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Afghanistan hit by deadly magnitude 6.3 earthquake
By Mohammad Yunus Yawar and Angela Christy M Reuters A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck near the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif early ...Pakistan says peace talks with Afghanistan’s Taliban government in Istanbul failed after 4 days
BY SUZAN FRASER and MUNIR AHMED AP Peace talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan have failed in Istanbul after four days of negotiations, Pakistan’s ...Cambodia, Thailand sign peace pact following deadly July clashes
By Jan HENNOP AFP US President Donald Trump co-signed a truce between Thailand and Cambodia during the first stop on his Asia ...Massive strike in New Zealand as 100,000 demand better pay and conditions
By Lucy Craymer Reuters More than 100,000 New Zealand teachers, nurses, doctors, firefighters and support staff walked off the job on Thursday ...Japan elects its own ‘Iron Lady’ as first female PM
BY MARI YAMAGUCHI AFP Sanae Takaichi, a star of ultraconservative Japanese politics and a rare woman to rise in its male-dominated hierarchy, ...Pakistan, Afghanistan agree to ‘immediate ceasefire’ in Qatar talks
By Shrouq TARIQ with Aysha SAFI in Kabul AFP Pakistan and Afghanistan agreed to an “immediate ceasefire” at talks in Doha, after ...Mongolian parliament removes PM and speaker as political turmoil deepens
Mongolian lawmakers voted to remove the prime minister and parliament speaker on Friday, throwing the resource-rich nation into renewed political turmoil. Zandanshatar ...Afghanistan claims 58 Pakistani soldiers killed in clashes; border closed
Pakistan closed border crossings with Afghanistan on Sunday, Pakistani officials said, following exchanges of fire between the forces of the two countries ...North Korea’s Kim lauds ruling party as foreign delegations visit for 80th anniversary
By Heekyong Yang SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has praised the legacy of the country’s ruling party in a ...At least 50 bodies recovered after Indonesian school collapse, 13 remain missing
The death toll from the collapse of a school in Indonesia last week has climbed to at least 50 people as rescuers ...














