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UN chief commends al-Maliki`s decision to quit as Iraq`s PM

Last Updated: Friday, August 15, 2014, 12:41

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has commended the decision of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to give up his candidature and support Haider al-Abadi to succeed him.

US military takes first step in relocation in Japan

Last Updated: Friday, August 15, 2014, 12:37

Workers began placing buoys off Okinawa as part of a long-planned and highly contentious relocation of an American military base, which a US official said was a critical step toward the realignment of US forces in Japan.

Rebel forces unravel as Ukraine military cuts off key stronghold

Last Updated: Friday, August 15, 2014, 12:33

Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine have suffered dramatic setbacks after top military chiefs quit and Kiev`s forces pummelled their strongholds, cutting off a key rebel-held city from the Russian border.

South Korea slams Japan war shrine visits

Last Updated: Friday, August 15, 2014, 12:27

South Korea denounced Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for offering donations to a controversial war shrine that Seoul sees as a symbol of Tokyo`s militarist past.

South Korea suggests Northeast Asia nuclear safety group

Last Updated: Friday, August 15, 2014, 12:23

South Korean President Park Geun-hye urged the creation of a nuclear safety consultative group in Northeast Asia, given the high number of nuclear power plants in the region and public concerns over safety.

North Korea says rockets not linked to visit by `so-called pope`

Last Updated: Friday, August 15, 2014, 11:25

North Korea ridiculed suggestions that it had sought to upstage the visit of the "so-called pope" to South Korea by firing a series of short-range rockets as the pontiff flew into Seoul.

South Korea`s Park urges North Korea to accept talks offer

Last Updated: Friday, August 15, 2014, 09:46

South Korean President Park Geun-Hye urged North Korea to accept Seoul`s offer for high-level talks, while condemning a recent series of "intolerable" rocket launches by the nuclear-armed neighbour.

Missouri trooper says police, community `in this together`

Last Updated: Friday, August 15, 2014, 09:44

The state trooper appointed to bring peace back to a Missouri town rocked by a racially charged killing said he has a personal interest in rehabilitating relations between police and "my community and my home."

China media marketer confesses to posting false information during trial: Report

Last Updated: Friday, August 15, 2014, 09:24

A Chinese businessman has confessed to posting false information online and deleting critical microblog posts on behalf of corporate clients during a trial in Beijing, the official Xinhua news service reported, as a government crackdown on social media gathers speed.

Japanese Cabinet ministers visit controversial war shrine

Last Updated: Friday, August 15, 2014, 09:13

Two Japanese Cabinet ministers visited a controversial war shrine in a move likely to aggravate already tense relations with neighbours China and South Korea, which see it as a symbol of Tokyo`s militarist past.