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Kerry Decries N. Korea’s Internet Repression

VOA News U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry denounced North Korea Monday for repressing Internet freedom for its citizens, and condemned the communist country for last...

Iran uses maritime confrontations to project power in Gulf

By Parisa Hafezi ANKARA (Reuters) – Iran is using its sea power in the Gulf to show it will not be cowed by Washington's newly assertive Arab allies,...

Rape victim Indian nurse dies after 42 years in coma

An Indian nurse who had been in a coma for 42 years due to a violent sexual assault has died at a hospital in the port city of Mumbai. King Edward Hospital’s...

Nawaz Sharif spent Rs 257 million on foreign trips in one year

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, facing criticism for undertaking frequent visits abroad, spent Rs 257 million on 15 foreign trips in one year, the Parliament was...

‘Cemetery of Splendor’

An incurable sleeping sickness becomes an elusive yet expansive metaphor for Thailand’s deep-rooted social and political ills in Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s...

Vietnam opposes Chinese fishing ban in disputed sea

Vietnam said it resolutely opposes a Chinese ban on all fishing activities in a sea area that covers the Gulf of Tonkin, claiming the act to be a “worthless...

Beijing’s ‘island factory’ tests Washington’s pivot to Asia

© Getty Images Have the US and its allies in Asia reached a tipping point in their relations with China? The question posed by US China scholar, David...

Mouldy, rainy season fattens plums in East Asia

When on the same day, Makurazaki in southern Japan receives 197mm of rain, Fuzhou in Fujian province of China gets 115mm, and flash floods happen in Guangdong, you may...

Eight bodies identified in US copter crash in Nepal

Eight bodies recovered from the crash site of a US Marines chopper in the rugged area of Gorthali in Nepal, have been identified, officials say. The bodies of six US...

Migrants tell of brutal fights for food on ‘floating coffin’ boats in Andaman Sea

Migrants rescued from boats branded “floating coffins” by the UN have described scenes of brutal fights to the death for scarce food and water supplies. Survivors...