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South Korea fires warning shots, scrambles aircraft after North Korean drones cross border
The South Korean military fired warning shots and scrambled aircraft after North Korean drones entered its airspace for the first ...
Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ takes oath as Nepal’s new Prime Minister-
By PTI KATHMANDU: Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” was on Monday sworn in as the Prime Minister of Nepal for the third ...
Packed ICUs, crowded crematoriums as COVID-19 ravages several towns-
By Associated Press BAZHOU (China): Yao Ruyan paced frantically outside the fever clinic of a county hospital in China’s industrial ...
China races to vaccinate elderly, but many are reluctant-
By PTI BEIJING: Chinese authorities are going door to door and paying people older than 60 to get vaccinated against ...
Pakistan ill-prepared to tackle new Covid-19 variant’s arrival-
By PTI ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s health authorities appear to be ill-prepared to stop the arrival of the new coronavirus variant in ...
Ukrainian drone downed in Russian air base, three killed-
By AFP MOSCOW: Russian air defence troops downed a Ukrainian drone as it approached an air base in southern Russia ...
180 Rohingya refugees adrift on boat feared dead, says UN-
By AFP DHAKA: Relatives of around 180 Rohingya refugees adrift on a boat for weeks in the Indian Ocean presume ...
Thousands rally in Nagorno-Karabakh to protest land blockade in Armenia-Azerbaijan border-
By AFP STEPANAKERT: Thousands rallied on Sunday in Azerbaijan, in the Nagorno-Karabakh region’s largest city Stepanakert, to protest the blockade ...
Philippines floods force tens of thousands to flee homes-
By AFP MANILA: Christmas Day floods in the Philippines forced the evacuation of nearly 46,000 people from their homes, civil ...
A timeline of economic, political dire straits in Lebanon
Mass protests follow a government announcement on October 17, 2019 of a planned tax on voice calls made over messaging ...
