Sabah still involved in territorial row

The territorial dispute between Malaysia and the Philippines is over much of the eastern part of the state of Sabah, a territory known as North Borneo before the formation of Malaysia in 1963. The Philippines, presenting itself as the successor state of the Sultanate of Sulu, retains a "dormant claim" on Sabah on the basis that the territory was only leased to the British North Borneo Co in 1878, with the sovereignty of the sultanate over the territory never having been relinquished.

Malaysian honeymoon interrupted by abduction

Journalist Li Xue, 30, had been planning a relaxing honeymoon under the Sabah sun away from the pressures of work for the last two months. Instead, she made headlines in China on Thursday after reporting an armed raid and kidnapping.

European trip yields ripe fruit

President Xi Jinping returned to Beijing on Wednesday morning from a four-nation European tour that took him to the Netherlands, France, Germany and Belgium over 11 days. Here are some tour highlights.

Abbas intends to sign more intl conventions

Israel seeks Palestinian pledge on talks before releasing long-serving prisoners

Myanmar census ban on Muslims sparks concerns

The UN agency that helped Myanmar prepare for its first census in decades said on Tuesday it was deeply concerned about a government decision to bar Muslims from identifying themselves as Rohingya, warning it could stoke tensions.

NATO reverting to Cold War language, Russian FM says

Russia accused NATO on Wednesday of reverting to the language of the Cold War by suspending cooperation with Moscow, and said neither side would gain from the move.

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8.2 temblor rattles northern regions

Country declares inland disaster as 2.1-meter waves wash shoreline

300 female inmates escape

About 300 inmates escaped from a women's prison in the northern coastal city of Iquique after the prison's power supply went down when Tuesday's tsunami hit.

No Chinese were injured in disaster, embassy says

There have been no reports of Chinese casualties in Chile following the 8.2-magnitude earthquake that hit the country on Tuesday, the Chinese embassy in Chile confirmed on Wednesday.

Britain's churches born again

Converted properties find new uses as secular, commercial businesses

Japan may submit smaller whale hunt quotas after ruling

Japan could try to rescue its Antarctic whaling program by sharply reducing catch quotas after the highest UN court ordered a halt, rejecting Tokyo's argument that the catch was for scientific purposes and not mainly for human consumption.