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Samsung Electronics flags 25% plunge in Q2 profit Samsung estimated Tuesday that its operating profit would plunge nearly 25 percent on year in the second quarter of 2014, as cheap Chinese devices and a strong won hammered down its share of the global smartphone market.

08 July 2014

Limping N. Korea leader leads memorial for Kim Il-Sung A visibly limping Kim Jong-Un presided over an official memorial in Pyongyang on Tuesday for the 20th anniversary of the death of his grandfather and North Korea's founder, Kim Il-Sung.

08 July 2014

Japan on highest typhoon alert, 480,000 urged to take shelter Japan braced Tuesday for one of its worst storms in years as typhoon Neoguri barrelled towards the southern Okinawa island chain, with the national weather agency issuing its highest alert and nearly half-a-million people urged to take shelter.

08 July 2014

Skeletons found in El Salvador shed light on pre-Hispanic life Japanese and Salvadoran archaeologists said they have found three human skeletons in El Salvador from more than 1,600 years ago that could shed new light on early human settlements in the region.

05 July 2014

Trapped Indian nurses on way home from Iraq A group of 46 Indian nurses who were trapped in an area of Iraq seized by Islamic militants were set to be welcomed home by anxious relatives Saturday after being freed from the rebel-held city of Mosul.

05 July 2014

TV star Rolf Harris jailed for five years over sex assaults Veteran entertainer Rolf Harris, a household name in Britain and Australia for decades, was jailed for five years and nine months for a string of sexual assaults against girls.

05 July 2014

N. Korea leader directs island assault drill North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un warned the South would "regret bitterly" any incursion of their disputed sea border as he directed a large-scale mock assault on an island, state media said.

05 July 2014

Pastor of state church 'sentenced to 12 years' in China A pastor of a state-sanctioned church in China has been sentenced to 12 years in prison, his lawyer and an overseas rights group said, accusing authorities of "fabricated charges".

04 July 2014

India nurses in Iraq conflict 'to be freed' A group of 46 Indian nurses trapped in Iraq are to be freed, one of them told AFP Friday, in a rare piece of positive news in a crisis threatening "Syria-like chaos".

04 July 2014

Australian police charge woman for 'racist' train rant Australian police have charged a woman for racially abusing passengers on a train after a video recording her tirade was posted online and went viral, sparking a social media backlash.

04 July 2014

Chinese moon rover designer shooting for Mars The man who designed China's Jade Rabbit moon rover hopes a more advanced version of his creation will be sent to Mars, state media reported, underscoring Beijing's increasingly ambitious space programme.

04 July 2014

A dying business: family graves in Japan Every once in a while, Kumiko Kano meets a group of people with whom she has decided to spend eternity, one of a growing number in Japan who are shunning the expense and commitment of a traditional family grave.

04 July 2014

Saudi MERS: Philippines urges its Muslims to abort Hajj The Philippines urged its large Muslim minority to reconsider plans to join pilgrimages to Saudi Arabia this year due to a deadly virus outbreak there.

03 July 2014

Japan to lift some sanctions on North Korea: PM Abe Japan will revoke some of its unilateral sanctions on North Korea, the prime minister announced Thursday, after talks on the Cold War kidnapping of Japanese nationals.

03 July 2014

US-based scientist makes potent version of H1N1 flu A US-based Japanese scientist said he has succeeded in engineering a version of the so-called swine flu virus that would be able to evade the human immune system.

03 July 2014

Toshiba nearing deal on Bulgarian nuclear reactor deal Toshiba's US unit is nearing a deal estimated at almost $5 billion to build a nuclear reactor in Bulgaria, a report said Thursday, as Japanese firms eye atomic contracts overseas after the Fukushima crisis erased demand at home.

03 July 2014

Indian minister calls for Goa beach bikini ban A minister in India's resort state of Goa has drawn ridicule by saying women in bikinis should be banned from beaches and girls in short dresses should not visit pubs.

03 July 2014

China workers strike over Japanese boss' war denial Around 1,000 Chinese workers went on strike after their Japanese boss denied Tokyo had invaded China and said its 1930s actions were to "help" the country escape colonial rule, state-run media reported.

02 July 2014

'Backpackers found living in squalor' after Sydney fire At least 15 people, reportedly backpackers from Japan and South Korea "living in squalor" in minibuses, a shipping container and a caravan, had to be rescued from a raging Sydney fire.

02 July 2014

Almaty, Oslo, Beijing remain in bid to host 2022 Olympics Only three cities remain in the bidding to host the 2022 Winter Olympics after Lviv withdrew from the competition.

02 July 2014

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