This country claims it hasn’t had a single Covid-19 case. Activists say that’s a lie
Or at least, that's what the central Asian country's secretive, authoritarian government claims. But independent organizations and journalists and activists...
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‘We want justice,’ say the family of 10 civilians killed in a US airstrike that officials now say was ‘a mistake’
Zamarai Ahmadi and nine other civilians, including seven children, were killed in a US airstrike in Kabul on August 29....
Jakarta residents win battle for clean air against Indonesian government
The long-awaited decision ends a two-year legal challenge brought by 32 Jakarta citizens against Indonesian President Joko Widodo, three cabinet...
International court backs probe into Philippines’ ‘war on drugs’
In a statement, the ICC said that judges had approved a request by prosecutors to begin the investigation into potential...
Taliban co-founder disputes internal rifts, denies he was injured in any clash
Asked about the rumors, Baradar said: "No, this is not true at all. Praise be to God I am fit...
Both North and South Korea fire ballistic missiles as tensions rise on peninsula
Pyongyang fired the first missiles on Wednesday, sending two into waters off the east coast of the Korean Peninsula five...
More than $1 billion in aid pledged for Afghanistan as country faces ‘most perilous hour’
Speaking at a high-level ministers meeting on the crisis in Geneva, UN Secretary General António Guterres said poverty rates in...
First Pakistan International Airlines flight since foreign troop withdrawal lands in Kabul
PIA spokesman Abdullah Khan said in a statement that the service was a "special flight" to create "goodwill" with the...
Super Typhoon Chanthu makes landfall in the Philippines before tracking toward Taiwan
Chanthu, known as Kiko in the Philippines, was one of the strongest storms this year, with sustained winds of 260...
China to provide Afghanistan with $31 million worth of food and Covid vaccines
Hua Chunyin, spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry, said the decision was announced during the first meeting of the foreign ministers...
A dog that saved its owner’s life appointed South Korea’s first honorary rescue dog
Baekgu's owner, a 90-year-old woman with dementia living in South Korea's Hongseong county, went missing on August 25, according to...
Fire at a prison in Indonesia kills at least 41 people
The blaze started in the early hours of Wednesday morning local time in Block C of Tangerang Prison, in Banten...
Demise of a kingpin, rise of an empire: How the fall of a US-based heroin syndicate in the 1990s laid the foundation for a multibillion-dollar Asian methamphetamine cartel
With his black hair parted down the middle and modest fashion sense, Tse Chi Lop didn't look like the head...
Suicide attack targets soldiers in Pakistani city of Quetta
Quetta is the capital of Balochistan province near the Afghan border. The province has seen a decades-long insurgency by separatists...
As China woos the Taliban, Uyghurs in Afghanistan fear for their lives
Tuhan, who is using a pseudonym to protect her identity from the Taliban, is caught between a homeland where Uyghurs...
Women’s protest in Taliban-controlled Kabul turns violent
Footage shared by Afghan news network TOLO news Saturday showed a confrontation between Taliban guards and some of the women....
Thailand’s Prime Minister has survived another no-confidence vote
Prayut received 264 votes in favor and 208 against. Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and four other cabinet ministers also survived...
Women stage protest in Taliban-controlled Kabul
In spite of the risk, a group called the Women's Political Participation Network marched on the street in front of...
ISIS supporter shot dead after New Zealand shopping mall ‘terrorist attack’
"This afternoon at approximately 2:40 p.m., a violent extremist undertook a terrorist attack," said Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in a...
Taliban show off captured weapons at Kandahar victory parade
In videos posted on social media, the Taliban paraded hardware left behind by both Afghan and US forces after the...
