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Chinese city suspends rail imports after fresh COVID-19 outbreak

A northern Chinese city bordering Russia halted rail imports including coal and timber on Wednesday...

Purity or power: India's coal quandary

Thick grey dust hangs in the air and vast chasms are gouged into the land...

Indian Parliament passes bill to repeal contentious farm laws

The bill was tabled in the lower house, Lok Sabha, and approved within four minutes...

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi awaits first verdict in military trial

Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi is expected to hear the verdict in her...

Hong Kong bans non-resident arrivals from 13 more countries due to Omicron

Hong Kong has banned non-residents from entering the city from four African countries and plans...

Philippines tightens border controls to keep out COVID-19 Omicron variant

The Philippines on Sunday (Nov 28) further tightened border controls to keep out the new...

Parts of northern China tighten curbs on new COVID-19 flare-ups

A resurgence of COVID-19 infections in northern China have forced two small cities to suspend...

Japan to bar new foreign arrivals over Omicron COVID-19 variant

Japan will reinstate tough border measures, barring all new foreign arrivals over the Omicron COVID-19...

COVID-19 case detected at Johor Causeway on first day of Singapore-Malaysia vaccinated travel lane

A COVID-19 case was detected at the Johor Causeway on the first day of the...

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi due to hear first verdict in junta trial

Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi is expected to hear the verdict in her...

Relatives of Kurdish woman who drowned in the English Channel demand action

Baran Nuri Muhamadamin, 24, from Iraqi Kurdistan was travelling to be with her fiancé in...

Taliban regime won't 'interfere' in other countries' affairs: PM

The Taliban co-founder and now prime minister of Afghanistan Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund pledged Saturday...

Chinese police capture North Korean convict on the run

Chinese police have captured a North Korean prisoner who staged a daring escape from jail...

‘My heart was shattered’: Social stigma hinders safe abortion in Thailand despite legalisation

When Lita* walked into a public hospital in April, she knew her decision to have...

Indian man found alive in morgue freezer dies five days later

A road crash victim in India who was mistakenly declared dead by doctors and woke...

Evacuated Afghans 'demoralised' with no homes or freedom to work in UK

It was billed as a "warm welcome" but the UK's offer of refuge to around...