KUALA LUMPUR, May 31 (Xinhua) — A Malaysia Airlines flight from Melbourne to Kuala Lumpur flew back 20 minutes after it took off on Wednesday due to a “disruptive passenger,” the airline said in a statement. The MH128 plane made a turn back to Melbourne after the captain was alerted by a cabin crew that […]

SEOUL, May 31 (Xinhua) — South Korean prosecutors on Wednesday demanded seven years in prison against Choi Soon-sil, a decades-long confidante of the ousted president Park Geun-hye, over corruption allegations. Choi was taken into custody and stood trial over a string of corruption allegations, including bribery and closed-door intervention in state affairs. The imprisonment demand […]

ISLAMABAD, May 31 (Xinhua) — A huge car bomb blast that rocked the Afghan capital of Kabul Wednesday also damaged houses of Pakistani diplomats in the city, a Pakistani embassy source in Kabul told Xinhua by phone. No Pakistanis were hurt in the blast, said the source, adding that several cars belonged to the diplomats […]

SEOUL, May 31 (Xinhua) — South Korea’s parliament on Wednesday approved the nomination of Lee Nak-yon as the first prime minister. The 299-seat National Assembly passed the nomination with 164 votes in favor. Present for the vote was 188 lawmakers. By law, the nominee is required to get consent from a majority of legislators. President […]

Dhaka, May 30 (NsNewsWire) — At least six people died in three districts after the cyclone hit the Bangladesh coast early Tuesday. The cyclone crossed the coast of Chittagong, showing signs of weakening with reduced wind speed and rainfall, according to Met office. Met office says, the bad weather will persist on Tuesday and there […]

TOKYO, May 30 (Xinhua) — The availability of jobs in Japan rose to its highest level in more than four decades in April, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said in a report on Tuesday. According to the ministry, the ratio of job offers to job seekers came to 1.48 in April from 1.45 […]

SEOUL, May 30 (Xinhua) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday ordered a thorough investigation into the unauthorized delivery of four more mobile launchers of the U.S. missile shield to the country. Yoon Young-chan, chief presidential press secretary, told a press briefing that Moon said it was “very shocking” after he was briefed on […]

GENEVA, May 30 (Xinhua) — The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said Tuesday that nearly 600,000 civilians have fled their homes since the Iraqi government started its second wave of military operations to recapture western Mosul from Islamic State (IS) in February. According to the UN office’s latest figures, some 118,000 civilians […]