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Beijing close to becoming world’s busiest airport
Bloomberg News, Published on 05/02/2018
» SINGAPORE: Beijing inched one step closer to taking the crown for the world’s busiest airport.
US diplomat pitches arms sales in China's backyard
Associated Press, Published on 05/02/2018
» BEIJING: The United States has dispatched its top diplomat overseeing arm sales to promote US weapons at the largest air show in Asia, where China's military footprint and political influence are seen to be surging.
China: US has 'cold war mentality'
Reuters, Published on 05/02/2018
» BEIJING: China urged the United States to drop its “Cold War mentality” and not misread its military build-up, after Washington published a document on Friday outlining plans to expand its nuclear capabilities to deter others.
Hockey diplomacy: North-South Korean team loses to Sweden
Published on 05/02/2018
» PYEONGCHANG, South Korea: North Korea will send its nominal head of state and other senior officials to South Korea this week, Seoul officials said Sunday, as the rivals push through with rare rapprochement steps ahead of this month's Winter Olympics in the South.
2 die as US passenger-freight trains collide
Associated Press, Published on 05/02/2018
» CAYCE, South Carolina: An Amtrak passenger train slammed into a freight train parked on a side track in South Carolina early Sunday, killing two Amtrak employees and injuring more than 110 people, authorities said.
Dancing lions welcome Lunar New Year in Singapore
Associated Press, Published on 04/02/2018
» SINGAPORE: Performers from across Southeast Asia took part in an international lion dance competition in Singapore ahead of the Lunar New Year, the most important holiday in the Chinese calendar.
Singapore worries, and prepares, for militant attack
Reuters, Published on 04/02/2018
» SINGAPORE: Armed officers patrol a train station where television screens and giant posters warn of the threat from militants. Nearby, fake gunmen storm a shopping mall in one of many recent terror attack simulations.
Pakistani Taliban claim attack that killed 11 soldiers
Associated Press, Published on 04/02/2018
» ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani Taliban have claimed responsibility for a suicide attack that killed 11 soldiers and wounded 13 in the Swat Valley.
UN: N.Korea earned $200m from banned exports
Reuters, Published on 03/02/2018
» UNITED NATIONS: North Korea violated United Nations sanctions to earn nearly $200 million in 2017 from banned commodity exports, according to a confidential report by independent UN monitors, which also accused Pyongyang of supplying weapons to Syria and Myanmar.
Myanmar government denies report of mass graves
Associated Press, Published on 03/02/2018
» YANGON: Myanmar's government has denied a report by The Associated Press documenting at least five mass graves containing Rohingya Muslim civilians killed by the military with help from Buddhist neighbours, saying that only "terrorists" were killed and they were "carefully buried".