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Hong Kong pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai pleaded not guilty Tuesday to “sedition” and “collusion” charges in a high-profile national security trial that could see him jailed for life. The post …

South Korean opposition party leader Lee Jae-myung was stabbed in the neck with a knife on Tuesday by a man who pushed through a crowd pretending to be his supporter, …

Japanese rescuers battled against the clock and powerful aftershocks Tuesday to find survivors of a major earthquake that struck on New Year’s Day, killing at least 30 people and causing …

Two Chinese balloons were detected moving across the median line separating Taiwan from China, with one flying directly above the island, Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defence said Tuesday. The post …

Israel’s war in Gaza will continue throughout 2024, a military spokesman said in a new year’s message, insisting that tens of thousands of reservists would be needed for fighting. The …

Bangladeshi Nobel peace laureate Muhammad Yunus was facing six months in jail with a court set to rule on Monday on a labour law case decried by his supporters as …

Iran on Monday executed five people convicted of multiple “armed robberies and banditry which rendered roads unsafe and spread terror among people,” the judiciary’s Mizan Online website said. The post …

Major Japan quake prompts tsunami warning, residents told to run

The deputy leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah said Sunday that Israel was “not in a position” to impose its preferences over the militant group’s presence in the border area while its …

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday said the foundation of Sino-Russian ties had grown stronger in 2023, as he exchanged New Year greetings with his counterpart Vladimir Putin, state media …