
Gen John Nicholson told the BBC last week he had seen "destabilising activity b... |
b2f31e2a9120cd872f4233940cc4720f | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-43550938 | Spy poisoning: Nato expels Russian diplomats | Spy poisoning: Nato expels Russian diplomats
Nato is expelling seven Russian diplomats in response to a nerve agent attack in the UK.
The international security organisation's chief said the move would send a message to Russia that there are "costs and consequences" for its behaviour.
Twenty-six countries have expelled... |
ef64776506f745c96c2b48c0596477d4 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-43578604 | Malala Yousafzai returns to Pakistan for first time since shooting | Malala Yousafzai returns to Pakistan for first time since shooting
Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai has returned to Pakistan for the first time since being shot by Taliban militants.
Ms Yousafzai, now aged 20 and a vocal human rights activist, was shot in the head by a gunman for campaigning for female educati... |
53441beb78da04948e5469d27acd3689 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-43614400 | China hits back with tariffs on US imports worth $3bn | China hits back with tariffs on US imports worth $3bn
China has imposed tariffs of up to 25% on 128 US imports, including pork and wine, after US President Donald Trump raised duties on foreign steel and aluminium imports in March.
The tariffs affecting some $3bn (£2.1bn) of imports kick in on Monday.
Beijing said the ... |
b72b06a2f546c1474bc1938dfd6b095e | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-43901821 | Diplomacy on the menu: How food can shape politics | Diplomacy on the menu: How food can shape politics
From caviar chosen in bad taste to presidents throwing up, food has over the years played a considerable part in diplomatic get-togethers.
World leaders and politicians often work long hours, negotiate difficult situations, spend a lot of time talking to people and may... |
ea4b1249c180d39a9929c0fb9cd00a26 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-43903155 | Kim Jong-un to meet Moon Jae-in at Korean border for summit | Kim Jong-un to meet Moon Jae-in at Korean border for summit
Kim Jong-un is set to become the first North Korean leader to cross into South Korean territory since the end of the Korean War in 1953, as final details are put in place for the summit.
South Korea said President Moon Jae-in would personally meet Mr Kim at th... |
046ef70fbf668c34e84c30347a50c379 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-43983719 | North Korea-US talks: Who are North Korea's American detainees? | North Korea-US talks: Who are North Korea's American detainees?
Three Americans detained in North Korea are on their way home after being released in what is likely to be a goodwill gesture ahead of unprecedented talks between the leaders of US and North Korea.
US President Donald Trump tweeted: "I am pleased to inform... |
0fa7e5e0e8227e82aa7742dcfafe0fd5 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-44036178 | Malaysia election: Opposition scores historic victory | Malaysia election: Opposition scores historic victory
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has scored a historic victory in the general election.
At the age of 92, Mr Mahathir defeated the Barisan Nasional coalition, which has been in power 60 years.
He had come out of retirement to take on his former prote... |
0231dc14cd03be940f98c6a8fd2343a4 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-44239582 | A war of nerves between Pakistan's military and Sharif | A war of nerves between Pakistan's military and Sharif
Pakistan's oldest and most prestigious newspaper, Dawn, is feeling the squeeze, weeks before a general election.
Its distribution remains suspended across large parts of urban Pakistan that are controlled by the army's real estate giant, the Defence Housing Authori... |
8fabf42ff86f85dee1eb1a762b74161f | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-44900507 | Singapore personal data hack hits 1.5m, health authority says | Singapore personal data hack hits 1.5m, health authority says
Hackers have stolen personal data in Singapore belonging to some 1.5 million people, or about a quarter of the population, officials say.
They broke into the government health database in a "deliberate, targeted and well-planned" attack, according to a gover... |
9af774414441011604542893fa12e61d | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-45127964 | New Zealand man admits secretly filming 34 women in shower | New Zealand man admits secretly filming 34 women in shower
A New Zealand man has pleaded guilty to filming 34 women at his guesthouse with covert cameras in shampoo bottles.
The man from Hawke's Bay, North Island - who has not been named to protect his wife - made 219 secret recordings from December 2017 to February 20... |
1a48c81f6af70d7c55aa4b1baead1c7d | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-45161909 | Taliban attack on Afghan city of Ghazni rages for third day | Taliban attack on Afghan city of Ghazni rages for third day
A Taliban attack on Ghazni has continued for a third day - with intense fighting and conflicting claims over who controls the Afghan city.
Mohammad Sharif Yaftali, the Afghan army's chief-of-staff, said the strategic city was not under threat of falling into t... |
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