January 6, 2017 Pakistan judge presses probe in allegedly abused child case Pakistan's chief justice is demanding a full police probe into allegations that a 10-year-old girl working as a maid was tortured by her employers, an influential judge and his wife.
January 6, 2017 Toyota stock dips after Trump tweet on planned Mexico plant Toyota Motor Corp. is a "good corporate citizen" and intends to work with President-elect Donald Trump to help make America strong, the Japanese automaker's president, Akio Toyoda, says.
January 6, 2017 Japan recalls envoy to South Korea over comfort-woman statue Japan is recalling its ambassador to South Korea in response to the placing of a comfort-woman statue in front of its consulate in the Korean city of Busan.
January 6, 2017 Senior North Korean leader to attend Nicaragua inauguration A senior North Korean delegation left Pyongyang on Friday to attend the inauguration of Nicaragua's newly elected President Daniel Ortega.
January 6, 2017 Gas outburst in central China coal mine kills 5, traps 7 State media say a falling roof triggered a gas outburst in a central Chinese coal mine that killed five people and trapped seven others.
January 6, 2017 Toyota stock dip after Trump tweet on planned Mexico plant Toyota Motor Corp. stock fell 2 percent in early Friday morning trading after President-elect Donald Trump said on Twitter that the Japanese automaker faces a "big border tax" if it goes ahead with plans on a new Mexico plant.
January 6, 2017 34 of 158 inmates recaptured after jailbreak in Philippines Philippine security forces have recaptured 34 out of 158 inmates who escaped after heavily armed Muslim rebels stormed a jail in the country's south.
January 5, 2017 Turkey: Cease-fire violations in Syria are obstacle to talks Turkey's foreign minister says the main obstacle to holding peace negotiations on Syria later this month is the cease-fire violations and he is calling on the U.N.
January 5, 2017 South Korea's strike force moves forward with Kim Jong Un elimination plan South Korea is speeding up its plans to create a military force tasked with eliminating Pyongyang's leadership - including Kim Jong Un - in the event of war.
January 5, 2017 Al-Qaida-linked group in Syria says truce 'humiliating' An al-Qaida-linked group in Syria says a nearly week-old cease-fire brokered by Russia and Turkey is "humiliating" and that those who agreed to it made a "big mistake." The cease-fire, which excludes the al-Qaida-linked Fatah al-Sham Front as well as the Islamic State group, has largely held, except for intense fighting in the Barada Valley outside Damascus, a major source of water for the capital.
