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JAPAN’S farm minister resigned on Monday after being accused of accepting illegal political funds, in a first blow to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s new cabinet. Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Koya Nishikawa

SMART syringes that break after one use should be used for injections by 2020, the World Health Organization has announced. Reusing syringes leads to more than two million people being infected with

AN Egyptian court has jailed blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah, who played a key role during the 2011 uprising, for five years for breaking protest laws. He was previously given a 15-year jail

UKRAINE’S military said Monday that it is waiting for a full ceasefire with pro-Russian rebels before withdrawing heavy weapons from the frontline, a key next step in a tattered peace plan. “As

HSBC has said 2014 was a “challenging year” after reporting a 17% drop in profit to $18.7bn (£12.2bn). The bank blamed the negative effect of fines and settlements and UK customer redress

THE death toll from weeks of political violence in Bangladesh passed 100 on Monday, when police found four bullet-riddled bodies in the capital Dhaka. Police said the four men were lynched after

THREE of the nine members of the Bank of Japan’s policy board have cast doubt on the feasibility of reaching its two-percent inflation target, minutes revealed Monday. During their January gathering, at

FRANCE deployed an aircraft carrier in the Gulf on Monday as part of the US-led military campaign against the Islamic State jihadist group in Iraq, a defence ministry official said. “The integration

A FERRY has capsized in central Bangladesh, killing at least 65 people including a young baby. The ferry, carry more than 100 people, collided with a trawler on the river Padma about

A THAI court has sentenced two students to two years and six months in jail for “damaging the monarchy”. Patiwat Saraiyaem, 23, and Pornthip Munkong, 26, had pleaded guilty to breaking strict