South Korea suffered its second serious transport accident in just over two weeks on Friday when a subway train in the capital, Seoul, crashed into a train at a station, injuring 200 people although no one was killed.
Philippine police, backed by Interpol, have arrested dozens of suspected members of an online extortion syndicate who duped hundreds of victims worldwide into exposing themselves in front of webcams or engaging in lewd chats, including a Scottish teenager who committed suicide after being blackmailed, officials said on Friday.
Gerry Adams questioned over 1972 killing of mother of 10 children
Police opened an investigation against Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi, tipped to be the next prime minister of India, after he flashed his party's symbol and made a speech after casting his vote in a violation of election rules.
Ukraine detained Russia's military attache to Kiev on suspicion of spying and ordered the diplomat to leave the country, reports said on Thursday.
Frontrunner for prime minister Narendra Modi declared an end to India's "mother-son government" as he voted on Wednesday in his party's heartland in the latest stage of the country's mammoth elections.
China is due to sign agreements with African nations on petroleum, agriculture and infrastructure during Premier Li Keqiang's maiden visit to Africa since taking office.
Pro-Russian separatists seized control of state buildings in the town of Horlivka on Wednesday, tightening their grip on swathes of Ukraine's industrial east almost unopposed by police.
In 2010, the central government decided to establish a Special Economic Zone in Kashgar city in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.
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