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6 die in Syrian city blast

January 16, 2019 Asia 79

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 87

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 129

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 80

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 124

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 108

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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American tourist arrested in Moscow ‘on suspicion of espionage’

December 31, 2018 Asia 110

The Public Relations Centre of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), which is the successor to the KGB, said on Monday that FSB has detained US citizen in Moscow ‘on suspicion of espionage’. The American citizen,…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina gestures after casting her vote in the morning during the general election in Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 30, 2018. Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha/Handout via (REUTERS)

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Bangladesh’s PM Hasina wins third straight term; opposition cries foul

December 31, 2018 Asia 101

Bangladesh Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, has won a third straight term, sealing a landslide with almost all the seats in parliament, officials said on Monday. But the opposition rejected the result as rigged and called…

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Indian woman attacks alleged stalker, cuts off his genitals

December 27, 2018 Asia 99

A middle-aged Indian woman attacked her alleged stalker and cut off his genitals before rushing him to a hospital to save his life, Police said on Thursday. The accused woman, on Tuesday, asked two men…

Relatives carry a wounded victim of a suicide bomb attack in Maymana, Faryab province of Afganistan

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Suicide bomber kills 26 worshippers in Afghan mosque

November 23, 2018 Asia 138

A suicide blast at a mosque in an army base in eastern Afghanistan on Friday killed at least 26 people and wounded 50, security officials in the area said. However, there was no immediate claim…

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