Polish police and state prosecutors on Wednesday raided the headquarters of a magazine that recently published compromising information about the government, in a failed attempt to seize its computers.
The South Korean military said on Thursday it would hold a rare live-fire drill near islets also claimed by Japan in a move likely to further raise diplomatic tensions with Tokyo.
Antarctic scientists warned on Wednesday that a surge in tourists visiting the frozen continent was threatening its fragile environment and called for better protection.
A one-cent postage stamp from a 19th century British colony in South America has become the world's most valuable stamp - again.
A wooden boat carrying Indonesians home in a storm sank in choppy seas off Malaysia's west coast early on Wednesday, leaving 28 people missing and eight dead, Malaysian officials said. At least 61 people survived.
A top UN humanitarian official said on Tuesday she witnessed "appalling conditions" and the worst human suffering she has ever seen in camps for stateless Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar's violence-torn Rakhine State.
Japan's parliament voted on Wednesday to make possession of child pornography a crime, after years of international calls for a crackdown, but it avoided a clampdown on sexually explicit manga comics and animations depicting young children.
Indonesia's promises to tackle the upcoming annual haze season with a $30 million fund and limited military equipment have been called into question by experts anticipating worse pollution levels than last year as a result of the El Nino weather pattern.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko set out proposals on Wednesday for a peace plan for eastern Ukraine involving a unilateral cease-fire by government forces. The announcement came after a late-night telephone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, in which the possibility of a cease fire was discussed.
Two Russian journalists for a Russian state-owned TV channel died on Tuesday in eastern Ukraine after being hit by mortar fire, the Rossiya 24 network said.
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