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Hong Kong media tycoon and founder of the Apple Daily newspaper Jimmy Lai (C) arrives at the West Kowloon Magistrates Court for charges related to last years protests in Hong Kong. (AFP)

Hong Kong-'s pro-democracy media mogul arrested under security law

Jimmy Lai owns the Apple Daily newspaper and Next Magazine, two outlets unapologetically pro-democracy and critical of...

10 Aug 2020 8:49 AM IST

US Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar. (AP)

Trump official lands in Taiwan for highest-level visit in decades

China described the visit as a threat to â€˜peace and stabilityâ€™, while the defence minister warned against US making...

9 Aug 2020 3:11 PM IST

$Nagasaki hopes for a \nuclear-free world\ on 75th anniversary of atomic bombing$ World

Nagasaki hopes for a -'nuclear-free world-' on 75th anniversary of...

On August 9, 1945, Nagasaki was flattened in an atomic inferno three days after the first US atomic bombing in Hiroshima

9 Aug 2020 12:45 PM IST

High school students offer flowers for the victims of U.S. atomic bombing in front of a monument at the Atomic Bomb Hypocenter Park in Nagasaki. (AP)

Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the first victims of atomic age

The twin bombings dealt the final blow to imperial Japan, which surrendered on August 15, 1945, bringing an end to World...

9 Aug 2020 12:04 PM IST

People wear face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus as they ride the subway in Taipei, Taiwan. (AP)

US health chief will visit Taiwan to learn from its COVID-19 success...

The trip is a geopolitical chess move in US-' contentious relationship with China, which considers Taiwan part of its...

8 Aug 2020 11:21 AM IST

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam speaks to the media about the new national security law introduced to the city at her weekly press conference in Hong Kong. (AFP)

US imposes sanctions on pro-China leader Carrie Lam, other HK...

The officials are accused of cooperating with Beijingâ€™s effort to undermine autonomy and crack down on freedom in Hong...

8 Aug 2020 10:11 AM IST

Interns and resident doctors stage a rally against the government medical policy in Seoul, South Korea. (AP)

Doctors strike over plan to boost medical student numbers in South...

Doctors maintain South Korea already has enough medical professionals, but they should be better paid to encourage...

7 Aug 2020 1:54 PM IST

An employee wearing a protective gear disinfect to help curb the spread of the coronavirus at the Ryugyong Health Complexs public bath in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP)

North Korea-'s strict measures raise fear of outbreak despite...

An exchange between the country and the United Nations provides new clarity about what might be happening in North Korea

6 Aug 2020 2:57 PM IST

Rescue workers evacuate passengers on a boat from a submerged bus due to heavy rain in Paju, South Korea. (AP)

North Korea also issues flood alert as South reports 16 dead

North Korea is particularly vulnerable to sustained heavy rain as many mountains and hills have long been stripped of...

6 Aug 2020 2:40 PM IST

A visitor, right, disinfects her hands to help curb the spread of the coronavirus before entering the Ryugyong Health Complex in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP)

North Koreaâ€™s first suspected coronavirus case tests ...

The country had declared emergency and locked down its borers after a person was reported to have COVID-19 symptoms

5 Aug 2020 4:44 PM IST

Australian Al Jazeera journalist, reporter/senior producer Drew Ambrose, right, leaves the Bukit Aman police headquarters after being questioned by the Malaysian police over a documentary about the countrys arrests of undocumented migrants, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (AP)

Malaysian police raid Al Jazeera office over documentary on migrants

Al Jazeera said the raid was -'an attack on press freedom as a whole-' and urged Malaysian authorities to cease the...

5 Aug 2020 10:19 AM IST

US president Donald Trump (left), and Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen. (File Image)

US announces -'highest level-' visit to Taiwan in decades

The move is sure to infuriate China with relations between the two superpowers at historic lows

5 Aug 2020 9:42 AM IST