Asia
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North Korea says South Korean drones scattered leaflets over Pyongyang
North Korea accused South Korea on Fridayof sending drones to scatter a “huge number” of anti-North leaflets over its capital Pyongyang,…
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Japanese atomic bomb survivors’ group wins Nobel Peace Prize
Japanese organisation Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, won the Nobel Peace Prize…
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Unidentified gunmen kill at least 21 coal miners in Pakistan
Unidentified gunmen attacked a cluster of small private coal mines in southwestern Pakistan early on Friday, shooting some miners as…
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Hundreds gather to pay last respects to India’s iconic business tycoon Tata
Hundreds of people, including corporate leaders, politicians and celebrities, gathered in Mumbai on Thursday to pay their last respects to…
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North Korea’s Kim wants to speed up becoming a nuclear superpower
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country will speed up steps toward becoming a military superpower with nuclear…
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‘Terrorist attack’ near Karachi airport kills two Chinese nationals, embassy says
Two Chinese nationals were killed in an explosion near the international airport of the southern Pakistani city of Karachi on…
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Huge crowd at South Korea fireworks amid safety concern after deadly 2022 crush
A large fireworks festival in South Korea drawing a massive crowd on Saturday has snarled traffic through its busy capital,…
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Nepal floods and landslides kill at least 38 people
At least 38 people have been killed in Nepal since early on Friday as persistent downpours triggered more flooding and…
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IAEA chief sees willingness from Iran to re-engage on nuclear file at UN General Assembly
U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi said he had sensed a greater willingness by Iranian officials to engage with the…
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Sri Lanka’s Marxist-leaning Dissanayake leads presidential race
Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake was leading Sri Lanka’s presidential election with half the votes counted on Sunday, seeming to knock…
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