China has punished more than one million officials for corruption over the past three years, the government says, reports BBC. Another 409 people, said to be fugitives, have been detained overseas this year. The statistics were released as top officials in the Chinese Communist Party begin a closed-door…

Expansion of Heathrow airport has been approved by a committee of ministers, sources tell the BBC.Ministers approved the decision at a cabinet committee meeting yesterday morning, reports BBC. However, Downing Street has yet to officially confirm the decision.Transport Secretary Chris Grayling will…

The toll from a powerful explosion in China rose to 14 dead and 147 injured yesterday, state media said, as authorities censored discussion of the incident online, reports AFP. Monday’s blast in Xinmin, in the northern province of Shaanxi, tore through five prefabricated buildings, destroying…

Acid-tongued Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte takes his diplomatic roadshow to Japan yesterday, days after his apparent tilt towards China raised questions about the leader’s strategic intentions, reports AFP. The Philippines and Japan have long been key US allies in Asia, but Duterte has…

Unidentified gunmen killed two Saudi policemen in the mainly Shiite eastern city of Dammam early yesterday, authorities in the region said, reports AFP. The officers came under “heavy fire from an unknown source” as they parked their vehicle in a commercial area, the Saudi Press Agency quoted…

An Indonesian court yesterday jailed an Islamic State group supporter for eight years for his role in a deadly gun and suicide bombing attack in Jakarta, the latest extremist sentenced over the assault, reports AFP. Ali Makhmudin, 41, was found guilty of breaking anti-terror laws by helping prepare…

Workers were set to begin demolishing the notorious Calais “Jungle” camp yesterday as a second batch of migrants boarded buses under a massive…