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In Japan, a crisis as loved ones with dementia go missing, some for years

Thousands of them wander off each year, alarming their families and stretching police resources. The...

Saudi prince Alwaleed bin Talal released after reaching financial settlement

 A senior Saudi official said Prince Alwaleed was freed after he reached a financial settlement...

Nearly 100 dead in Kabul blast; Taliban claims responsibility

A bomb hidden in an ambulance killed at least 95 people and wounded about 158...

Jung Chang calls Chinese history as she sees it

Jung Chang, author of the celebrated memoir Wild Swans (1991) recounting the suffering of her...

Heavy snow causes travel havoc in central, southern China

Heavy snow continued to affect parts of China on Saturday, closing highways, causing train and...

Ambulance bomb kills 95, wounds 158 in Kabul

Afghan volunteers carry a body at the scene of a car bomb exploded in front...

China unveils vision for 'Polar Silk Road' across Arctic

A polar bear in Repulse Bay, Nunavut Territory, Canada.China on Friday outlined its ambitions to...

One China, two perspectives

Two compelling Chinese female memoirists are now watching China from different sides of the world...

Turkey plays its latest card in the New Great Game

Turkish army tanks stationed near the Syrian border in operation "Olive Branch". Photo: AFP /...

Philippines prepares for 3-month emergency around Mt Mayon

Volcanologists said there were seven more episodes of intense but sporadic lava fountaining at the...

33 killed, over 70 injured in South Korean hospital fire

 Survivors were brought out wrapped in blankets, and firefighters picked their way through the blackened...

10 new offshore firms of Sharif family found

Nawaz SharifIslamabad: Pakistan’s National Accountability Bureau (NAB) team has found more than 10 offshore companies...

Sight of Chinese flags continues to rankle in Taiwan

A Chinese flag is seen during a pro-unification rally in Taipei. A Republic of China...

Indian ICBM puts Beijing in range, may spur build-up in South Asia

India test-fires its Agni-V ICBM on January 18. Photo: The Times of India via Indian...

A man, a plan, a canal…Thailand?

A map of the potential new East-West shipping route that would be opened by a...

Suspicious N. Korea tanker spotted by JCG

Japan has reported a suspected sanctions breach to the U.N. Security Council after observing an...