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Iran finishes runner-up in Asian Indoor Athletics Championships
Feb 04, 2018 08:34Iranian sportsmen and women have featured praiseworthy performances at the eighth edition of the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Iran, and managed to finish in the second place overall at the continental event.
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Trump in Asia: The player gets played
Nov 13, 2017 06:57Donald Trump, the quixotic president of the US, who shamelessly brags and boasts of American power, is notorious for his threats and theatrics against independent countries, and unabashedly violates international laws including the breaching of Washington’s own commitments, seems to have been cut down to size during his trip to East and Southeast Asia, despite his senseless statements against North Korea which have made him a laughing stock in world diplomatic circles.
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Storm Pakhar hits Hong Kong, Macau days after deadly Hato
Aug 27, 2017 04:25Tropical storm Pakhar has brought strong winds and heavy rain to Hong Kong and Macau on Sunday, just four days after one of the strongest typhoons on record, Hato, caused serious flooding and damage in the territories and killed at least 10 people in the gaming hub.
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South Asia floods kill 700, drive 1 million from homes
Aug 20, 2017 12:27The confirmed death toll passed 700 and more than a million were driven from their homes as large swathes of South Asia reeled under monsoon floods Sunday, officials said.
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Contaminated eggs scandal spreads from Europe to Asia
Aug 12, 2017 04:32A scandal involving eggs contaminated with insecticide spread to 15 EU countries, Switzerland and as far away as Hong Kong on Friday as the European Commission called for a special meeting on the growing crisis.
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The neo-Pharaohs and neo-Fascists of our time
Jul 28, 2017 00:35In many parts of Asia, Africa and Northern America, the regimes in power are acting like the Pharaohs of the time of Prophet Moses (PuH).
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US-linked terrorism in Southeast Asia
Jul 22, 2017 06:56Where US interests are threatened, ISIS coincidentally appears, threatening those standing in the way. What is behind this increasingly transparent pattern of geopolitical coercion?
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Very strong quake hits Papua New Guinea
Jan 22, 2017 06:34A powerful, magnitude-8 earthquake has hit Papua New Guinea, prompting warnings that tsunami waves may hit the small island country in the Pacific Ocean.
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Contamination revealed at largest US air force base in Asia: Kadena, Okinawa
May 10, 2016 03:19The article you are about to read has been penned by Jon Mitchell who is a Welsh journalist based in Japan.