February 15, 2017 UAE ambassador wounded in Afghanistan bombing dies The United Arab Emirates says its ambassador to Afghanistan has died of wounds sustained in a January bombing that also claimed the lives of five other Emirati nationals.
February 15, 2017 China awards Trump valuable new trademark China has awarded President Donald Trump a valuable new trademark.
February 15, 2017 Briton arrested in Cambodia in Pattaya slaying Police in Cambodia have announced the arrest of a British man suspected of involvement in the killing of another Briton in the Thai resort town of Pattaya.
February 15, 2017 India launches more than 100 satellites into orbit India's space agency says it has successfully launched more than 100 foreign nano satellites into orbit.
February 15, 2017 More questions than answers in death of North Korean royalty It looks like a perfectly staged assassination, straight out of the pages of a spy novel: North Korean royalty Kim Jong Nam, the estranged, exiled half-brother of leader Kim Jong Un, falls ill at a Malaysian airport, complains of being sprayed with some sort of chemical, and drops dead.
February 15, 2017 Slain North Korean played complicated role in ruling dynasty A failed attempt to sneak into Japan to visit Disneyland in 2001 may have doomed the leadership dreams of the half-brother of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, who was assassinated this week in an airport in Malaysia.
February 15, 2017 Afghan official: Taliban attack kills 5 in northern village An Afghan official says that a Taliban attack on a village in northern Faryab province has killed five members of the local police force.
February 15, 2017 Ex-leader of northern Chinese province sentenced for graft A Chinese court has sentenced the former Communist Party chief of the major northern Chinese province of Hebei to 15 years in prison on corruption charges.
February 15, 2017 Local China government suspends plant project after protests The government of an oil city near China's border with Russia says it is suspending an aluminum plant project following protests over pollution fears.
February 15, 2017 Syrian state media says talks should focus on terrorism A Syrian state-owned newspaper says talks with the opposition in Kazakhstan will not be "fruitful" unless they are focused on fighting terrorism.
