Asia
7 Oct 2023
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit western Afghanistan on Saturday morning, the United States Geological Survey said, followed by four large aftershocks with epicentres close to the region's largest city. The USGS said the epicentre was 40 kilometres (25 miles) northwest of the city of Herat, and was quickly followed by aftershocks with magnitudes of 5.5,…
7 Oct 2023
A bipartisan delegation of US lawmakers led by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer arrived in China on Saturday, the latest high-level US officials to visit China as Washington seeks to ease tensions with Beijing. Schumer is set to meet with senior officials in Shanghai before heading to Beijing, where Bloomberg has reported his delegation is…
7 Oct 2023
Barrages of rockets were fired at Israel from the blockaded Gaza Strip at dawn on Saturday as militants from the Palestinian enclave infiltrated Israel, with at least one person killed, the army and medics said.
6 Oct 2023
At least 40 people have died in flash floods inundating India's northeast, officials said Friday, as army teams plotted helicopter rescues for more of the thousands stranded in the deluge.
6 Oct 2023
Five passengers were crushed to death in Sri Lanka on Friday when a large tree fell on a state-run bus in the heart of the capital, Colombo, police said.
5 Oct 2023
India confirmed Thursday that it had demanded a further reduction in Canada's diplomatic presence, following reports New Delhi had ordered dozens of foreign service officers repatriated in a dispute over the killing of a Sikh separatist.
5 Oct 2023
Nobel peace laureate Muhammad Yunus appeared before Bangladesh's anti-graft watchdog Thursday over corruption charges that his lawyers said were part of a campaign of government harassment.
5 Oct 2023
Syrian army shelling killed an elderly woman and four of her children in the war-torn country's northwest, rescue workers and a monitor said on Thursday.
5 Oct 2023
Thai police on Thursday arrested two men accused of selling a gun to a 14-year-old suspected of carrying out a shooting attack at a Bangkok mall that left two people dead.
5 Oct 2023
The death toll from a devastating glacial lake burst that triggered a torrential flash flood in India has risen to at least 10 people, with 82 others still missing, according to officials.
4 Oct 2023
A Filipino drag queen was arrested Wednesday after a public outcry in the Catholic-majority country over the depiction of Jesus Christ reciting the Lord's Prayer during a performance. Amadeus Fernando Pagente, whose drag name is Pura Luka Vega, was widely accused of blasphemy and declared "persona non grata" by several local governments after a video…
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