February 6, 2017 China ex-deputy intelligence chief graft probe proceeding Prosecutors are proceeding with a corruption investigation into a former Chinese deputy intelligence chief.
February 6, 2017 China's first large homemade passenger jet to fly in 2017 Chinese state media say the country's first large homemade passenger jetliner will take to the air for its maiden flight in the first quarter of this year.
February 6, 2017 Philippines resumes assaults on rebels after talks scrapped Philippine troops have resumed assaults against communist rebels, killing at least one guerrilla, after President Rodrigo Duterte scrapped peace talks with the insurgents, military officials said Monday.
February 6, 2017 Australian woman dies in watercraft crash in Thailand An Australian woman died when the personal watercraft she was operating collided with one operated by her companion off the Thai island of Phuket, officials said Monday.
February 6, 2017 Toyota reports lower quarterly profit on lower sales, yen Toyota, which recently relinquished the crown of world's biggest automaker to German rival Volkswagen, is reporting a 23 percent decline in October-December profit from the previous year.
February 6, 2017 New Pentagon chief Mattis a hit in Japan, South Korea In his debut abroad as the first retired general to lead the Pentagon in more than half a century, Jim Mattis found that in Japan and South Korea his experience in uniform is seen as an asset.
February 6, 2017 Chinese navy wraps up visits to 4 Persian Gulf states A Chinese navy task force has wrapped up visits to four Persian Gulf states in the latest sign of the navy's growing presence in the region.
February 6, 2017 Bangladesh sticks to plan to relocate Rohingya Muslims Bangladesh is sticking to its plan to relocate Rohingya Muslims, who fled Myanmar in the face of persecution, from overcrowded and unhealthy camps in a southern coastal district to a low-lying island still not ready for human habitation.
February 6, 2017 Refugees in Indonesia protest slow UN resettlement process Asylum seekers in Indonesia have staged a protest in the capital urging the U.N.
February 6, 2017 Philippines' Duterte warns of offensives if rebels attack The Philippine president has warned that the military is ready to respond with airstrikes and new offensives if communist rebels launch attacks after both sides lifted separate cease-fires and he announced he was scrapping peace talks with the guerrillas.
