Section: Asia
- Afghanistan (54)
- Armenia (2,395)
- Azerbaijan (1,400)
- Bangladesh (459)
- China (1,817)
- India (3,608)
- Indonesia (807)
- Japan (1,436)
- Kazakhstan (682)
- Kyrgyzstan (667)
- Laos (3)
- Malaysia (6,377)
- Myanmar (25)
- Nepal (712)
- Pakistan (3,592)
- Philippines (1,081)
- Singapore (4,460)
- South Korea (305)
- Taiwan (190)
- Tajikistan (42)
- Thailand (1,124)
- Uzbekistan (33)
- Vietnam (614)
Bodies, debris found as AirAsia plane believed found in sea
PANGKALAN BUN (AFP) – The hunt for a missing AirAsia passenger plane appeared at an end Tuesday as wreckage and bodies were spotted at sea off Indonesia, prompting raw scenes of emotion from sobbing relatives of the 162 people aboard.The Airbus A320-200 disappeared en route from Indonesias second largest city Surabaya to Singapore during a...
Ukraine economy shrank 7.5% in ‘worst year since WWII’
KIEV (AFP) – Ukraines central bank chief said on Tuesday that the strife-torn countrys economy contracted by 7.5 percent in 2014 while inflation soared in a year more painful than any since World War II.But Valeria Gontareva said the pro-Western leaders who rose to power in Kiev after the February ouster of an unpopular Moscow-backed...
AirAsia disaster rekindles pain for MH370 relatives
BEIJING: Tearful relatives of those on board missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370 said Tuesday their torment has been awakened anew by the AirAsia loss in Indonesia, nine months into their nightmare. “It is just like what happened nine months ago when I heard the news of MH370,” said Steven Wang, whose 57-year-old mother was on the flight which...
2014: The year of loggerheads for United Nations
Violence in Syria, Ukraine and Gaza and the Ebola virus were some of the of the problems a squabbling United Nations had to deal with in 2014. …read more Source: Channel...
Bodies, debris found as AirAsia plane believed found in sea
JAKARTA: The hunt for a missing AirAsia passenger plane appeared over Tuesday as wreckage and dozens of bodies were spotted at sea off Indonesia, prompting raw scenes of emotion from sobbing relatives of the 162 people aboard. The Airbus A320-200 disappeared en route from Indonesia’s second largest city Surabaya to Singapore during a storm...
Most significant events of 2014
PARIS – Here is a panorama of world events in 2014:February18: UKRAINE: Security forces crack down on pro-European protestors in Kiev’s central Independence Square, or Maidan. More than 100 people die.On May 25 a pro-Western billionaire, Petro Poroshenko, is elected president.March8: MALAYSIA: Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, flying...
As oil falls, Russia choked by military, social spending
Russian authorities are facing some unpalatable options as they try to keep the economy afloat – unless they can persuade President Vladimir Putin to curb massive military spending.Russia says ruble crisis over as reserves dive, inflation climbsPutin: ‘Nobody will manage to intimidate, to restrain us’Ruble sinks to 80 a dollar...
Bodies found near site where AirAsia plane disappeared
SURABAYA (AP) – Indonesian officials coming off a helicopter in Pangkalan Bun say they spotted several bodies floating in waters near where the missing AirAsia flight was last seen.The bodies were brought to an Indonesian navy ship.Several pieces of debris seen floating in the sea off Borneo island might be linked to the missing AirAsia...
Debris spotted off Indonesia coast; possible link to AirAsia
Several pieces of debris seen floating in the sea off Borneo island might be linked to the missing AirAsia jetliner, an Indonesia National Search and Rescue spokesman said Tuesday.Yusuf Latif said an Indonesian military aircraft saw white, red and black objects, including what appears to be a life jacket, off the coast, about 105 miles (170...
Items resembling plane door seen in AirAsia search
PANGKALAN BUN: Indonesian aerial searchers Tuesday spotted items resembling an emergency slide and plane door in the sea as they hunted for traces of an AirAsia passenger jet that vanished in a storm. More than 48 hours after the Airbus A320-200 carrying 162 people disappeared en route from Indonesia’s second largest city Surabaya to...
