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North Korea’s Kim Jong Un Willing to Mend Ties With South In Summit

Raymond Legaspi   | Jan 02, 2015 12:44 AM EST

North Korea's supreme leader, Kim Jong Un, said in a New Year's speech on Thursday he is willing to meet with his South Korea's head of state, a step toward normalizing strained relations. read more

Xi Asks Cadres To Give Rule of Law, Reforms ‘Best Shot’ In New Year Speech

Raymond Legaspi   | Jan 01, 2015 10:59 PM EST

China's President Xi Jinping asked officials to give the rule of law and more reforms in 2015 their "best shot" in his New Year speech on Wednesday. read more

China Launches the Diaoyu Islands Website

Raymond Legaspi   | Jan 02, 2015 01:56 AM EST

China takes its campaign to wrestle administrative control of disputed islands in the East China Sea from Japan in a Web site that went online this week. read more

China Website: We own Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands

Jose Mario Fuderanan   | Jan 01, 2015 08:41 PM EST

China launches website asserting sovereignty over disputed Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands with Japan read more

At least 26 killed in Yemen suicide bombing

Jose Mario Fuderanan   | Jan 01, 2015 04:28 AM EST

At least 26 people were killed, including women and children, in suicide bombing in Ibb, Yemen on Wednesday read more

Maryland Governor Commutes Sentences of 4 Death-Row Inmates

Vittorio Hernandez   | Jan 01, 2015 02:45 AM EST

Outgoing Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley leaves his post this month, January 2015, ending his two terms with a bang by commuting the sentences of four prisoners in death row. read more

Norman Atlantic Passengers Still Missing Could be Up To 100

Vittorio Hernandez   | Jan 01, 2015 02:46 AM EST

Authorities are still unclear about the fate of about unaccounted passengers aboard the ill-fate car ferry Norman Atlantic whether they died in the tragedy that claimed 11 lives or weren't in the vessel in the first place. read more

Bodies from AIrAsia Plane Could Wash Up in Pangkalan Bun Beaches

Vittorio Hernandez   | Jan 01, 2015 04:42 AM EST

While bad weather has slowed down the retrieval of the 162 bodies from AirAsia Flight QZ8501, because the wreckage has drifted by over 50 kilometers from Wednesday's location, the search and rescue team expects most of the corpse to be washed ashore on beaches in Pangkalan Bun. This would lessen the need to dive to retrieve the bodies. read more

Palestinian statehood bid fails at UN Security Council as US, Australia vote against

Raymond Legaspi   | Dec 31, 2014 06:38 AM EST

A draft resolution creating a Palestinian state before the United Nations Security Council was defeated after it failed to gather enough votes while the United States and Australia voted against it and 5 council members abstained. read more

Crash Of AirAsia Flight 8501: How Will Experts Sift Through The Wreckage For Clues

Jose Mario Fuderanan   | Dec 31, 2014 03:45 AM EST

While grim task of recovery begins, experts figure out from wreckage cause of crash read more

AirAsia Zest Passengers Rush Off Emergency Exits After Plane Skids Off Philippine Runway

Raymond Legaspi   | Dec 31, 2014 01:32 AM EST

Passengers rushed out of an AirAsia Zest aircraft on emergency inflatable slides on Tuesday after it overshot the Kalibo airport runway in the central Philippines. read more

Families Of Missing AirAsia Passengers Break Down On Broadcast Of Floating Bodies

Raymond Legaspi   | Dec 30, 2014 06:07 PM EST

Relatives of passengers on board AirAsia flight QZ8501 broke down in grief on Tuesday evening after images of floating bodies near the area where the plane disappeared were seen on television. read more

China Denies Accusations it Helped North Korea Hack Sony

Michael A. Katz   | Dec 30, 2014 01:27 PM EST

China has denied claims made by a U.S. senator that it helped North Korea hack Sony Corp. read more

AirAsia Confirms Debris Found In Indonesian Waters Are From Missing 8501 Plane

Riley Grant   | Dec 30, 2014 06:03 PM EST

AirAsia made it official that the debris and other remains found today in the middle of the Java Sea were confirmed to belong to the missing AirAsia aircraft that vanished on Sunday morning with 162 people aboard. read more

GOP Leader Spoke To White Supremacists In 2002

Jose Mario Fuderanan   | Dec 30, 2014 05:56 AM EST

Rep. Steve Scalise, the Majority Whip in the House, in hot water after revelation he had spoken to white supremacists in 2002 read more

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