Asia
11 Jun 2023
Thousands of people living near a Philippine volcano have taken shelter in evacuation centres as officials warned Sunday of health risks from ash and toxic gases spewing from the rumbling crater.
11 Jun 2023
Several people were killed and wounded in shootings at two police headquarters in Vietnam's Central Highlands on Sunday, authorities said
10 Jun 2023
Patrol boats circled and officers descended by rope from a helicopter during a staged hostage crisis in the southern city of Kaohsiung, as Taiwan's armed forces held drills on Saturday.
9 Jun 2023
China warned the United States Friday against "interfering in Cuba's internal afairs", in response to reports that Beijing was planning to set up a spy base on the island just of American shores.
9 Jun 2023
China said Friday a former deputy governor of its central bank has been found guilty of corruption, becoming the latest high-ranking official to face punishment in President Xi Jinping's years-long graft crackdown.
8 Jun 2023
Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan had his bail renewed in over a dozen cases Thursday, a month after his three-day detention sparked violence, thousands of arrests, and the resignations of much of his party's leadership.
8 Jun 2023
At least 11 people were killed and 30 wounded by a blast Thursday at a funeral service for an Afghan acting provincial governor assassinated by a suicide bomber earlier this week, the ministry of interior said.
8 Jun 2023
A Philippine police officer has been jailed for up to 40 years for the kidnapping and killing of a South Korean businessman during former president Rodrigo Duterte's drug war, court documents seen by AFP on Thursday show.
7 Jun 2023
One of the train services involved in a triple collision in India's deadliest railway disaster for decades resumed journeys on Wednesday, as officials revised the death toll up to 288.
7 Jun 2023
China vehemently denied on Wednesday the existence of secret police stations in the United Kingdom, following an order by London to close them down.
7 Jun 2023
Bangladesh has shut thousands of schools as it struggles through its lengthiest heatwave in half a century, with widespread power cuts only compounding locals' misery.
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