January 6, 2017 Russia says it starts Syrian drawdown with aircraft carrier Russia says it is withdrawing its aircraft carrier and some other warships from the waters off Syria as the first step in drawing down forces in Syria.
January 6, 2017 Pakistan makes case for Indian terrorism to UN Pakistan's foreign ministry says Islamabad has handed over a dossier to the United Nations over the alleged involvement of India in acts of terrorism in the Islamic nation.
January 6, 2017 Afghan officials say at least 7 miners killed by gunman The provincial governor of Afghanistan's Baghlan province has said that an unknown gunman has killed 12 coal miners.
January 6, 2017 India's economic growth projected to slow to 7.1 percent India's economic growth is estimated to slow to 7.1 percent in the current fiscal year ending March 31 compared to 7.6 percent last year, the first indicator of the impact of the demonetization drive.
January 6, 2017 South Korean executives jailed for humidifier cleaner deaths A South Korean court sentenced the former head of Oxy Reckitt Benckiser to seven years in prison Friday after the company's disinfectant for humidifiers killed scores of people and left hundreds with permanent lung damage.
January 6, 2017 Denmark receives extradition request from Seoul Denmark has received an extradition request from Seoul for the daughter of the former confidante of South Korea's president, as part of a corruption investigation.
January 6, 2017 Bangladesh police say leader of cafe attack has been killed Bangladesh police say a militant suspected of being one of the leaders of an attack on a popular cafe in Bangladesh's capital last summer that left 20 people dead has been killed in a shootout with security officials.
January 6, 2017 Japan recalls envoy to SKorea over 'comfort-woman' statue Japan announced Friday that it would recall its ambassador to South Korea and suspend economic talks in response to the placing of a "comfort-woman" statue representing wartime sex slaves in front of its consulate in the Korean port city of Busan.
January 6, 2017 S. Korea president faces test of her political life in trial A lawyer for South Korea's disgraced president has compared her impeachment to the deaths of Jesus Christ and the ancient Greek thinker Socrates.
January 6, 2017 Train crushes rickshaw, kills 7 students in Pakistan Police say a train has crushed two motorized rickshaws on an ungated crossing, killing seven schoolchildren in central Pakistan.
