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Kabul: Afghan officials announced that a state-owned plane had crash-landed in the province of Ghazni. The eastern province is partly controlled by the...

A new strain of coronavirus discovered in China claimed 15 more lives since Saturday, bringing the total death count to 56. Figures reflecting...

The government in China said international tour groups would be suspended and inter-province shuttle buses halted from Sunday in an effort to curb the...

A powerful 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck eastern Turkey on Friday, killing at least 20 people and injuring over 500 others. The quake hit at a depth of...

Authorities in China said that the number of cases of a new virus had risen to 440 and the death toll had risen to nine on Wednesday. Deputy Director of...

TEHRAN: Iran has asked the French and U.S. accident investigation agencies, the BEA and NTSB respectively, for the equipment to decode the black box of the...

An independent commission appointed by Myanmar's government said Monday that war crimes were likely committed against the Rohingya ethnic minority by...

A Bangladesh court sentenced to death five former police officials on Monday for shooting dead 24 people in an anti-government protest, led by...

A fourth person has died from pneumonia in the central Chinese city of Wuhan following the outbreak of a new coronavirus, authorities have confirmed. The...

A rescue mission to find four South Korean climbers and three Nepali guides was put on hold Sunday as more avalanches descended on the popular Nepalese...