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Mountaineer was climbing near K2 in northern PakistanAuthorities are now working to bring body down mountainA Russian-American climber who went missing last week while trying to scale a mountain amid harsh winter weather in northern Pakistan has been f…
Heavy rain could lead to further collapses, rescue workers fear, as thousands of homeless seek refugeTorrential monsoon rains have hampered the hunt for survivors of Friday’s powerful earthquake on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, as the death toll rose to…
Rescuers pull men, women and children out of rows of houses turned to rubble in latest escalation of conflict Azerbaijan has said at least 12 people have died after shelling levelled a row of homes in the city of Ganja, with 40 more wounded in a sharp …
Police detain four men and five women suspected of arranging transport for activists who tried to flee by boat to TaiwanHong Kong police say they have arrested nine people suspected of helping 12 activists who fled the city in August, heading for Taiwa…
Government and company Tepco ordered to pay some damages for 2011 event, but ruling could spur further claimsA Japanese court has found the government and Tepco, the operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant, negligent for failing to take measure…
Fighting prompts international calls for immediate ceasefire in dispute over breakaway regionWhat is happening in Nagorno-Karabakh and why does it matter?Dozens of soldiers have been killed in the second day of clashes between Azerbaijani and Armenian …
Nuclear-armed neighbours swap accusations after clash in disputed Himalayan regionTensions have escalated between Indian and Chinese forces along their disputed Himalayan border after accusations that shots were fired for the first time in 45 years.Chi…
Naruhito reflects on war actions at Covid-curtailed ceremony, marked elsewhere by former foes as Victory in the Pacific or VJ DayJapan has marked the 75th anniversary of its surrender in the second world war with Emperor Naruhito expressing “deep remor…
Beijing denounces ‘megaphone diplomacy’ over jailed Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, and arrest of Huawei executiveChina has sharply criticised Canada over its comments about two Canadians charged with spying, blaming its leaders for “irres…
Police arrest five people over attempt to kidnap Midea Group co-founder He XiangjianChinese police have rescued one of China’s richest men after he and his family were taken hostage in their home by intruders apparently armed with explosives.Local medi…
Criticism follows the US president accusing Beijing of breaking its word over Hong Kong for imposing national security lawsSenior Hong Kong government officials have criticised moves by Donald Trump to strip the city of its special status in a bid to p…
One of two survivors recalls how Airbus crashed during second attempt to land at Karachi airport, killing at least 97 peopleOne of the two survivors of the Pakistan plane crash has described his escape from the burning plane after it came down during a…
Thousands of migrant workers left jobless by Covid-19 pandemic are still on the roads, and evacuations have been hampered by distancing rulesThe Bay of Bengal’s fiercest storm this century – super cyclone Amphan – was bearing down on millions of people…
South Korean military says three projectiles were launched on Monday, following launch of two short-range missiles on 2 MarchNorth Korea has fired three unidentified projectiles off its eastern coast a week after firing two short-range missiles, South …
Police believe gunman, named as Jakrapanth Thomma, is still inside shopping centre in Nakhon RatchasimaThai police and soldiers have stormed a shopping mall where a gunman is believed to be hiding after a mass shooting in the north-eastern city of Nakh…