SEOUL - Prosecutors questioned three officials linked to South Korea's third-largest conglomerate, SK Group, on Thursday as part of a widening corruption scandal that led to the dismissal of President Park Geun-hye.
BANDUNG, INDONESIA - The Indonesian military has removed a statue of a grinning, cartoonlike tiger from outside an army base after it sparked a flood of online mockery.
HONOLULU - A federal judge blocked President Donald Trump's revised travel ban hours before it was to take effect, marking the second time courts have thwarted Trump's efforts to freeze immigration by refugees and citizens of some predominantly Muslim nations.
China will adopt resolute measures against Japan if it insists on interfering in the South China Sea with military power, Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Hua Chunying said on Thursday.
KUALA LUMPUR - Interpol has issued a red notice, the closest to an international arrest warrant, for four people from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in connection with the murder of a DPRK man at Kuala Lumpur's airport last month, Malaysia's police chief said on Thursday.
RIO DE JANEIRO - Hundreds of thousands of Brazilians took to the streets on Wednesday to protest against a social security reform which is being pushed by the government. There were protests in all state capitals and a number of smaller cities.
LONDON - The utopian vision for a redeveloped Moscow 100 years ago is the focus of an exhibition which opened on Wednesday at London's Design Museum.
LIMA, PERU - Patricia Calvino has marked every day spent in a Peruvian prison on drug charges since 2013 with a cross through a calendar, a sobering reminder of how long she has spent away from her daughter in Spain.
WELLINGTON - A New Zealand river revered by Maori has been recognized by parliament as a "legal person", in a move believed to be a world first.
NEW YORK - A strong late winter storm lashed the northeast of the United States with blizzard on Tuesday, grounding more than 6,000 flights and knocking out power to about 250,000 customers.
WELLINGTON - New Zealand's bees are being stolen and traded by organized crime syndicates seeking to profit from skyrocketing honey prices, police and beekeepers said on Tuesday, proving that bees make money.
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