PM himself is the root of many problems, expert says
TRURO, England - Victims of acid attacks in the United Kingdom are calling on the government to enforce longer prison sentences and tighten controls on the sale of corrosive substances, after a jump in the number of cases last year and in 2017.
MUMBAI - India, one of the world's largest markets for pharmaceuticals, is drawing up its first set of marketing rules for drugmakers, restricting gifts and trips offered to doctors and pharmacists to 1,000 rupees ($15), according to a draft proposal.
SEOUL - South Korean prosecutors are investigating award-winning film director Kim Ki-duk after an actress accused him of hitting her and trying to force her into shooting off-script sexual scenes while making a 2013 movie.
HERAT, Afghanistan - The father of an Afghan girl who represented her country in a robotics competition in the United States died in this week's Herat mosque attack, her family said on Thursday.
SEOUL - A protest against the deployment of the US Terminal High Altitude Area Defense missile system continued in Seoul on Tuesday after President Moon Jae-in ordered consultations with the United States on further deployment of the launchers.
TOKYO - Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will shake up his Cabinet this week, the government's top spokesman said on Tuesday, as public support plummets after a series of scandals.
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Archaeologists have unearthed a large, centuries-old statue that is believed to have once stood guard over an ancient hospital at the famed Angkor temple complex.
SYDNEY - The resting place of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 will eventually be found but it will require advances in science and technology, including artificial intelligence, the carrier's chief said Tuesday.
WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump ousted recently hired White House communications chief Anthony Scaramucci on Monday over an obscene tirade, sources familiar with the decision said, in the latest staff upheaval for the six-month-old administration.
A special display of more than 200 items presented as gifts to Queen Elizabeth II throughout her 65-year reign has opened in Buckingham Palace.
CANBERRA, Australia - Former prime minister Kevin Rudd on Tuesday said that Australian authorities must continue to monitor the return of Islamic State foreign fighters after police foiled a terror plot to bring down an Australian plane earlier this week.