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This Oct. 29, 1953, file photo shows Gen. Paik Sun-yup on the reviewing stand in South Korea. (AP)

Paik Sun-yup, major South Korean war hero, dies at 99

The South Korean army announced his death on Saturday, but did not immediately release the cause of death

11 July 2020 11:36 AM IST

Singapores Prime Minister and secretary-general of the ruling Peoples Action Party Lee Hsien Loong (C) and his wife Ho Ching (R) leave the partys office after delivering the speech live on facebook to citizens during the counting of votes of the general election in Singapore, in the early hours of July 11, 2020. (AFP)

PM Lee returns to power in Singapore with a clear mandate

The ruling party, in power since independence in 1965, secured 61.24 per cent of the total votes cast in the election

11 July 2020 10:02 AM IST

US President Donald Trump (R) and North Koreas leader Kim Jong Un (2nd L) signing documents as the North Korean leaders sister Kim Yo Jong (L) looks on at a signing ceremony. (AFP)

Another Kim-Trump summit is unlikely to happen: Kim Yo Jong

Kim's powerful sister says there's no reason for North Korea to 'gift' high-profile meetings to Donald Trump

10 July 2020 11:48 AM IST

Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon speaks during a press conference at Seoul City Hall in Seoul, South Korea Wednesday, July 8, 2020. (AP)

Seoul mayor's death a suicide after #MeToo allegations

He was reported missing by his daughter on Thursday, who said he had been unreachable after leaving a message that...

10 July 2020 8:50 AM IST

File image of Tibetan activist Tenzin Tsundue. (Photo courtesy: Facebook/ Tenzin Tsundue)

Tibet's Independence is India's best security against China, says...

Tibetan activists like Tsundue are urging India to realise what exactly Beijing is up to: Bullying India.

10 July 2020 2:27 AM IST

Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon. (AP)

Seoul mayor missing, phone turned off

The mayor has left a verbal message for his daughter, described as sounding like a will, police say

9 July 2020 4:58 PM IST

Foreign tourists carry their surf boards at Kuta beach, Bali, Indonesia on Thursday, July 9, 2020. (AP)

Bali island reopens after 3 months of virus lockdown

The local government had granted automatic visa extensions to more than 7,000 tourists who got stranded in the island...

9 July 2020 3:59 PM IST

People sprinkle flowers at the grave of a family member who presumably died of COVID-19 at a cemetery in Jakarta, Indonesia. (AP)

Dead bodies kidnapped in Indonesia as traditions clash with virus...

Corpse handlers say their job profile itself has changed, with longer hours and some even required to do rituals...

9 July 2020 1:10 PM IST

North Korea on Tuesday, July 7, 2020, repeated it has no immediate intent to resume dialogue with the United States hours before U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun was to arrive in South Korea for discussions on the stalled nuclear diplomacy. (AP Photo)

North Korea rejects talks ahead of US envoy's arrival in Seoul

North Korea ridiculed South's nonsensical calls for revived negotiations between US and Pyongyang when it lost its...

7 July 2020 3:32 PM IST

A nuclear accord with the US signed in 2015 by the Obama administration, under which Iran would stop all nuclear activity, was unilaterally abandoned by the Trump administration in 2018. Since September 2019, Iran began enriching uranium at the Natanz facility, where the accident took place on Thursday. This photo released Nov. 5, 2019, by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, shows centrifuge machines in the Natanz uranium enrichment facility in central Iran. (Photo | AP)

Accident at site damages Iran's nuclear programme restarted after US...

The accident at a warehouse could slow the production of centrifuges used to enrich uranium.

6 July 2020 6:30 PM IST

A drone display showing messages of support for the country amid the covid-19 pandemic, above the Han river in central Seoul. (AFP)

Hundreds of drones light up Seoul sky with virus messages

The show began with reminding people of precautionary measures, including wearing masks, washing hands and observing...

6 July 2020 1:24 PM IST

A car leans against a building following a heavy rain in Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto prefecture, southern Japan Monday, July 6, 2020. (AP)

Desperate searches as dozens feared dead in Japan floods

At least 36 people are feared dead after record rains lashed areas of western Japan in the early hours of Saturday

6 July 2020 8:53 AM IST