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Pakistan seals off its capital ahead of a planned rally by Imran Khan supporters
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan has sealed off the capital, Islamabad, ahead of a planned rally by supporters of…
Taiwan president will visit allies in South Pacific as rival China seeks inroads
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te will visit the self-governing island’s allies in the South…
Southeast Asian defense chiefs discuss regional security with US, China and other…
VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) — Southeast Asian defense chiefs met Thursday with their counterparts from China, the United…
Prak Sokhonn reappointed as Cambodia’s foreign minister
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia's National Assembly unanimously approved the reappointment of Prak Sokhonn as…
Foreign governments criticize Hong Kong’s sentencing of 45 activists.…
HONG KONG (AP) — Forty-five prominent activists in Hong Kong were sentenced to jail for up to 10 years on Tuesday,…
Former Sydney radio broadcaster and rugby coach Alan Jones charged with sex crimes
SYDNEY (AP) — Retired Sydney radio broadcaster and former Australian national rugby coach Alan Jones was charged…
Park regulars in New Delhi’s Lodhi Garden say toxic pollution levels…
NEW DELHI (AP) — For many in New Delhi, one of the world’s most polluted cities, Lodhi Garden is an escape in the…
Japanese Princess Yuriko, wartime Emperor Hirohito’s sister-in-law, dies at…
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Princess Yuriko, the wife of wartime Emperor Hirohito’s brother and the oldest member of the…
Typhoon Usagi wreaks more damage and misery in Philippines as yet another storm…
Typhoon Usagi has swamped rural villages in floods, knocked down power and displaced thousands more people before…
Welcome to China’s underground raves, from street techno to quotes from Chairman…
By day, Xing Long works in an office for a state-owned company in Changchun, an industrial city in the northeastern…
Driver rams his car into crowd in China, killing 35. Police say he was upset about…
Chinese police say a man rammed his car into a crowd of people exercising at a sports complex in China. They said…
Rivals of ousted Bangladesh leader Sheikh Hasina foil her party’s attempt to…
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Rivals of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday thwarted a plan by her Awami…
