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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects a newly established Pyongyang trackless trolley factory North Korea violated United Nations sanctions to earn nearly $200 million in 2017 from banned commodity …

The new law on smoking and butt littering applies to 24 popular beaches along the Andaman coast and the Gulf of Thailand Thailand banned smoking and littering at 24 beachside …

Supporters of an ivory ban protest outside the Legislative Council in Hong Kong, China Lawmakers in Chinese-ruled Hong Kong voted on Wednesday to ban ivory sales in the world’s largest …

File photo: Ivory tusks seized by Hong Kong Customs are displayed at a news conference in Hong Kong Lawmakers in Chinese-ruled Hong Kong voted on Wednesday to ban ivory sales …

Afghan men carry the coffin of one of the victims of yesterday’s car bomb attack in Kabul Afghanistan said on Tuesday the Taliban would have to be defeated on the …

Some 21 million girls in India are “unwanted” and receive fewer resources because their parents wanted a son, the government said, as analysts called for action to boost women’s earnings. …

Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong, who is on trial for the killing of Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korea’s leader, is escorted as she arrives at the Shah …

Afghan policemen keep watch near the site of an attack at the Marshal Fahim military academy in Kabul Militants on Monday raided a military academy in Kabul, the Afghan capital, …

Afghan policemen keep watch near the site of an attack at the Marshal Fahim military academy in Kabul At least five militants attacked an army outpost near one of Afghanistan’s …

Detained Reuters journalist Wa Lone is escorted by police for a court hearing in Yangon, Myanmar Myanmar’s panel of international advisers on Rohingya issues will not get involved in the …