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7.3 magnitude quake hits the same area that was devastated by 2011 disaster

Massive earthquake strikes Japan near Fukushima, triggering tsunami

Update

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.3 hit northern Japan on Tuesday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said, generating a tsunami that hit the nation’s northern Pacific coast.

22 Nov 2016 - 7:11am 4

Pope Francis indefinitely extends the right of priests to pardon abortion

Pope Francis indefinitely extends the right of priests to pardon abortion

22 Nov 2016 - 3:09am

Except for US, world rushing to head off disastrous impact of global warming

Trump isolated on climate as rest of world works on fossil fuel limits, green energy

22 Nov 2016 - 2:08am

US President Barack Obama speaks during a news conference at the Apec 2016 CEO Summit in Lima, Peru, on Sunday. Photo: Bloomberg

Obama’s farewell foreign tour turns sombre, as Trump’s election puts his legacy in jeopardy

21 Nov 2016 - 9:51pm 6

US president-elect Donald Trump (left) and vice-president-elect Mike Pence (right) greet retired General James Mattis in Bedminster, New Jersey, on Saturday. Photo: Reuters

James Mattis, touted by Trump as possible Pentagon chief, is a ‘mad dog’ with a cerebral side

21 Nov 2016 - 9:51pm 1

The leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum applaud after a group photo session in Lima. Photo: Kyodo

Apec summit leaders warn of dangers posed by Trump’s economic protectionism

22 Nov 2016 - 2:17am

Afghan security officials inspect the scene of a suicide bomb attack that targeted a Shiite Muslims religious school in Kabul. Photo: EPA

Suicide blast targeting Shiites at Kabul mosque kills at least 27

21 Nov 2016 - 9:50pm

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US President-elect Donald Trump arrives with his son Barron and wife Melania at the New York Hilton Midtown in New York in the early hours of November 9. Melania and Barron will stay in New York when the president-elect moves into the White House, the transition team has confirmed. Photo: AFP

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The arrests of seven people – of French, Moroccan and Afghan origin – “enabled us to prevent a long-planned terror attack on our soil”, Cazeneuve told a televised news conference. Photo: AFP

Europe

French police foil coordinated terror attack, arrest seven

21 Nov, 7:16pm

A.A. Gill (centre), flanked by fellow authors Tom Parker Bowles (left) and Nicholas Coleridge at the Hong Kong Book Fair in 2011. Gill has surprised his readers by announcing his cancer diagnosis in his regular restaurant column on the UK Sunday Times. Photo: SCMP Picture

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Famed food critic A.A. Gill reveals cancer diagnosis with gusto: ‘There is barely a morsel of offal that is not included...’

21 Nov, 12:44pm

According to some accounts deadly clashes in the Libyan city of Sabha were triggered when a pet monkey was deliberately set upon a group of schoolgirls. Photo: AP

Africa

Pet monkey incident triggers Libya clashes, leaving 20 people dead and 50 injured

21 Nov, 9:44pm

Opinion

If we take Trump at his word, US allies will have to commit more troops and resources of their own to maintain their own defence. Photo: AP

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Some day, we might miss the world’s policeman

21 Nov 2016 - 2:05am 12

A copy of the Chinese magazine Global People with a cover story asking ‘Why did Trump win?’ in Shanghai. Photo: AFP

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19 Nov 2016 - 10:02am 2

The Oxford Dictionaries has declared “post-truth” as its 2016 international word of the year. Photo: AP

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Post-truth has always been part of politics

18 Nov 2016 - 7:55am 6

Friends take a selfie with a cardboard cut out of US president Barack Obama in Hong Kong. Photo: AFP

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A Chinese newspaper headlined ‘President Trump shakes America’ on sale in Beijing. Photo: AFP

How China can take advantage of Donald Trump’s U.S. election win

12 Nov 2016 - 11:04am 11

Former French prime minister Francois Fillon is surrouded by supporters at his campaign headquarters in Paris on Sunday after winning the first round of the conservative presidential primary. Photo: Xinhua

