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FILE PHOTO: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani speaks during a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan July 15, 2018. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail/File Photo Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani rejected on Sunday resignations tendered a …

Student activists and others supporting factory workers seeking to form a labour union are seen inside an apartment in Huizhou, near Shenzhen Police in riot gear stormed an apartment in …

Containers are seen at the Yangshan Deep Water Port in Shanghai The United States and China escalated their acrimonious trade war on Thursday, implementing punitive 25 per cent tariffs on …

Thai police officers unload seized drugs from a vehicle in a police station in Bangkok Thai police have seized more than 14 million methamphetamine pills worth 1.48 billion baht ($45m) …

Malta-flagged Iranian crude oil supertanker Delvar is seen anchored off Singapore China, seeking to skirt US sanctions, will use oil tankers from Iran for its purchases of that country’s crude, …

An aerial view shows partially submerged road at a flooded area in the southern state of Kerala The death toll in India’s southern state of Kerala Rose on Monday to …

North and South Korean family members meet during a reunion at North Korea’s Mount Kumgang resort, near the demilitarised zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, North Korea Some 90 families …

A crack emerges on a road at Kayangan Port after an earthquake hit Lombok, Indonesia, August 20, 2018, in this picture obtained from social media. Bayu Wiguna/via REUTERS THIS IMAGE …

China has arrested 26 suspects and retrieved almost 650 cultural relics stolen from an ancient burial site in northwestern Qinghai province, the Ministry of Public Security said on Sunday. China’s …

People wait for help on the roof of their house at a flooded area in the southern state of Kerala A deluge in India’s flood-stricken southwestern state of Kerala finally …