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December 21, 2016 7:17 PM
A deal to return American military land on Okinawa to the Japanese government was hailed today as the biggest such land transfer in more than four decades. But the move is unlikely to reduce frustration on the strategic island that remains crowded with American bases - a legacy of World War II. <...
December 21, 2016 5:16 PM
A massive explosion gutted Mexico's biggest fireworks market today and killed at least 31 people and injured 72, say authorities.<br/><br/>The conflagration in the Mexico City suburb of Tultepec set off a quick-fire series of multicolored blasts that sent a vast cloud of smoke billo...
December 21, 2016 2:52 PM
German police today stepped up their hunt for the driver of a truck that rampaged through a Berlin Christmas market. The sole suspect, a 23-year-old Pakistani asylum seeker was released yesterday for lack of evidence, prompting worries of a killer on the loose.<br/><br/>In a blow to inve...
December 21, 2016 12:14 PM
Paying tributes to Cuba's late leader Fidel Castro, India said Cubans have achieved notable success in education and healthcare under his leadership despite outside pressures. Speaking at a special commemorative meeting in the United Nations General Assembly, India's Permanent Representati...
December 21, 2016 12:13 PM
South Korea's ruling conservative party today faced an imminent split over the impeachment of scandal-hit President Park Geun-Hye. More than 30 lawmakers of the Saenuri Party, who have been at odds with Park, have vowed to leave, arguing the party's current leadership refuses to embrace re...
December 21, 2016 10:59 AM
A total of 12 people were killed and 50 injured after a truck was driven into crowds of revellers at a Christmas market in Berlin on Tuesday. Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack. The militant group's AMAQ news agency said that the executor of the operation in Berlin was a member...
December 21, 2016 10:21 AM
A strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake rattled northern Australia and parts of Indonesia today with residents in Darwin reporting widespread shaking, but there were no immediate reports of damage. <br/><br/>The tremor struck off the coast of eastern Indonesia, US seismologists said, but no ts...
December 21, 2016 8:56 AM
Investigators from Turkey and Russia are hunting for clues in the assassination of Russia's ambassador to Turkey in front of stunned onlookers at a photo exhibition in Ankara. <br/><br/>A team of 18 Russian investigators and foreign ministry officials reached Turkey yesterday and be...
December 21, 2016 8:42 AM
The UK and Argentina have signed a deal to identify 123 Argentine soldiers buried on the Falkland Islands. The International Committee of the Red Cross has been negotiating an agreement on taking DNA samples from the remains of men who died in the 1982 conflict. <br/><br/>The graves in t...
December 21, 2016 8:22 AM
Four Jordanian security personnel have been killed in fresh clashes with armed men near the central town of Karak. Sources said, the gunfight began during a raid on a house where wanted suspects were believed to be hiding. <br/><br/>They said, the operation was not linked to Sunday'...
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