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Thatcher fan Francois Fillon, surprise frontrunner in France's presidential battle

21 Nov 2016 - 9:44pm

Boom Technology hopes that the full-size version of its supersonic passenger jet, sen here in an artist’s impression, will be in skies by 2020. Photo: Boom Technology

United States & Canada

Supersonic jet backed by Branson aims to be next Concorde, offering ‘affordable’ flights at Mach 2.2

17 Nov 2016 - 8:34pm

Senator John McCain. Photo: AP

United States & Canada

Senator John McCain tells Trump that he cannot bring back waterboarding

20 Nov 2016 - 9:49pm 1

Part of a seizure of baby milk formula is shown off by the Vancouver Police Department on Wednesday. The allegedly stolen milk was bound for Chinese consumers, the VPD said. Photo: Vancouver Police Department

United States & Canada

Milking the system: Vancouver drug addicts recruited to steal baby formula for Chinese market, police say

18 Nov 2016 - 9:03pm 4

Islamic State victim Imad shows a bullet wound on his left leg that he says he suffered during a mass execution from which he escaped. Photo: Alice Martins / The Washington Post

Middle East

‘I thought, this is it’: one man’s escape from an Islamic State massacre

16 Nov 2016 - 10:04pm

The decision by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s government to walk away from the International Criminal Court comes 14 years after Washington did the same. Photo: Reuters

Russia & Central Asia

Washington bemoans Russia quitting International Criminal Court, 14 years after US did the same

17 Nov 2016 - 10:07pm

United States & Canada

US President Barack Obama speaks during a news conference at the Apec 2016 CEO Summit in Lima, Peru, on Sunday. Photo: Bloomberg

World

Obama’s farewell foreign tour turns sombre, as Trump’s election puts his legacy in jeopardy

US President Barack Obama once expected his last foreign trip as president to be a farewell tour to a world enjoying the fruits of a foreign policy he thought would last: an outstretched hand to peaceful Muslims, a strengthened alliance with Europe, a deal to curtail Iran’s nuclear ambitions.

21 Nov 2016 - 9:51pm 6

US President-elect Donald Trump arrives with his son Barron and wife Melania at the New York Hilton Midtown in New York in the early hours of November 9. Melania and Barron will stay in New York when the president-elect moves into the White House, the transition team has confirmed. Photo: AFP

United States & Canada

Trump explains why wife Melania won’t be moving to the White House with him, for now

21 Nov, 9:51pm 8

US President-elect Donald Trump gestures as former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney exits their meeting at the main clubhouse at Trump National Golf Club. Photo: Reuters

United States & Canada

Mike Pence says Romney under ‘active consideration’ for secretary of state

20 Nov, 11:39pm 1

United States & Canada

Disney to open Avatar land in Orlando during summer of 2017

20 Nov, 7:26pm 1

National Security Agency Director Admiral Michael Rogers. Photo: Reuters

United States & Canada

Change at NSA could allow Donald Trump to recast surveillance

20 Nov, 9:49pm 1

The most advanced weather satellite ever built rocketed into space on Saturday, part of an US$11 billion effort to revolutionise forecasting and save lives. Photo: AP

United States & Canada

Come rain or shine: Nasa weather satellite offers ‘huge leap’ in forecasts

20 Nov, 4:01pm 1

Some 70 years ago, this was the Asian stereotype. Photo: Library of Congress

United States & Canada

The real secret to Asian success in America was not about education

20 Nov, 9:49pm 7

US president-elect Donald Trump (left) and vice-president-elect Mike Pence (right) greet retired General James Mattis in Bedminster, New Jersey, on Saturday. Photo: Reuters

United States & Canada

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Europe

The arrests of seven people – of French, Moroccan and Afghan origin – “enabled us to prevent a long-planned terror attack on our soil”, Cazeneuve told a televised news conference. Photo: AFP

