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The protesters have also withdrawn four court challenges against a police order for them to vacate the area. 

Country’s leader blamed leaflets from South Korea for the outbreak, says sister.

Relaxation at odds with flash lockdowns and movement curbs, such as those in Hainan now.

For either side, Taiwan's outlying islands are crucial when an invasion happens, defence experts say.

In places like Sillim, the floods have snuffed out what little hope desperate people had clung to.

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India has aggressively stepped up purchases of Russian oil and coal since the war in Ukraine began.

Critics have drawn parallels with Malaysia's other graft scandals, such as embezzlement at state fund 1MDB.

ARY News, a known critic of the current government, had been taken off air and its head of news was arrested in Karachi.

Former president Rodrigo Duterte had scrapped the deal in the waning days of his administration.

Changes include barring Sri Lankans with dual citizenship from holding office.

The zoo had planned to auction off 12 lions due to space constraints.

They look at China’s military drills as ‘childish’ behaviour and don’t believe war is imminent.

Singapore's government said this month that he had not been given any privileges or immunity.

Two men were nabbed for publishing social media posts that promoted "ill-will and enmity".

The Chinese military said its troops will keep a close eye on changes in the situation in the Taiwan Strait.

Video released by Chinese TV on Wednesday showed navy ships on drills around Taiwan.

BEIJING (BLOOMBERG) - China accused Taiwan's ruling party of damaging the chances of peaceful unification, as authorities in Beijing attempted to keep the pressure on Taipei a week after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit.

A face-to-face meeting between the trading partners’ leaders ‘would have only worsened already strained ties’.

Parts of China, Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam have the highest diversity of bat species that host Sars-like coronaviruses.