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At least 38 people killed and up to 20 passengers trapped in wreckage of derailed Millat ExpressTwo express trains have collided in southern Pakistan, killing at least 38 passengers, as rescuers and villagers worked to pull the dead and injured from th…
Offer a welcome boost for Taiwan, which says China has interfered with its attempts to secure vaccines internationallySee all our coronavirus coverageThe United States will donate 750,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses to Taiwan as part of the country’s plan t…
People’s Defence Force says at least 20 officers died and police station seized in fighting on SundayDozens of Myanmar security force members have been killed in fighting, rebel fighters have claimed, as Aung San Suu Kyi appeared in person at a court h…
Taliban and government forces clash in Helmand, the scene of intense battles following US troop withdrawalFighting between the Taliban and Afghan government forces has resumed in the southern province of Helmand, officials said, ending a three-day ceas…
Lightning or poisoning cited as possible causes of deaths in protected area in Assam state Authorities are trying to establish how 18 wild Asiatic elephants died in a remote corner of India’s north-east.The elephants, including five calves, were found …
US offer of diplomacy branded ‘spurious’ after White House says denuclearisation remains its goalNorth Korea has dismissed the idea of talks with Washington, branding US diplomacy “spurious” a day after the Biden administration said it was open to dipl…
Quake hit offshore near city of Malang with country already reeling from cyclone disasterAt least eight people were killed after a 6.0 magnitude quake struck off the coast of Indonesia’s main Java island on Saturday, as the country reels from a cyclone…
Mission to check out treatment of Uighur minority is backed by Beijing, says secretary-general António Guterres The UN has begun negotiations with Beijing for a visit “without restrictions” to Xinjiang to see how the Uighur minority is being treated, s…
Washington says Beijing’s tit-for-tat sanctions will only focus attention on its ‘genocide’ against UighursThe US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, has warned that China’s tit-for-tat sanctions against two Americans in the growing dispute over Beijin…
Busloads of mostly young people seen leaving Insein Prison in Yangon, some making three-finger salutesHundreds of people imprisoned for protesting last month’s coup have been released in the first apparent gesture by the military to try to placate the …
Police investigate death of Byun Hee-soo, who was forced out of military after becoming first soldier to have gender reassignment surgery South Korea’s first transgender soldier, who was forcibly discharged after having gender reassignment surgery, has…
UN calls for boat to be rescued, saying ‘immediate action’ needed to ‘prevent further tragedy’The United Nations refugee agency has called for the immediate rescue of a group of Rohingya refugees adrift in their boat in the Andaman Sea without food or …
At least 60 injured in explosions at Islam Qala crossing that consumed 500 natural gas and fuel trucksA fuel tanker exploded on Saturday at the Islam Qala crossing in Afghanistan’s western Herat province on the Iranian border, injuring at least 60 peop…
Mission is politically charged as China seeks to avoid blame for alleged missteps in outbreak responseCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAn international team of World Health Organization experts has emerged from quarantine in …
TV footage showed the first miner ‘extremely weak’ lifted out of the goldmine, after 22 were trapped from a 10 January blast in Qixia Chinese rescuers have pulled 11 gold miners to safety, two weeks after they were trapped by an underground explosion, …