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Dec 28, 20242 min read
In Bollywood-obsessed India, art-house film wins accolades, audiences
MUMBAI - Indian cinema is best known for Bollywood extravaganzas, but an art-house film about three women navigating loneliness and love...
Dec 28, 20243 min read
Images show novel Chinese military aircraft designs, experts say
Blurry images of two seemingly new Chinese military aircraft with stealthy characteristics appeared online on Friday, with defence...
Dec 28, 20243 min read
Manmohan Singh, India's reluctant prime minister, dies aged 92
NEW DELHI - Described as a "reluctant king" in his first stint as prime minister, the soft-spoken Manmohan Singh, who died on Thursday at...
Dec 28, 20242 min read
Israel strikes Houthi targets in Yemen, killing six
JERUSALEM - Israel struck multiple targets linked to the Iran-aligned Houthi movement in Yemen on Thursday, including Sanaa International...
Dec 28, 20243 min read
Brazil says workers at China's BYD site are victims of human trafficking
RIO DE JANEIRO/SHANGHAI - Chinese workers at a construction site in Brazil for a factory owned by China's electric vehicle producer BYD...
Dec 28, 20244 min read
South Korea's parliament impeaches acting president Han, as Yoon goes on trial
SEOUL - South Korea's parliament impeached acting President Han Duck-soo on Friday, less than two weeks after suspending President Yoon...
Dec 28, 20243 min read
Explainer-South Korea's leadership crisis in hands of Constitutional Court
SEOUL - South Korea's leadership crisis will play out in the Constitutional Court, which will decide the fate of President Yoon Suk Yeol...
Dec 28, 20242 min read
India's former PM Manmohan Singh cremated with state honours
NEW DELHI - The body of Manmohan Singh, the former Indian prime minister whose death has spark outpourings of grief at home and accolades...
Dec 28, 20243 min read
Facts-Profiles of South Korea's Constitutional Court justices
The fate of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is in the hands of the country's Constitutional Court after parliament impeached him on...
Dec 21, 20242 min read
Syria's new rulers name foreign minister amid push for international relations
Syria's new rulers have appointed a foreign minister, the official Syrian news agency (SANA) said on Saturday, as they seek to build...
Dec 21, 20245 min read
Analysis-Syrian Kurdish groups on the back foot as power balance shifts
QAMISHLI, Syria/BEIRUT/ANKARA - With hostile Turkish-backed groups mobilising against them in Syria's north, and Damascus ruled by a...
Dec 21, 20243 min read
Facts-What we know about Malaysia’s missing MH370 plane, 10 years on
The disappearance 10 years ago of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 with 239 people on board remains one of the world's greatest aviation...
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