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SHIKARPUR, Pakistan: International aid agencies struggling to help hundreds of thousands of people displaced by deadly floods in Pakistan have asked for the easing of curbs on imports of food...

BEIJING: Parts of China's southern city of Guangzhou imposed COVID-19 curbs on Wednesday (Aug 31), joining the tech hub of Shenzhen in battling flare-ups, but fuelling uncertainty over commerce and...

Let's get you up to speed with the day's stories. Olympic champion Joseph Schooling’s admission of drug use might have tarnished his reputation, but brand experts that CNA spoke to say he...

Most of the rescued felines are believed to have been household pets and have been sent to local animal shelters, the statement added. Activists also found 31 sparrows - a...

India's Supreme Court has ruled that familial relationships may take the form of domestic, unmarried partnerships or queer relationships, and that such "atypical manifestations" of the family unit are equally...

BEKASI, Indonesia: At least 10 people have been killed, including some children, after a truck crashed on Wednesday (Aug 31) near a bus stop outside a school in Indonesia's West...

BANGKOK: Thai police are hunting a YouTube dancer nicknamed "Nutty", who swindled millions of dollars from her followers using a foreign exchange trading scam, authorities said on Wednesday (Aug 31)....

BANGKOK: Thailand hopes to boost its tourism revenue to between 600 million to 700 billion baht (US$16 billion to US$19 billion) by year-end, by targeting high-spending groups like Indian wedding...

TOKYO: Tourists will be able to visit Japan from next week on package tours without a guide, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Wednesday (Aug 31), as the country moves...

The budget request is for funding to mass produce ground-launched cruise missiles - an extended range version of the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries-designed Type 12 missile already in use - to...