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At least 20 people have been killed after an earthquake struck Pakistan's Balochistan province early on Thursday. Authorities say the death toll may increase, and that many people were killed when structures collapsed. Many of the…

About 80 foreign visitors fled from the hotel where they were being quarantined when a fire erupted in the basement on Wednesday night, sending black smoke through the building. The fire at the Siam Mandarina Hotel Suvarnabhumi on King…

Thirteen people were detained when police raided the Din Daeng flats in Bangkok after a riot policeman on duty in the area was shot and seriously wounded on Wednesday night. Pol L/Cpl Detwit Ledtenson was shot in the head about 10.43pm…

The Cabinet of Ministers this week approved a proposal to enter into a loan agreement for a US $ 3.6 billion credit line with the Government of Oman to finance petroleum procurement for a period of one year. Responding to a media query…

Indian syringe manufacturers have expressed concern at a sudden government decision to restrict syringe exports, urging it to allow partial resumption of international shipments without affecting domestic needs. The Directorate-General…

Taliban forces raided an area west of Kabul and captured four members of an Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) cell, the movement's main spokesman said on Wednesday (Oct 6). The raid, in Paghman district just outside the Afghan…

India's ambitious plan to cut the use of fossil fuels by promoting ethanol derived from rice, corn and sugar is drawing criticism from some experts who warn the move could undermine food security in the world's second-most populous country.…

Suspected anti-Indian gunmen killed three civilians in separate street shootings within 90 minutes of each other on Tuesday (Oct 5) in Indian-administered Kashmir, police said. Two men, one a prominent medical shop owner and the other a…

South Korea will begin taking reservations for coronavirus vaccines from pregnant women this week as the country accelerates its inoculation drive to reach its goal of immunising 80 per cent of all adults by the end of the month. The…

Hong Kong is planning to set up a "mega-courtroom" to handle cases involving multiple defendants after thousands of arrests since mass protests in 2019 strained the Asian financial hub's courts. The city's leader Carrie Lam cited both a…