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Pakistan takes control of 182 religious schools in crackdown on militants

March 7, 2019 Asia 145

Pakistan intensified its crackdown against Islamist militants on Thursday, with the government announcing it had taken control of 182 religious schools and detained more than 100 people as part of its push against banned groups….

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Tanzanian court sentences Chinese ‘Ivory Queen’ to 15 years for smuggling

February 19, 2019 Asia 174

A Tanzanian court sentenced a prominent Chinese businesswoman, Yang Feng Glan, dubbed the “Ivory Queen” to 15 years in prison on Tuesday for smuggling the tusks of more than 350 elephants to Asia – a…

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Sri Lanka hiring hangmen, inspired by Philippines’ war on drugs

February 12, 2019 Asia 179

Sri Lanka began advertising for hangmen this week, as the country’s president pushes ahead with a hardline policy, modelled on the Philippines, to combat drug trafficking. The last execution in Sri Lanka was 43 years…

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Chinese movie star pleads not guilty to sexual assault in Australia

January 25, 2019 Asia 136

Chinese movie actor Gao Yunxiang and a producer pleaded not guilty in an Australian court on Friday to charges of sexual assault, setting the course for a trial later this year, a court official said….

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6 die in Syrian city blast

January 16, 2019 Asia 143

A powerful blast hit Manbij, the northern Syrian city recently threatened by Turkey over the Kurdish control. Several people were killed, with local sources claiming US soldiers allied with the Kurds were among the victims….

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6.4-magnitude quake strikes off Japan’s Kagoshima Prefecture

January 8, 2019 Asia 150

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 struck off Japan’s Kagoshima Prefecture, in the Southernmost part of Japan’s Southwestern Kyushu island, on Tuesday, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said. The JMA revised its preliminary report…

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Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun talks to Thai Immigration Police Chief Surachet Hakparn at the Suvarnabhumi (Photo BBC

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Parent of Saudi teen asylum seeker in Thailand, seeks meeting

January 8, 2019 Asia 244

The father of an 18-year-old Saudi woman asylum seeker, Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, who fled to Thailand saying she feared her family would kill her, has arrived in Bangkok and wished to meet his daughter, Thailand’s…

Taliban storm security posts in west Afghanistan, kill 21

January 7, 2019 Asia 114

Taliban insurgents have stormed security posts in west Afghanistan, killing 21 police and pro-government militia members, officials said on Monday. This is the latest in a surge of attacks that has cast doubt on tentative…

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One dead in Thailand as storm uproots trees, blows off roofs

January 4, 2019 Asia 177

Thailand’s first tropical storm in three decades killed one person on Friday as it arrived on the south coast. The storm knocked down trees and blew off roofs in its path, but was losing speed,…

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Gunmen attack security base in Pakistan’s Balochistan province

January 2, 2019 Asia 167

Gunmen attacked a security forces’ training base in the restive Southwestern Pakistani province of Balochistan on Tuesday, setting off a gun battle in which at least four members of the security forces and four attackers…

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