Europe

French police foil coordinated terror attack, arrest seven

21 Nov 2016 - 7:16pm

A British territory since 1713, Gibraltar has long clouded UK-Spanish relations, with Madrid seeking its return to Spanish sovereignty. Photo: Reuters

Europe

British navy fires flares to warn off Spanish ship near Gibraltar

21 Nov 2016 - 9:51pm

Britain’s Royal Navy no longer rules the waves, thanks to ‘pathetically low’ number of ships, MPs warn

Europe

Britain’s Royal Navy no longer rules the waves, thanks to ‘pathetically low’ number of ships, MPs warn

21 Nov 2016 - 9:51pm 1

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy sits on a bench with his wife, singer Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, after voting at a polling station in the first round in the French mayoral elections in Paris, in this March 23, 2014, photo. Photo: Reuters

Europe

From bling to bust: the broken dreams of Nicolas Sarkozy, France’s divisive ex-president

21 Nov, 9:44pm

A.A. Gill (centre), flanked by fellow authors Tom Parker Bowles (left) and Nicholas Coleridge at the Hong Kong Book Fair in 2011. Gill has surprised his readers by announcing his cancer diagnosis in his regular restaurant column on the UK Sunday Times. Photo: SCMP Picture

Europe

Famed food critic A.A. Gill reveals cancer diagnosis with gusto: ‘There is barely a morsel of offal that is not included...’

21 Nov, 12:44pm

Former French prime minister Francois Fillon is surrouded by supporters at his campaign headquarters in Paris on Sunday after winning the first round of the conservative presidential primary. Photo: Xinhua

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Thatcher fan Francois Fillon, surprise frontrunner in France's presidential battle

21 Nov, 9:44pm

Middle East

A fighter of Libyan forces aims his weapon as he takes up position inside a ruined house at the front line of fighting with Islamic State militants in Ghiza Bahriya district. Photo: Reuters

Middle East

Lessons for Mosul: Libyan forces in Sirte on the cusp of victory against Islamic State

21 Nov 2016 - 4:03am 1

A man walks near rubble of damaged buildings, in the rebel-held besieged area of Aleppo. Photo: Reuters

Middle East

All hospitals in eastern Aleppo out of action after heavy bombing

20 Nov 2016 - 9:49pm 1

A man reads a newspaper on a Dubai beach, as Western tourists walk by. Photo: AP

Middle East

Briton who reported being raped by fellow tourists in Dubai faces jail for having ‘extramarital sex’

18 Nov 2016 - 9:03pm 2

Children gather as smoke rises from oil wells, set ablaze by Islamic State militants before the militants fled. Photo: Reuters

Middle East

Islamic State’s scorched earth retreat is choking Iraqi children in a toxic cloud

18 Nov, 4:02am

US, Iran clash over Tehran’s testing of limits in nuclear deal

Middle East

US, Iran clash over Tehran’s testing of limits in nuclear deal

18 Nov, 2:51am

Kurdish Peshmerga forces walk towards the town of Bashiqa, east of Mosul, during an operation to attack Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq. Canadian troops have been training the Kurdish forces, and sometimes fighting alongside them. Photo: Reuters

Middle East

Canadian military trainers have had dozens of firefights with Islamic State in Iraq, commander says

17 Nov, 8:34pm

British banker Rurik Jutting smiles as he leaves court in Hong Kong. Photo: AFP

Society

The deal that could let Hong Kong banker turned sex-murderer Rurik Jutting go back to Britain

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Americas

The leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum applaud after a group photo session in Lima. Photo: Kyodo

Americas

Apec summit leaders warn of dangers posed by Trump’s economic protectionism

22 Nov 2016 - 2:17am

Police gather at a military helicopter which crashed in Rio de Janeiro. Photo: AP

Americas

Helicopter crash kills four police near Rio’s famed ‘City of God’ slum after day of heavy gunfire

