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Asia

18 Aug
A Taliban spokesman pledged that the group would honor women’s rights, but within the norms of Islamic law, at a news conference following their takeover of Afghanistan. Zabihullah Mujahid, who had been a...
17 Aug
Indonesia's president pledged to improve COVID-19 testing and treatment in an address on Monday marking the country's independence and said the pandemic had changed Indonesian culture in ways that would be...
17 Aug
Malaysia's Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin resigned less than 18 months into his term Monday, becoming the country's shortest-ruling leader after conceding that he lost majority support to govern....
16 Aug
Torrential rain triggered a mudslide and more floods across Japan on Sunday. Three of the people were presumed dead when rescue workers found them, and two others were injured.  By Sunday, dozens of people...
16 Aug
Rescue efforts were ongoing after a coal mine in northwest China's Qinghai Province was flooded by a mudslide on Saturday, leaving one dead and 19 others trapped. There were 21 people working in the mine in...
12 Aug
The Royal Brunei Navy hosted the 15th ASEAN Navy Chiefs’ Meeting via video conferencing on Wednesday. During the meeting, Brunei Navy Chief First Admiral Spry Bin Haji Serudi @Haji Seruji firstly made the...
12 Aug
A landslide struck several vehicles traveling on a highway in the hills of northern India on Wednesday, trapping as many as 50 people, officials said. A bus, a truck and a few other vehicles were buried under...
12 Aug
Japan's foreign minister Toshimitsu Motegi said that Tokyo will continue providing aid and support for Thailand to overcome the coronavirus pandemic.   Motegi said Japan and Thailand needed to...
11 Aug
U Wunna Maung Lwin, Union Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and H.E. Mr. Chen Hai, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to the...
11 Aug
The powerful sister of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday strongly criticised South Korea for proceeding with military exercises with the United States. Kim Yo Jong said the exercises were an invasion...

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