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The Corruption Investigation Office (CIO) criticised President Yoon Suk-yeol’s refusal to appear for questioning as “deliberate” and vowed swift legal action.

Moscow has courted relations with the Taliban since they seized power in Afghanistan after the United States' chaotic withdrawal from the country in 2021.

Beijing has rejected allegations that a Chinese businessman used his connections with Britain's Prince Andrew to spy for Beijing, following escalating concerns from the UK government over the claims.

Filipino and Chinese vessels regularly clash around a disputed shoal Beijing seized from Manila in 2012.

At least three North Korean servicemen also went missing near the village of Kurilovka, says Ukraine's Defense Intelligence.

The interim leader has said that among the reforms needed is an updated voter list, a "complex" challenge after years of turbulent democratic process.

Han’s resignation follows the passage of an impeachment motion by the National Assembly against President Yoon with 204 votes in favour and 85 against.

Yoon Suk-yeol will be suspended until Constitutional Court decides whether to formally remove him from office or reinstate him.

The country that gave the world the Sony Walkman, the bullet train and Super Mario is no longer setting the pace in technology, overtaken by Silicon Valley, South Korea and China.

The police unit earned a grim reputation for extrajudicial killings and was accused of supporting Hasina's political ambitions by suppressing dissent through abductions and murders.

Yoon’s presidential powers and duties will be suspended after the copies of a document on the impeachment are delivered to him and to the Constitutional Court.

The fire broke out late on Thursday night in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, and its cause is still being investigated.

Lee Jae-myung's remarks come after President Yoon Suk-yeol said he would fight until the end and blamed the opposition for paralysing the government.

India's top court has halted new legal actions against places of worship, including mosques, temples and churches until further notice.

Samsung is under investigation by the Competition Commission of India for allegedly colluding with Amazon and Flipkart to exclusively launch products online, violating anti-trust laws.

The UN, along with the EU, OIC, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Iran, condemned the attack.

Gen. Park An-su is among at least six military commanders suspended as investigations expand into their roles in Yoon's failed martial law declaration on December 3.

President Yoon Suk-yeol defended his attempt to impose martial law in a televised speech, promising to "fight to the end" despite the opposition legislature's efforts to impeach him.

Afghan Minister for Refugees, Khalil ur-Rahman Haqqani, a prominent figure in the Haqqani network, is killed in a suicide attack at the ministry building.

President Yoon’s former Defence Minister Kim Yong-hyun was detained on Sunday and formally arrested on Tuesday over charges of treason and is accused of being complicit in imposing martial law.

Seoul has launched a widespread investigation into the December 3 martial law into the Yoon administration after the parliament rejected the president’s move and the martial law was lifted within six hours.

India stopped issuing visas for Bangladeshis except for emergency medical visas after Hasina's ouster.

Taiwan's military has activated "combat readiness exercises" as China imposes airspace restrictions, while Beijing condemned Taiwanese leader Lai's "provocative" US stopovers and a $385M US-Taiwan arms deal as violations of the "One China" principle.

Yoon’s martial law decree which brought special forces troops into Seoul streets, plunged South Korea into political turmoil and caused worry among its key diplomatic partners and neighbours.

Torrential rains since last week in the island of Java have caused rivers to burst their banks, tearing through more than 170 villages and forced more than 3,000 people to flee.

The arrest comes after President Yoon Suk-yeol survived an impeachment motion due to a near-total boycott by his party.

Impeaching Yoon required support from two-thirds of the National Assembly.

"Israel is a country in which we have a strong record of cooperation in national security," India's Foreign Minister S Jaishankar tells Parliament.

President Yoon Suk-yeol says he's "very sorry" for the confusion caused by his declaration of martial law, adding he will let his party decide on his future position.

In 2021, Modi repealed controversial farm laws promising to ensure support prices for crops, but multiple meetings since then have failed to make progress, with farmers accusing the government of not keeping its word.