20 Nov 2016 - 12:29pm

People shout slogans during a demo for the immediate implementation of the agreement between the Colombian government and the Farc guerrillas at Bolivar Square in Bogota. Photo: AFP

Americas

New deaths spark fears for fragile Colombia ceasefire

19 Nov 2016 - 9:33pm

Smokes rises above the seaside Larcomar shopping centre while people struggling to breathe were helped into ambulances. Photo: Reuters

Americas

At least four dead in fire at Peru shopping mall opposite hotel for world leaders attending Apec summit

17 Nov, 8:34pm 1

He murdered 300 people. Now Popeye the ‘narco’ assassin is a Colombian media star

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He murdered 300 people. Now Popeye the ‘narco’ assassin is a Colombian media star

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Colombians celebrate in Bogota’s main square. Photo: EPA

Americas

Colombia announces revised peace deal with Farc, hoping to overcome referendum rejection

13 Nov, 10:06pm

Africa

According to some accounts deadly clashes in the Libyan city of Sabha were triggered when a pet monkey was deliberately set upon a group of schoolgirls. Photo: AP

Africa

Pet monkey incident triggers Libya clashes, leaving 20 people dead and 50 injured

21 Nov 2016 - 9:44pm

Members of International delegations play with a giant air globe ball outside the COP22 climate conference. Photo: AFP

Africa

Drought-hit women forced to resort to eating less or selling sex for food, climate conference told

21 Nov 2016 - 2:01am

Former UN secretary general Kofi Annan was pivotal to the court’s creation in 1998. Photo: Reuters

Africa

African exodus from ICC must be stopped, former UN chief Kofi Annan says

18 Nov 2016 - 10:11pm 1

A man collecting bodies to bury in a mass grave approaches a burned hut containing charred corpses, on the outskirts of Yei, in southern South Sudan. Photo: AP

Africa

Wave of ethnic killings and atrocities engulfs South Sudan town, once a bastion of peace

18 Nov, 9:03pm 1

One of the 21 Chibok school girls released by Boko Haram carries her baby during their visit to meet President Muhammadu Buhari last month. Photo: Reuters

Africa

Chibok girls who escaped Boko Haram overcome jealousy to take up university places

18 Nov, 3:03am

Cecil the lion at Hwange National Park in 2010. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Africa

Zimbabwe court drops charges against hunter who helped kill Cecil the lion

11 Nov, 9:01pm

Russia & Central Asia

Afghan security officials inspect the scene of a suicide bomb attack that targeted a Shiite Muslims religious school in Kabul. Photo: EPA

Russia & Central Asia

Suicide blast targeting Shiites at Kabul mosque kills at least 27

21 Nov 2016 - 9:50pm

LinkedIn, headquartered in the United States, is the first major social network to be blocked by Russian authorities, setting a precedent for the way foreign Internet firms operate. File photo: Reuters

Russia & Central Asia

LinkedIn blocked in Russia as social networks put on notice over data storage

17 Nov 2016 - 6:59pm

The decision by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s government to walk away from the International Criminal Court comes 14 years after Washington did the same. Photo: Reuters

Russia & Central Asia

Washington bemoans Russia quitting International Criminal Court, 14 years after US did the same

17 Nov 2016 - 10:07pm

Russia's Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukayev is suspected of taking a bribe in relation to a massive deal involving state-controlled oil giant Rosneft. Photo: AFP

Russia & Central Asia

Russia’s economy minister is detained over US$2million oil-deal bribe, investigators say

15 Nov, 10:23pm

Yury Namestnikov, the head of internet security firm Kaspersky's Russian research and analysis department, at the company's headquarters in Moscow. Photo: AFP

Russia & Central Asia

Russia’s notorious hacking community mainly puts profits before patriotism

8 Nov, 8:59pm

Khanzir, a resident of Kabul Zoo, is the only pig in Afghanistan and possibly the loneliest pig in the world. Photo: EPA

Russia & Central Asia

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