Category: Asia
Water supply and metro services restored in Kyiv but many remain without heat after missile attacks
Water supply and metro services have been restored in Kyiv but officials continued to work Saturday to return heating to all the Ukrainian capital’s [...]
Russia launches new deadly strikes across Ukraine
Russian forces fired 76 missiles and carried out drone attacks across Ukraine on Friday, officials said, striking the capital Kyiv and cities in the [...]
2 police officers shot and killed in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi
Two police officers were shot and killed early Wednesday morning in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, officials said.
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves ident [...]
Olivier Vandecasteele: Iran jails Belgian aid worker for 28 years – family
Iran has sentenced a Belgian aid worker to 28 years in prison on unknown charges, his family has said.
Olivier Vandecasteele, 41, was arrested dur [...]
Iran protests: 400 people sentenced to prison over Tehran unrest
Courts in Iran's capital have handed prison terms of up to 10 years to 400 people arrested at anti-government protests, a judiciary official says.
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Russia’s Putin scraps trademark year-end news conference
Russian President Vladimir Putin will not hold his traditional big year-end news conference, the Kremlin has said, for the first time in 10 years.
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China scrap virus tracking app as a country braces for Covid impact
China is bracing for an unprecedented wave of Covid-19 cases as it dismantles large parts of its repressive zero-Covid policy, with a leading expert [...]
Beijing and northern China hit by winter sandstorm
Beijing and large swaths of northern China woke to choking sand and dust on Monday, as a winter sandstorm sent air pollution levels off the charts.
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South Korea: Parliament calls for minister to be dismissed over Halloween crush
South Korea's parliament has passed a motion calling for the dismissal of the interior minister over the government's response to the Itaewon crush.
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Peru protests: Andahuaylas airport forced to close in deadly unrest
An airport in Peru has been closed and two people have been killed in violent protests, authorities say.
Pictures on social media showed smoke bil [...]