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Award-Winning Chinese Author Gets Flak For Cozying Up To Xi Jinping

Desiree Sison   | Jan 12, 2015 05:01 AM EST

One of China's celebrated author, Mo Yan, has been receiving flak from his fellow writers for fawning over Chinese President Xi Jinping and officials of the Communist Party read more

Hacker Group Anonymous Claims First Victim in the Name of Charlie Hebdo

Dino Lirios   | Jan 12, 2015 04:53 AM EST

The collective hacker group known as "Anonymous" has declared war on Islamic extremists after the recent attack on Paris-based satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. The group state that they have claimed their first victim. read more

AirAsia Flight 8501 Data Recorder Recovered by Indonesian Searchers

Raymond Legaspi   | Jan 12, 2015 03:16 AM EST

Divers from the Indonesian navy have recovered one of the black boxes - a flight data recorder - of doomed AirAsia flight QZ8501, which can provide the important pieces of the puzzle why the plane crashed into the Java Sea on December 28. read more

Fatal Crash Between Bus And Oil Tanker Leaves 62 Dead In Pakistan

Kat De Guzman   | Jan 11, 2015 11:47 PM EST

A bus reportedly collided with an oil tanker on Sunday on a road in Southern Pakistan, igniting a fire and leaving at least 62 of the passengers dead, police officials confirmed. read more

German Newspaper Printing Charlie Hebdo Cartoons Target of Arson Attack

Raymond Legaspi   | Jan 11, 2015 10:05 PM EST

Two suspects were arrested after an incendiary device was lobbed at the building of newspaper Hamburger Morgenpost, German police said on Sunday. read more

AirAsia Flight 8501 Black Boxes Found -Indonesian Searchers

Raymond Legaspi   | Jan 11, 2015 10:01 PM EST

Divers will try to raise the black boxes of AirAsia flight 9501 from the bottom of the sea on Monday after investigators believe they have zeroed in on their signal, an Indonesian search coordinator said on Sunday. read more

Support For 'Je suis Charlie' Spreads Across the World

Desiree Sison   | Jan 11, 2015 05:00 AM EST

More countries across the world have shown their fierce support for the victims of the deadly attacks on Charlie Hebdo magazine and in upholding the sacred right to freedom of expression. read more

Terror Cells Across France Activated: Report

Raymond Legaspi   | Jan 11, 2015 04:30 AM EST

French law enforcement agencies have told police to carry arms at all times and take down their presence in social media as terror cells have been activated across France over the weekend, a U.S. cable network reported. read more

"Pretty" 10-Year Old Girl Used as Suicide Bomber by Boko Haram

Jose Mario Fuderanan   | Jan 11, 2015 04:00 AM EST

At least 19 people were killed and more than 20 injured as explosives strapped in the body of a young girl as young as 10 years old detonated at a packed market in northern Nigeria. read more

Sen. Harry Reid May Go Blind After Accident

Vittorio Hernandez   | Jan 10, 2015 09:27 AM EST

Senate Minority leader Harry Reid is working from home on orders of his doctor after he suffered from an eye injury that could result in blindness on his right eye. read more

‘I Want to be President’: Mitt Romney

Vittorio Hernandez   | Jan 10, 2015 08:25 AM EST

For months, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney kept denying he was casting moist eyes on the White House after he lost to incumbent President Barack Obama in 2012. read more

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg was Targeted by Islamic Extremists, Too

Vittorio Hernandez   | Jan 10, 2015 03:31 AM EST

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg should perhaps double or triple his security if he does not want to suffer the same fate as the staff of Parisian satirical website Charlie Hebdo. read more

Charlie Hebdo Gathering in Beijing Shadowed by Police

Desiree Sison   | Jan 10, 2015 03:45 AM EST

Beijing police closely monitored a large gathering of foreign and Chinese correspondents holding placards that read 'Je Suis Charlie' to show support for the Charlie Hebdo massacre victims in Paris. read more

New Sri Lanka Leaders Expected to Throw Monkey Wrench Into China ‘Designs’

Raymond Legaspi   | Jan 10, 2015 01:40 AM EST

Sri Lanka's warming ties with China is expected to be placed on the back burner after the island nation's new leadership, which ran on a promise to slam the breaks on doing business with Beijing, was sworn in yesterday. read more

Saudi Arabia Whips Blogger in Public For Anti-Islam Views

Vittorio Hernandez   | Jan 10, 2015 01:49 AM EST

The Saudi Arabian government carried out on Friday the initial installment of a 1,000-lash punishment it meted in May on Raif Badawi who wrote anti-Islam articles in his blog. Besides the flogging, at 50 each week for 20 weeks, he was also given a 10-year prison term. read more

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