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...
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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...
Afghan translator’s desperate journey from the clutches of the Taliban to a new life in the US
"We hope to make it, and survive," Shirzad, 34, a former interpreter for United States Special Forces, said in a...
Hong Kong police investigate Tiananmen vigil organizers
The Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China must submit personal details of all its directors...
Japan gang boss sentenced to death after group members attacked civilians
In handing down the sentence, a judge at the court in Fukuoka, western Japan, said strict controls were in place...
Kabul’s airport is the epicenter of a desperate and deadly scramble to escape the Taliban
The airport is the epicenter of a chaotic scramble to escape the country for tens of thousands of people --...
The Taliban have seized control of Afghanistan. What does that mean for women and girls?
For Afghanistan's women and girls, this is the terrifying uncertainty they now find themselves in. As Taliban leaders tell international...
Former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled with only the clothes on his back, senior adviser says
Ghani was far from prepared for the Taliban's arrival on the outskirts of Kabul last Saturday and fled Sunday with...
New Zealand announces a nationwide lockdown … over one Covid case
Ardern told a press conference Tuesday authorities were assuming it was the contagious Delta variant, although genome sequencing is still...
At least 4 people presumed dead after mudslides hit Japan
Three of those victims in Nagano prefecture's Okaya City were presumed dead, though workers were able to pull out five...
