Ankara / AFP Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim on Tuesday warned against exacting revenge on supporters of the failed coup, as Ankara arrested top generals in a relentless crackdown that has sparked global alarm. Erdogan has denounced the coup bid, which left more than 300 dead on all sides, as a treacherous bid to oust him from power devised ...

  Beijing / AFP Chinese people who blame Washington for an international tribunal’s dismissal of Beijing’s maritime claims have called for a boycott of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) in protests outside branches in 11 cities, reports said. Crowds gathered to wave placards and shout anti-US slogans outside restaurants stretching from the northern province of Hebei to Hunan province, some 1,600 ...

  Manila / AFP Manila has rejected Beijing’s demand that it “disregard” an international ruling that invalidated the Asian giant’s claims to much of the South China Sea before negotiating on the issue, the Philippines’ foreign secretary said on Tuesday. China last week denounced a UN-backed tribunal’s finding that there was no legal basis for its claims to most of ...

  BRUSSELS / AFP The EU on Tuesday followed the US to launch a new legal challenge at the World Trade Organization over duties and quotas China imposes on its raw materials exports.The EU said China is violating WTO rules with restrictions on exports of key materials such as graphite, cobalt, chromium and magnesia which help Chinese industry at the ...

  Srinagar / AFP Indian Kashmir residents said on Tuesday they are facing shortages of prescription drugs, as parts of the region remained under curfew for an 11th day following deadly clashes between protesters and security forces. As the overall death toll from days of violence rose to 45, shopkeepers warned supplies were running low because trucks were unable to ...

  Islamabad / AFP A special court trying former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf for treason passed an order on Tuesday freezing his bank accounts and confiscating his property, his lawyer said. The head of a three-judge panel, Mazhar Alam Miankhel, made the order in the absence of the former president, who left for Dubai in March for what was ...

  Bloomberg Asia is embracing bullet trains like never before. Singapore and Malaysia signed an agreement on Tuesday that will bring a high-speed rail link to Kuala Lumpur by 2026. The long-envisioned plan, six years behind an earlier target completion date, follows a $5.5 billion project already underway in Indonesia. India last year chose Japan to build a $15 billion ...

  Bloomberg Facebook Inc. is piloting a feature in India allowing users to save videos to watch offline, chasing a similar program from Google’s YouTube, as the companies attempt to crack a market ridden with poor internet connectivity. The move followed feedback from users in the country citing poor video experiences because of limited mobile coverage, Facebook said in a ...

  Bloomberg Singapore Exchange Ltd., whose stock market suffered a five-hour halt last week, said the issues were caused by a hard disk failure and an application that didn’t detect the fault. The exchange has replaced the disk and submitted an interim report to the Monetary Authority of Singapore, CEO Loh Boon Chye told reporters on Tuesday. Investigations are ongoing ...

  Bloomberg Malaysia’s ringgit posted the biggest two-day slide since Britain voted to exit the European Union amid the subdued mood in emerging markets as oil and stocks fell. Crude prices dropped for a second day, damping the outlook for government finances for Asia’s only major net oil exporter before the International Monetary Fund updates its projections for world growth ...