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Police officers stand guard as supporters of impeached former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol rally outside the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, 16 January 2026.  — EPA
South Korea's Yoon given five-year jail term in first ruling over martial law
SEOUL — A South Korean court on Friday sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to five years in prison on charges that included abuse of power, obstructing justice and falsifying documents following his failed bid to impose martial law in December 2024.This is the first of the verdicts in four trials linked to his shock martial law decree. Although short-lived, the move triggered nationwide turmoil, sparking protests as MPs rushed to the national assembly to overturn Yoon's decision.The Seoul Central District Court found Yoon guilty of mobilising the presidential security service to block authorities from executing an arrest warrant to investigate him for his martial law declaration.In televised proceedings, the 65-year-old former prosecutor was also found guilty of charges that...
January 16, 2026

South Korea's Yoon given five-year jail term in first ruling over martial law

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney (C) arrives for a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, 16 January 2026. — EPA
Xi Jinping hails 'turnaround' in China-Canada ties as Carney visits Beijing
BEIJING — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney hailed a new “strategic partnership” with China during a meeting with leader Xi Jinping Friday, as the US ally took steps to reset ties with Beijing in the face of historic friction with Donald Trump.Canada and China have struck an initial trade deal that will slash tariffs on electric vehicles and canola, Carney said, as both nations promised to tear down trade barriers while forging new strategic ties.The first Canadian prime minister to visit China since 2017, Carney is seeking to rebuild ties with his country's second-largest trading partner after the United States following months of diplomatic efforts.Speaking to Xi in Beijing’s ornate Great Hall of the People on Friday morning, Carney described the countries’ “new...
January 16, 2026

Xi Jinping hails 'turnaround' in China-Canada ties as Carney visits Beijing

The Air India Airbus A350 in Delhi airport after the incident on Thursday
Air India jet engine sucks in cargo container at Delhi airport
NEW DELHI — An Air India jet suffered substantial engine damage after sucking in a cargo container while taxiing at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport early Thursday morning. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation, India's aviation watchdog, has announced a detailed investigation into the incident.According to the airline, all the passengers are safe but the aircraft's engine was damaged and it has been grounded for repairs. There were around 240 passengers on board, but the exact number of crew members could not be ascertained.The New York-bound Airbus A350 had returned to Delhi shortly after take-off on Thursday after Iran temporarily closed its airspace, forcing airlines to reroute flights.After landing safely, the aircraft had left the runway and was taxiing...
January 16, 2026

Air India jet engine sucks in cargo container at Delhi airport

Philippines Foreign Affairs Secretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro (L) and Japan Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (R) sign agreement documents following a bilateral meeting in Manila on 15 January 2026. — EPA
Japan and the Philippines sign a new defense pact 
MANILA — Japan and the Philippines signed two defence pacts on Thursday, including a deal allowing their forces to exchange supplies and services, with both countries seeking to strengthen security cooperation in response to rising regional tensions and to bolster their preparation for natural disasters.Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi signed the deals in Manila during a nine‑day Middle East and Asia tour, with stops in Israel, the Palestinian territories, Qatar and India, reflecting Tokyo's growing strategic footprint.Japan has faced increasing political, trade and security tensions with China, which was angered by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remark that potential Chinese action against Taiwan could spark Japanese intervention.Japan and the Philippines have also...
January 16, 2026

Japan and the Philippines sign a new defense pact 

Pritam Singh speaks to the media outside the State Courts in Singapore, 17 February 2025. — EPA
Singapore PM strips opposition leader of his title after conviction for lying
SINGAPORE — Prime Minister Lawrence Wong stripped Singapore's Leader of the Opposition, Pritam Singh, of his title on Thursday saying his position had become untenable after his conviction for lying to parliament.The move, the first of its kind in Singapore, comes after parliament, which is overwhelmingly dominated by the ruling People's Action Party (PAP), decided in a vote on Wednesday that Singh was unsuitable to continue in the post given his "dishonourable and unbecoming" conduct.Wong in a statement said the decision was necessary to uphold the rule of law, as well as the dignity and integrity of parliament."Having considered the matter carefully, I have decided that Mr. Singh’s criminal convictions, taken together with Parliament’s considered view of his...
January 15, 2026

