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PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Suspected militants opened fire on a police officer guarding a team of polio workers in northwestern…

TOKYO (AP) — Popular twin pandas at a Tokyo zoo are set to return to their homeland in China in…

SYDNEY (AP) — A bystander seen in a widely circulated video disarming a gunman during a deadly shooting rampage at…

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Chinese coast guard ships used powerful water cannons and blocking maneuvers against 20 Philippine fishing boats…

China will soon start collecting a value-added tax on contraceptive drugs and products for the first time in over three…

CALACA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines is testing a new type of carbon credit aimed at encouraging companies to cut…

Indonesian police say at least 22 people have been killed when a fire ripped through an office building in the…

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand launched airstrikes along the disputed border with Cambodia on Monday as both sides accused the other…

TOKYO (AP) — Prominent American playwright and actor, Jeremy O. Harris, known for his Tony-nominated “Slave Play,” was arrested in…

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong residents, construction professionals and former senior officials are pushing back against the idea that…

BATANG TORU, Indonesia (AP) — Rescue teams raced Wednesday to reach communities isolated by last week’s catastrophic floods and landslides…

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A court in Bangladesh’s capital sentenced ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to five years in prison…