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The ex-politician was admitted to hospital on Thursday after his health deterioratedIndia’s former prime minister, Manmohan Singh, widely regarded as the architect of India’s economic reform program and a landmark nuclear deal with the US, has died age…
The film-maker challenged mainstream Bollywood and pioneered a new wave cinema movement in the 1970s that tackled social issuesShyam Benegal, a renowned Indian film-maker known for pioneering a new wave cinema movement that tackled social issues in the…
The classical musician, who performed with George Harrison and Van Morrison, died in a San Francisco hospital on SundayZakir Hussain, one of India’s most accomplished classical musicians who defied genres and introduced tabla to global audiences, has d…
Landmark ruling could shape historical narrative of key event in anti-government protestsA Hong Kong judge has convicted seven people, including a pro-democracy former lawmaker, of rioting during mob violence at a subway station at the height of the ci…
Search teams suspect two Americans and one Canadian fell while trying to climb 3,724m-high AorakiThree mountain climbers – two from the US and one from Canada – missing for five days on Aoraki, New Zealand’s tallest mountain, are believed to have died …
Rice wine enshrined as part of ‘cultural heritage of humanity’ Sake is perhaps more Japanese than the world-famous sushi. It’s brewed in centuries-old mountaintop warehouses, savoured in the country’s pub-like izakayas, poured during weddings and serve…
Interim report into the October disaster blames human error, saying HMNZS Manawanui’s ‘autopilot was not disengaged when it should have been’ A series of human errors caused a New Zealand navy ship to plough into a reef off the coast of Samoa, where it…
Unexpected blast at Miyazaki airport makes crater in taxiway and leads to grounding of 80 flights but no injuriesA US bomb from the second world war that had been buried at a Japanese airport has exploded, causing a large crater in a taxiway and the ca…
The French Pacific territory has been hit by violent unrest between communities loyal to Paris and pro-independence Indigenous KanaksFrance’s new prime minister, Michel Barnier, has announced that a provincial election scheduled for December in the Fre…
US families have adopted 82,674 children from China, the most of any country, with diplomats seeking clarity for hundreds of families in the process of international adoptionThe Chinese government is ending its international adoption program, and the U…
Excavator brought in as search continues for woman buried when eight metre hole opened in pavementA woman is missing after falling into an eight metre (26ft) deep sinkhole in the Kuala Lumpur city centre on Friday after the pavement caved in, burying h…
Attack on patrol in the Rahim Yar Khan district that was targeting robbers also left seven woundedGunmen armed with rocket-propelled grenades have ambushed a police convoy in eastern Punjab province, killing at least 11 officers and wounding seven othe…
Up to 400 people received parcels that could contain the contaminated lolly as police open a criminal investigationA charity working with homeless people in Auckland, New Zealand unknowingly distributed sweets filled with a potentially lethal dose of m…
Nobel laureate hopes to restore calm and rebuild country after uprising that ended Sheikh Hasina’s 15-year ruleProfile: who is Muhammad Yunus?Explainer: Why has Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled?Muhammad Yunus has been sworn in as head of a new caretaker…
No immediate signs of damage reported after powerful quake hits off eastern coast of KyushuA powerful earthquake struck off Japan’s southern coast on Thursday, triggering a tsunami advisory, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said, but there were no…