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Asia
Afghanistan: 'I have to sedate my hungry baby due to aid...
"The last time I was able to buy milk for my baby was two months ago. Normally I...
The secret sauce for Taiwan's chip superstardom
When 23-year-old Shih Chin-tay boarded a plane for the United States in the summer...
Hong Kong's universities shrivel in Beijing's grip
"There is no 'red line'," in Hong Kong any more, says a 30-something humanities...
Gao Yaojie: Dissident doctor who exposed China's Aids epidemic,...
Gao Yaojie, a renowned dissident doctor who exposed the Aids epidemic in rural China,...
Kenya's nationwide power blackout sparks KPLC sabotage...
When New Zealand's new government announced it was scrapping the country's world-leading...
World War Two: When 600 US planes crashed in Himalayas
A newly-opened museum in India houses the remains of American planes that crashed...
Marapi eruption: Hikers recount escape from 'Mountain of...
"Initially, only smoke emerged, then it started raining rocks, followed by ash....
Indonesia: Babies die on boats as locals chase Rohingya...
When Yasmin Fatoum set sail to Indonesia with her two young children, she was hoping...
A family's escape from North Korea through a minefield...
Earlier this year, Mr Kim pulled off a seemingly impossible escape from North Korea....
Afghan Hazara refugees live in fear of being deported by...
In the shaky mobile phone footage, women's voices can be heard panicking. The camera...
Four children among seven injured in Pakistan blast near...
No group has claimed responsibility yet for the explosion in a city that witnessed...
Mount Marapi volcano eruption in Indonesia leaves at least...
The bodies of five climbers have been recovered, and 18 are presumed dead.
Indonesia: Marapi volcano death toll rises to 22
Indonesian rescuers searching the slopes of Mount Marapi after the volcano's weekend...
Pakistan economy: Price spikes, political woes hit millions
Daily-wage labourer Asif Maseeh wakes up each day wondering how he will feed his...
Mount Marapi: Eleven hikers killed as volcano erupts in...
Eleven hikers have been found dead near the crater of Indonesia's Marapi volcano...