North Korea diplomat in Italy missing, South Korean MP says, after asylum report
A North Korean diplomat who was until recently acting ambassador to Italy has gone missing, a South Korean member of parliament said on Thursday, after a South Korean newspaper reported he was seeking asylum in the West.
Bangladesh opposition boycotts oath amid calls to probe vote complaints
Opposition members of Bangladesh’s parliament boycotted a swearing-in ceremony on Thursday, after rejecting results of a general election that they said was rigged to give Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina her third straight term.
Danish police raise toll in train accident to eight from six
Five women and three men died in Wednesday’s train accident on a bridge linking Denmark’s two main islands, police said on Thursday, raising the toll from six.
Lion Air ends search for second black box but Indonesian investigators to launch their own
Lion Air said on Thursday it had ended its search for the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) from its Boeing 737 MAX jet that crashed into the Java Sea in October but Indonesian investigators plan to launch their own as soon as possible.
India to deport second Rohingya group to Myanmar on Thursday
Indian police on Thursday took a Rohingya Muslim family of five to the border by bus, readying to deport them to neighboring Myanmar as the second such group expelled in four months during a crackdown on illegal immigrants.
African swine fever hits huge, foreign-invested Chinese farm
China reported an outbreak of deadly African swine fever on a huge pig farm part-owned by a Danish investment fund, showing the spread of the virus to modern industrial farms expected to have the best levels of disease prevention.
Protests paralyze India’s southern state after women defy temple ban
Conservative Hindu groups forced India’s southern state of Kerala to a standstill on Thursday as they protested against the state government for allowing two women to defy an ancient ban and enter a Hindu temple the day before.
Death toll jumps to 37 in Russian apartment block collapse: agencies
Thirty-seven bodies have been recovered from the rubble of a Russian apartment building that partially collapsed this week after an apparent gas explosion, Russian news agencies reported on Thursday.
Death toll from Danish train accident rises to eight from six
Danish police said on Thursday the death toll from a train accident on Wednesday has risen to eight from six people.
China ‘lifts mysterious veil’ by landing probe on moon’s dark side
A Chinese space probe successfully touched down on the far side of the moon on Thursday, the space agency said, hailing the event as a historic first in the country’s space program.
