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on June 6, 2023 at 5:40 am

Kathleen Folbigg spent 20 years in prison after being convicted of killing her four infant children. […]

on June 6, 2023 at 4:58 am

The Southeast Asian island nation's only race course will hold its final meeting next year. […]

on June 6, 2023 at 1:54 am

JAKARTA - Indonesia on Monday (June 5) launched a multilateral naval exercise in its waters, alongside navies from countries including the United States, Britain, China, Japan, Russia and South Korea, amid simmering tensions in the Asia-Pacific region. Indonesia's navy said in a statement the routine Komodo […]

on June 6, 2023 at 1:46 am

ISLAMABAD - Coverage of Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan has disappeared from all mainstream news channels in the country after the media regulator asked networks to block out people involved in rioting in May, a Reuters survey showed on Monday (June 5). A directive, seen by Reuters, was put out by the […]

on June 5, 2023 at 9:32 pm

Ajinkya Rahane will be returning to the side after 18 months and has a lot to prove. […]

on June 5, 2023 at 9:07 pm

Saibal Das survived a harrowing crash in Bihar and captured the first pictures of the tragedy. […]

on June 5, 2023 at 8:46 pm

Defence Minister Li Shangfu says Beijing is open to dialogue in his first major speech in the role. […]

on June 5, 2023 at 2:27 pm

NEW DELHI - A suspension bridge being built in India’s poorest state collapsed for the second time in 14 months, with one person reported missing, Reuters partner ANI reported on Monday. The bridge was being built over the River Ganges in Bhagalpur district of India’s eastern state of Bihar. Construction […]

on June 5, 2023 at 8:21 am

KABUL — Around 60 Afghan girls were hospitalised after being poisoned at their school in northern Afghanistan, police said on Monday (June 5). The poisoning, which targeted a girls' school in the Afghan province of Sar-e Pol, comes after intense scrutiny of girls' education in the war-torn nation since the […]

on June 5, 2023 at 6:50 am

TOKYO - In one of Keiko Kawano's recent classes, more than a dozen Tokyo art school students held mirrors to their faces, stretching the sides of their mouths upward with their fingers: They were practising how to smile. It's not something most people would think to pay for but Kawano's services as a smile instructor […]

on June 5, 2023 at 5:01 am

The railway minister announced the decision but did not give more details. […]

on June 5, 2023 at 4:45 am

Afghanistan faces a worsening mental health crisis amid a clampdown on women's freedoms and rights. […]

on June 5, 2023 at 4:13 am

Pro-democracy activists have been detained in a crackdown on marking the 1989 massacre in Beijing. […]

on June 5, 2023 at 2:21 am

KATHMANDU – Weak climbers being led up Mount Everest by expedition operators with insufficient experience are causing problems, a veteran mountain guide said on Sunday (June 4), after one of the deadliest climbing seasons in years on the world’s highest mountain. At least 12 climbers died and five are […]

on June 5, 2023 at 2:14 am

LAHORE, Pakistan - Pakistan's embattled former Prime Minister Imran Khan has accused the powerful military and its intelligence agency of openly trying to destroy his political party, saying he had "no doubt" he would be tried in a military court and thrown in jail. Khan has hinted previously at the military's […]

on June 5, 2023 at 1:59 am

BAHANAGA, India — Indian rescue workers completed operations on Sunday (June 4) after the country's deadliest rail crash in more than two decades, with signal failure emerging as the likely cause of an accident that killed at least 275 people. The death toll from Friday's crash was revised down from 288 after […]

on June 5, 2023 at 1:56 am

NEW DELHI - Investigators are probing an electronic track management system that they suspect malfunctioned and caused India's deadliest train crash in more than two decades, railways officials said on Sunday (June 4). At least 275 people were killed on Friday when a passenger train hit a stationary freight […]

on June 5, 2023 at 1:42 am

WASHINGTON - A Chinese warship came within 150 yards of a US destroyer in the Taiwan Strait in "an unsafe manner," US military officials said, as China blamed the United States for "deliberately provoking risk" in the region. US and Canadian navies on Saturday (June 3) were conducting a joint […]

on June 4, 2023 at 11:10 pm

The recent crackdown on stand-up comedy has further shrunk the space for public discussion in China. […]

on June 4, 2023 at 11:09 pm

Experts say drug abuse is devastating the lives of young people in the conflict-hit region. […]

on June 4, 2023 at 3:07 pm

Relatives of the victims of the India train crash tell of their struggle to locate loved ones. […]

on June 4, 2023 at 1:44 pm

Yoshikazu Higashitani, aka GaaSyy, returns to Japan months after Tokyo police issued his arrest warrant. […]

on June 3, 2023 at 11:00 pm

How did the 9 May protests affect support for Imran Khan inside Pakistan’s military cantonments? […]

on June 2, 2023 at 11:20 pm

Experts say Indian politicians' engagement with the Indian American diaspora is "unique". […]

on June 2, 2023 at 10:59 am

Gangs in South East Asia have learnt to evade authorities to sell crystal meth overseas, a report says. […]

on June 2, 2023 at 7:28 am

A court has upheld reports that a top soldier killed unarmed Afghans - but wider questions remain. […]

on June 2, 2023 at 5:25 am

Apple's decision to manufacture iPhones in India aims at diversifying away from China […]

on June 2, 2023 at 4:06 am

The Vatican had temporarily relieved Franco Mulakkal of his duties when he was arrested in 2018 […]

on June 2, 2023 at 1:55 am

The talks attended by Russia in South Africa are clouded by allegations of war crimes in Ukraine. […]

on June 1, 2023 at 11:11 pm

A 16th Century Italian painting looted by the Nazis has been returned to Poland from Japan. […]

on June 1, 2023 at 9:05 pm

India's traditionally patriarchal society is seeing a rising number of women heading families. […]

on May 31, 2023 at 9:18 pm

Is captaining an IPL team better left to the veterans who can see a fast-changing game from all angles? […]

on May 31, 2023 at 9:12 pm

Indian wrestlers protesting against sexual harassment have been targeted by an artificially generated image. […]

on May 30, 2023 at 9:22 pm

Despite Russia's help, the Myanmar military is still failing to control the country and its soldiers are defecting. […]

on May 30, 2023 at 9:14 pm

Ben Roberts-Smith denies killing Afghan civilians, in a case that's shone a light on elite soldier units. […]

on May 29, 2023 at 9:03 pm

Pita Limjaroenrat tells the BBC he wants to govern "for the people", but big hurdles lie ahead. […]

on May 28, 2023 at 2:11 am

Recent measures cracking down on e-cigarettes are much needed, teachers and public health experts say. […]