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Rescuers find five people trapped in Laos cave, two still missing
Rescuers find five people trapped in Laos cave, two still missing

VIENTIANE, Laos: Five people who were trapped inside a cave in Laos for about a week were found alive on May 27. Rescue teams from...

Buddhist monk in Sri Lanka gets bail in child sexual abuse
Buddhist monk in Sri Lanka gets bail in child sexual abuse

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka: A court in Sri Lanka this week granted bail to a senior Buddhist monk who had been arrested on suspicion of sexually...

Amnesty International condemns disappearance of PTM activist Fareedullah Afridi in Peshawar
Amnesty International condemns disappearance of PTM activist Fareedullah Afridi in Peshawar

Peshawar [Pakistan], May 29 (ANI): Pakistan is facing renewed criticism over its human rights record after Amnesty International expressed...

Nepal celebrates 19th Republic Day with fervour
Nepal celebrates 19th Republic Day with fervour

Kathmandu [Nepal], May 29 (ANI): Nepal on Friday is celebrating the 19th year of the adaptation of republic system in the nation, organising...

Asia Album: Nepal marks Republic Day
Asia Album: Nepal marks Republic Day

KATHMANDU, May 29 (Xinhua) -- Nepal marked its 19th Republic Day in Kathmandu on Friday with a band performance and parade.

(India File)Amnesty International condemns disappearance of PTM activist Fareedullah Afridi in Peshawar
(India File)Amnesty International condemns disappearance of PTM activist Fareedullah Afridi in Peshawar

Peshawar [Pakistan], May 29 (ANI): Pakistan is facing renewed criticism over its human rights record after Amnesty International expressed...

International

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Rescuers find five people trapped in Laos cave, two still missing
Rescuers find five people trapped in Laos cave, two still missing

VIENTIANE, Laos: Five people who were trapped inside a cave in Laos for about a week were found alive on May 27. Rescue teams from...

Aide of attacker in Berlin Holocaust Memorial stabbing arrested
Aide of attacker in Berlin Holocaust Memorial stabbing arrested

BERLIN, Germany: A man suspected of helping a convicted attacker carry out a stabbing at Berlin's Holocaust Memorial was arrested in...

WWII allies, then Cold War foes: U.S. & Russia’s rivalry
WWII allies, then Cold War foes: U.S. & Russia’s rivalry

Washington's relationship with Russia appears likely to continue its decades-long decline, with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio...

Criminal group with illegal migration links arrested in Portugal
Criminal group with illegal migration links arrested in Portugal

LISBON, Portugal: Portuguese police said on May 26 that they have broken up a criminal group that was illegally helping about 4,000...

China promises full inquiry into mining disaster that killed 82
China promises full inquiry into mining disaster that killed 82

BEIJING, China:  An early investigation into China's worst mining disaster in more than 15 years has found hidden tunnels, missing...

Draft deal from US would reopen Hormuz, end naval blockade, Iran says
Draft deal from US would reopen Hormuz, end naval blockade, Iran says

DUBAI, U.A.E.: Iran's state TV said that Tehran has received an early, unofficial draft of a possible agreement with the United States...