Asia

Taiwan's opposition legislators have thrown pig guts and exchanged blows in parliament amid a heated row over the easing of US pork imports. They say a recent government decision to allow the import of US pork…
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Thailand's claim to have seized almost $1 billion in contraband ketamine this month was wrong and tests have so far not shown up any drugs, the justice minister said on Tuesday. Somsak Thepsuthin said tests which turned purple in the…
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A barrage of rockets has hit residential areas of Kabul, killing at least eight people and wounding more than 30, Afghan officials say. More than a dozen rockets were fired from a pickup truck inside the city, the interior ministry said.…
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Ananya was 15 when she watched her older sister marry a man she barely knew. Her sister was 19 years old at the time, and had only met her new husband once before, a few months earlier. They'd talked a handful of times on the phone. "My…
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Renewed clashes have broken out near Thailand's parliament in the capital, Bangkok, as lawmakers debate possible changes to the constitution. Police used water cannon and a tear-gas solution against protesters calling for reforms to the…
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China has just joined forces with more than a dozen countries across the Asia Pacific region to sign a huge free trade deal nearly a decade in the making. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership spans 15 countries and 2.2 billion…
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Fifteen countries have formed the world's largest trading bloc, covering nearly a third of the global economy. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is made up of 10 Southeast Asian countries, as well as South Korea,…
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Police have used water cannon against thousands of demonstrators marching through Bangkok on Sunday. The group - estimated to be as many as 10,000 people by Reuters news agency - were marching to the royal palace to give messages to King…
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Indian actor and model Milind Soman has been charged by police after he shared a naked picture of himself on Instagram. Soman posted the image on Wednesday, showing him sprinting nude down a Goa beach, with the caption "Happy Birthday to…
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WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Wednesday (Oct 21) the State Department w..
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