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$Sunil Kumar Nandeshwar, captain of the MV Wakashio, a bulk carrier ship that recently ran aground off the southeast coast of Mauritius, is seen outside the courthouse in Port Louis Tuesday Aug. 18, 2020. Nandeshwar who is from India, was charged with \endangering safe navigation\ and is in custody pending a bail hearing next week. (AP Photo)$ World

Indian captain of Japanese ship arrested over Mauritius oil spill

Sunil Kumar Nandeshwar, captain of MV Wakashio, charged with endangering safe navigation and is in custody pending a...

19 Aug 2020 11:07 AM IST

Smoke rises from a rocket attack during Independence Day celebrations at the Defense Ministry in Kabul, Afghanistan. AP photo

Mortar shells strike Kabul as Afghans mark Independence Day

No militant group claimed responsibility for the attack and there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage

18 Aug 2020 1:23 PM IST

$People wearing face masks to protect against the coronavirus walk past a propaganda banner reading \Actively participate in volunteer service\ in Beijing. (AP)$ World

Taiwan to step up efforts to prevent Chinese spies settling

Taiwan has offered to welcome Hongkongers who wish to settle there after China's imposition of the controversial...

17 Aug 2020 12:22 PM IST

Pro-democracy activist and human rights lawyer Arnon Nampha, center, and student leaders walk to a police station in anticipation of arrest after a protest rally at Democracy Monument in Bangkok, Thailand. (AP)

Campus-based Thai protest movement extends reach to streets

The movement had already declared three core demands: new elections, constitution amendment and ending intimidation of...

17 Aug 2020 11:03 AM IST

Pro-democracy protesters stand in front of a police line during a rally Sunday. (AP)

Tensions rise in Thailand ahead of fresh pro-democracy protest

Thailand has seen near-daily demonstrations for the past month by student-led groups denouncing Premier Prayut...

16 Aug 2020 3:33 PM IST

People wearing face masks hold umbrellas in the rain in Seoul, South Korea. (AP)

South Korea reports largest jump in new coronavirus cases since March

Authorities have been struggling to stem transmissions linked to churches, nursery homes, schools, restaurants and...

16 Aug 2020 10:20 AM IST

Visitors in Japanese Imperial army and navy uniforms walk near Yasukuni Shrine, which honors Japans war dead. (AP)

Japan marks 75th anniversary of war end, PM Abe stays silent on...

Abe has increasingly sought to whitewash Japan's brutal past since taking office in December 2012

16 Aug 2020 9:48 AM IST

Public officials disinfect a church as a precaution against the coronavirus in Seoul, South Korea. (AP)

South Korea fears infections getting out of control

With 103 new cases reported Friday, this is the first time since late March that the daily increase surpassed 100 two...

15 Aug 2020 11:05 AM IST

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaking during a meeting of the ruling Workers Party of Korea (WPK) in Pyongyang. (via AFP)

North Korea lifts lockdown in city, rejects flood, virus aid

Experts say the COVID-19 crisis likely thwarted some of Kim's major economic goals by forcing the country into a...

14 Aug 2020 11:26 AM IST

A bus is submerged in floodwaters following heavy rains in Paju, South Korea. (AP)

North Korea nuclear reactor site threatened by recent flooding: US...

Korean peninsula has been hammered by one of the longest rainy spells in recent history with floods and landslides...

13 Aug 2020 12:33 PM IST

People hold up copies of the Apple Daily as they protest for press freedom inside a mall in Hong Kong on August 11, 2020, a day after authorities conducted a search of the newspapers headquarters after the companys founder Jimmy Lai was arrested under the new national security law. (AFP)

Hong Kong residents are mass buying Apple Daily newspaper to support...

The public show of support came a day after police arrested HK's the pro-democracy newspaper's founder, and raided its...

12 Aug 2020 11:47 AM IST

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, center, visits the National Health Command Center with Taiwanese Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung, left, at the Central Epidemic Command Center in Taipei, Taiwan. (AP)

China sends fighter jets to Taiwan amid US health chief's visit

China, which considers Taiwan to be a part of its terriroty, had promised unspecified retaliation to the US' plan to...

10 Aug 2020 3:29 PM IST