Singapore PM strips opposition leader of his title after conviction for lying

Forensic police officers inspect the site where a crane and concrete beam collapsed during the construction of the Rama 2–Samut Sakhon Expressway at Mahachai, Samut Sakhon province, Thailand, 15 January 2026. — EPA
Two killed after another crane collapses in Thailand
BANGKOK — A crane collapsed onto a road near Bangkok, crushing two vehicles a day after a similar accident in the northeast caused the derailing of a train and the deaths of 32 passengers.Thailand's transport minister said construction firm Italian-Thai Development PCL, whose crane fell onto the train in northeastern Nakhon Ratchasima province a day earlier, was also involved in the crane accident outside Thailand's capital on Thursday.The incident took place in Samut Sakhon province, where the crane, which was being used in building an elevated highway, fell onto the road beneath and crushed two cars, killing two people inside, according to local police. They said five people were also injured in the accident.Local media reported that Thursday’s incident occurred in front of...
January 15, 2026

Two killed after another crane collapses in Thailand

Workers search the wreckage of a passenger train after a construction crane collapsed onto it in Sikhio district, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, 14 January 2026.  — EPA
Dozens killed as crane collapse derails train in Thailand
BANGKOK — At least 32 people have been killed and dozens of others injured when a construction crane crashed on a passenger train in northeast Thailand.The accident took place on Wednesday in the Sikhio district of Nakhon Ratchasima province, 230 km northeast of Bangkok. The train was headed from the Thai capital to Ubon Ratchathani province."The death toll has now reached 32. The search for more bodies is ongoing," Police Colonel Thatchapon Chinnawong told Reuters by phone.Transport Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn said in a statement that there were 195 people on board, adding that he had ordered a thorough investigation to be carried out.Those killed were in two of the three carriages hit by the crane, he said.The crane was working on a high-speed rail project when it collapsed and...
January 14, 2026

Dozens killed as crane collapse derails train in Thailand

South Korea's former President Yoon Suk Yeol
Prosecutors seek death penalty for former South Korean president Yoon
SEOUL — Prosecutors are seeking a death sentence for South Korea's former president Yoon Suk Yeol if he is found guilty of a failed attempt to impose martial law in the country.Special prosecutor Cho Eun-suk’s team made the request to the Seoul Central District Court during court on Tuesday, accusing Yoon of threatening the “liberal democratic constitutional order” with his “self-coup”.“The greatest victims of the insurrection in this case are the people of this country,” said the prosecutors. “There are no mitigating circumstances to be considered in sentencing, and instead, a severe punishment must be imposed.”Yoon has denied the charges against him, arguing that martial law was a symbolic gesture to draw public attention to the wrongdoings of the opposition...
January 14, 2026

Prosecutors seek death penalty for former South Korean president Yoon

Palestinian author and academic Randa Abdel-Fattah
Australia literary festival axed as high profile speakers quit over exclusion of Palestinian writer
BRISBANE — Organizers of Australia’s much-loved literary festival canceled the event Tuesday after more than 180 writers and speakers withdrew to protest the scrapping of an appearance by a Palestinian-Australian writer and academic.The annual Adelaide Writers Week has been mired in controversy since late last week when the board announced Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah, a prominent critic of Israel’s war in Gaza, was no longer invited to attend “given her past statements.”The uproar began when the board of the Adelaide Festival, which runs Adelaide Writers Week, announced that they had disinvited Abdel-Fattah from the event, citing cultural sensitivities “at this unprecedented time so soon after” an antisemitic mass shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach.“Whilst we do not suggest in...
January 13, 2026

Australia literary festival axed as high profile speakers quit over exclusion of Palestinian writer

Human-elephant conflict are frequent in the region, with officials and researchers linking it to shrinking forest cover, habitat fragmentation and increased human activity near elephant corridors
Wild elephant kills 20 in east Indian state of Jharkhand
NEW DELHI — At least 20 people have been killed in a series of attacks by a wild elephant in the eastern India over the past nine days, with forest officials saying the animal has yet to be captured.According to a BBC report, the fatalities occured between 1 and 9 January in the Chaibasa and Kolhan forest areas of Jharkhand.Human-elephant conflict are frequent in the region, with officials and researchers linking it to shrinking forest cover, habitat fragmentation and increased human activity near elephant corridors.A massive search operation involving more than 100 forest personnel is under way to locate the elephant, officials say."This is an unprecedented situation. It's the first time such a pattern of fatalities has been linked to a single male elephant in the region," said...
January 12, 2026

Wild elephant kills 20 in east Indian state of Jharkhand

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