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Death toll from blast at Kabul mosque reaches 21
A blast that tore through a Kabul mosque during evening prayers on Wednesday killed 21 people, Kabul police said on Thursday. Police ...Japan’s economy stages modest bounce from COVID jolt, global outlook darkens
Japan’s economy rebounded at a slower-than-expected pace in the second quarter from a COVID-induced slump, data showed on Monday, highlighting uncertainty on ...A year of Taliban rule gives Afghanistan security but little hope
The Taliban marked a year in power on Monday with small-scale celebrations by the group’s fighters as Afghanistan struggles with rising poverty, ...Thousands revive Sydney’s famous road race after COVID hiatus
More than 60,000 people thronged Sydney’s streets on Sunday for an annual road running event and mass party that returned for the ...China military drills resume around Taiwan
China deployed scores of planes and fired live missiles near Taiwan on Thursday in its biggest drills in the Taiwan Strait, a ...Thai night club fire kills at least 13, cause unknown
At least 13 people were killed and 35 injured when a fire broke out at a night club in Thailand’s eastern Chonburi ...China warns that its temperatures are rising faster than global average
China’s average ground temperatures have risen much more quickly than the global average over the past 70 years and will remain “significantly ...Pelosi pledges solidarity with Taiwan as China holds military drills, vents anger
China furiously condemned the highest-level U.S. visit to Taiwan in 25 years as House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi hailed the self-ruled ...Macau resumes quarantine free travel with mainland China
Macau’s government said on Wednesday people could enter the neighbouring mainland Chinese city of Zhuhai without quarantine, a further relaxation of stringent ...Al Qaeda leader Zawahiri killed in U.S. drone strike in downtown Kabul
The United States killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a “precision” strike in the centre of Kabul, the Afghanistan capital, President ...














