Swiss criminal probe on Malaysian state fund 1MDB reveals links to possible misuse of public funds.
The United States will send military aircraft and naval vessels to within nautical 12 miles of reefs and islands where China is establishing military installations in the South China Sea as the maritime dispute continues to dominate relations between the two countries.
The United States has said it will increase the number and frequency of both military and humanitarian exercises in the South China Sea in an effort to send a message to China that its construction of artificial islands and military installations in the region will not be tolerated.
Scientists feel that the rhino, the most endangered large mammal, is now extinct in its primary habitat.
China has blamed the United States for rising tensions in the South China Sea because the United States has increased naval and air patrols while China continues to make artificial islands, some of which house military equipment.
A piece of debris that washed up on a small French island in the Indian Ocean suggests that the cold trail for Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370, which went missing in 2014, may be heating up again.
The Chinese government has reiterated in some of its strongest language yet that it will not back down from its controversial claims in the contested South China Sea.
The United States accused China of placing artillery on islands it is building in the South China Sea, as Japan and the European Union beseeched all parties involved in the complex showdown to let cooler heads prevail.
Japan has taken a number of steps in order to shore up its relationships with other East Asian countries as China takes a more aggressive posture in the region.
The Chinese Navy urged a US surveillance aircraft to leave the area as it patrolled over disputed territory in the South China Sea.
Two foreign ambassadors to Pakistan were killed and three others injured when their helicopter made a crash landing.
A Canadian teacher has been sentenced to prison for molesting a number of Indonesian school children.
More than a month after Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crashed into a field in eastern Ukraine, the Malaysian victims have been returned to Malaysia for burial services.
09 Aug '24 16:35PM
