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Asia

13 Sep
Women in Afghanistan can continue to study in universities, including at post-graduate levels, but classrooms will be gender-segregated and Islamic dress is compulsory, the higher education minister said Sunday....
13 Sep
North Korea announced a new long-range missile test early Monday. The country's main newspaper, the Workers' Daily, published two photos showing a missile being launched and flying in the sky, together...
10 Sep
Civil defense forces carrying rifles paraded North Korea's capital overnight in a celebration of the nation's 73rd anniversary that was a marked departure from past militaristic displays. The parade...
10 Sep
As COVID-19 patients fill Philippine hospitals to the brim, officials say the virus has hit an orphanage and infected almost 100 children. Of the 122 people infected, 99 are age 18 and younger while the rest...
10 Sep
Japan announced Thursday it is extending a coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo and 18 other areas until the end of September. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said serious cases remain high and are still...
9 Sep
Union Minister for Investment and Foreign Economic Relations U Aung Naing Oo participated at the 53rd ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Meeting, the 35th ASEAN Free Trade Area Council Meeting, the 24th ASEAN Investment...
9 Sep
Bangkok dispatched a first mobile COVID-19 vaccination unit Wednesday to support its campaign in communities in need around the Thai capital. The mobile unit, converted from an old bus, will travel to serve...
9 Sep
A massive fire raged through an overcrowded prison near Indonesia’s capital early Wednesday, killing at least 41 inmates and injuring 80 others. The fire had been extinguished for about two hours....
9 Sep
The Philippines' governing party opened its national convention on Wednesday with delegates set to choose President Rodrigo Duterte as its vice presidential candidate in upcoming elections. Duterte, 76,...
8 Sep
Typhoon Conson slammed into the eastern Philippines on Tuesday, bringing high winds that caused power outages in several provinces. It carried sustained winds of 120 kilometers per hour with gusts of up to 150...

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