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  • array of ancient gems

    India tries to halt auction of Piprahwa gems found with Buddha’s remains

  • Anna Kwok, a Washington based Hong Kong activist.

    Rights groups condemn arrest of Hong Kong activist Anna Kwok’s father and brother

    Arrests are the first case of the city’s national security law being used to target the relatives of pro-democracy campaigners
  • FILE - Cardinal Luis Tagle smiles as he listens reporters questions during a press conference on the Synod at the Vatican, Tuesday, 23 Oc, 2018.

    Who is Luis Antonio Tagle? The Philippine cardinal and ‘karaoke priest’ in the running for pope

    Tagle is considered progressive and humble, but has faced some criticism for his response to the drug war and sexual abuse in the church
  • Thousands detained, homes blown up: Kashmiris tell of crackdown ‘living hell’

  • Paris-based thriller offers fresh inside take on French-Tamil community

  • Singapore ruling party wins election in landslide

  • South Korea’s conservatives pick hardline Kim Moon-soo as presidential candidate

  • Auction of ancient Indian gems ‘imbued with presence of Buddha’ condemned

  • ‘For a better life’: CIA releases videos to lure disgruntled CCP officials to spy on China

  • Japanese police arrest man after alleged car attack on schoolchildren, say reports

  • teenage school girls on their phones

    New Zealand
    New Zealand’s prime minister proposes social media ban for under-16s

  • A snake that became entangled in overhead wires and caused a short circuit (Courtesy of JR Central)

    Japan
    Snake on a train line: Japan’s busiest bullet train route brought to a halt

  • A North Vietnamese tank rolls through the gate of the Presidential Palace in Saigon, signifying the fall of South Vietnam, 30 April 1975.

    Vietnam
    The Vietnam war is over: Saigon gives in with a sigh of relief – archive, 1975

  • Soldiers march during a parade marking the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War in Ho Chi Minh City

    Vietnam
    Celebrations in Ho Chi Minh City mark 50 years since end of Vietnam war

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  • Hailstorm in Paris

    Weather tracker
    Weather tracker: Deadly storms in India and huge hailstones in Paris

  • A group of women stand in a staggered line in a hotel foyer, most wearing saris

    Global development
    From Sri Lanka to Tanzania: the pioneering hotels run entirely by women

  • Illustration of Narendra Modi made up of black lines on a page of text to look like redacted words in an article

    Rights and freedom
    ‘They threatened to bulldoze my house’: fear and violence stalk journalists in Modi’s India

  • Jagtar Singh Johal

    Foreign policy
    MPs urge David Lammy to intervene as British man remains in jail in India

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Pictures & video

  • People explore the Yangtze River shoreline with the Raffles City group of skyscrapers, built in 2019, behind them

    Chongqing, the world’s largest city – in pictures

  • India announced a barrage of diplomatic measures downgrading ties with Pakistan and accused its neighbour of supporting cross-border terrorism after 26 people were killed in a militant attack
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    Tensions escalate between India and Pakistan after Kashmir attack – video

    India announced a barrage of diplomatic measures downgrading ties with Pakistan and accused its neighbour of supporting cross-border terrorism after 26 people were killed in a militant attack
  • Tens of thousands of police officers and troops are searching for gunmen who killed tourists in the Baisaran Valley, a picturesque meadow in Pahalgam
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    Manhunt launched after 26 tourists killed by suspected militants in Kashmir – video

    Tens of thousands of police officers and troops are searching for gunmen who killed tourists in the Baisaran Valley, a picturesque meadow in Pahalgam
  • Ukrainian president describes capture as an important development that Washington should take heed of
    1:18

    Zelenskyy says two Chinese nationals captured fighting for Russia in Ukraine – video

  • China’s government says it will 'fight to the end' if the US continues to escalate the trade war, after Donald Trump threatened huge additional tariffs
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    China prepared to 'fight to the end' over US tariffs – video

  • Kanlaon volcano in the Philippines has erupted, sparking health concerns over potential ashfalls on neighbouring villages
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    Philippine volcano erupts, shooting ash cloud kilometres into the sky – video

  • Tariffs are 'a typical act of unilateralism, protectionism, and economic bullying,' says spokesperson Lin Jian
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    Chinese foreign ministry calls US tariffs 'economic bullying' – video

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