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Asylum-seekers get 24-hour reprieve from Papua New Guinea camp eviction

Sat Nov 11, 2017 14:48:10

Papua New Guinea will delay by at least 24 hours a plan to forcibly evict hundreds of men from an abandoned Australian detention centre, three asylum seekers said on Saturday.

South Korean police on alert over Trump protests

Tue Nov 7, 2017 10:39:51

South Korean police were on high alert in Seoul on Tuesday to monitor protests by both critics and supporters of President Donald Trump as the U.S. leader arrived in the country amid concerns over North Korea's nuclear threats.

On a divided peninsula, South Koreans split over Trump

Tue Nov 7, 2017 08:12:20

On the divided Korean peninsula, Seoul has seen protests both for and against President Donald Trump, with Southerners split over his aggressive handling of Pyongyang's provocations.

China urges France to protect Chinese tourists after group of 40 robbed

Mon Nov 6, 2017 13:27:45

China urged France on Monday to take more effective measures to ensure the safety of its nationals visiting the country, after a group of 40 Chinese tourists was tear-gassed and robbed in Paris.

Paintings by Indian elephant auctioned off in Hungary

Sun Nov 5, 2017 10:56:22

Paintings created by an Indian elephant who enjoys wielding a brush were auctioned off by a Hungarian traveling circus on Saturday.

S. Korea to restrict anti-Trump rallies: report

Thu Nov 2, 2017 12:25:05

South Korean police will restrict public rallies near the country's presidential palace during Donald Trump's first visit as head of state, a report said Thursday, reducing his chances of being exposed to opposition.

20 percent of Indonesian students support Isis - survey

Thu Nov 2, 2017 10:35:08

Nearly 20 percent of high school and university students in Indonesia support the establishment of a caliphate in the world's largest Muslim-majority country over the current secular government, a new survey showed this week.

Russia, Iran to jointly work on gas supplies to India: RIA

Wed Nov 1, 2017 13:49:26

Russia and Iran will prepare by the year-end a legal framework for a project aimed to deliver natural gas from Iran to India and will get down to practical work in 2018, the RIA news agency cited Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak as saying on Wednesday.

Myanmar says Bangladesh delays the repatriating of Rohingya

Wed Nov 1, 2017 10:01:00

Myanmar has blamed Bangladesh for delaying the start of a repatriation process for hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees, saying it feared Dhaka could be stalling until it receives multi-million dollars of international aid money.

N. Korea slams 'incurably mentally deranged' Trump

Wed Nov 1, 2017 07:44:40

North Korea slammed US President Donald Trump as "incurably mentally deranged" in a personal diatribe ahead of his first visit to Asia as head of state, amid high tensions over Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions.

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