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Sydney’s ‘quiet’ city centre REUTERS/Loren Elliott Australia’s most populous state of New South Wales expanded its COVID-19 lockdown to the rural town of Tamworth on Monday due to concerns the …

File photo: Afghan commando forces at the site of a battle field where they clash with the Taliban insurgents in Kunduz province Taliban fighters overran two provincial capitals, including the …

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has mobilised the military to carry out relief work in areas recently hit by heavy rains, state media …

Police escort rescue workers carry an injured person through the train station The man alleged to have wounded 10 people in a knife attack on a Tokyo commuter train late …

At least 17 people were killed and more than a dozen injured on Wednesday when lightning struck a wedding party on a boat in northwestern Bangladesh, officials said. The lightning …

The flight deck of aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) India is sending a naval task force to the South China Sea this month to expand security ties with …

Child tested at China medical centre China has imposed massive travel restrictions, including temporary closure of airports and travel alerts for citizens to other places across the country, to contain …

China reported on Wednesday the most new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases since January as some cities stepped up restrictions, cut flights and increased testing to get to grips with an …

People wearing protective masks queue to take a picture with an Olympic rings monument outside the National Stadium, the main stadium of Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games The Olympics …

File photo of Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani (front row) at the presidential palace “Anti-government elements” in Afghanistan attacked the main U.N. compound in the capital of the western province of …