Asia

Sri Lanka

Former defence minister wins Sri Lanka presidential election

Gotabaya Rajapaska won Sri Lanka's presidential election by promising a tough line on security in the wake of the massive Easter terrorist attack.

17/11/2019

China

Protesters fire arrows at Hong Kong police

Pro-democracy protestors are focusing their fight on a university campus in the Chinese territory’s central Kowloon district.

17/11/2019

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka votes for a new president

Voting for Sri Lanka's new president is marked by an attack on buses carrying Muslims to voting stations.

16/11/2019

Iran

Protests erupt in Iran's major cities after petrol price rise

Riot police and security forces clashed with demonstrators in Tehran and dozens of cities across Iran on Saturday, Iranian news agencies and social media said.

16/11/2019

China

China sends troops onto Hong Kong's street's to clean up after protests

A city spokesman said it was a “voluntary community activity” by the People's Liberation Army, adding that the city government did not request assistance from the PLA, which has stayed confined to its garrison during six months of protests.

16/11/2019

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Students and protesters block Hong Kong Polytechnic University

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Kowloon remained blocked by an unconditional group of at least 100 students and other militant protesters on Saturday, while most of the remaining nine major universities in the city were no longer occupied, except for a handful of people.

16/11/2019

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Festival tusked with toasting relationship between elephants & humans

Around 160 jumbos are expected at the Elephant Roundup festival in Thailand this weekend.

16/11/2019

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Hong Kong protesters turn university campuses into fortresses

They built concrete walls and watchtowers and had weapons that included bows and arrows, catapults and hundreds of petrol bombs.

15/11/2019

World

UNIDO General Conference in Abu Dhabi highlights private sector collaboration, decarbonisation

Every two years, the top policymaking body of the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation [https://www.unido.org] gather to discuss global industry and manufacturing.

15/11/2019

World

This is how one UAE company is fortifying the ceramics industry

Tiles are the building blocks of the global ceramics sector, according to Grand View Research

15/11/2019

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Winter storms set to hit northern Japan

Winds could hit 90 km/h.

15/11/2019

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Oxygen bar sells fresh air in pollution-hit New Delhi

If you need an idea of how bad air quality is in India's capital, then here it is.

15/11/2019

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Jet-propelled French adventurers fly through world's highest cave

Vincent Philippe Reffet and Frederic Yves Fugen leapt from a helicopter and sped towards Tianmen Cave, in central China's Hunan province.

15/11/2019

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Dubai's eclectic music scene

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Dubai has welcomed some of the biggest names in the music business in 2019, from Jamiroquai to Fatboy Slim to Phantom of the Opera, illustrating the emirates eclectic music scene.

14/11/2019

Myanmar

ICC opens probe into violence against Rohingya minority in Myanmar

"The chamber hereby authorises the commencement of an investigation into the situation in Bangladesh/Myanmar."

14/11/2019

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India's famed camel fair ends on colourful note

Thousands of tourists from across the world flocked to Asia's largest camel fair in India's desert state of Rajasthan as the grand event came to a close in on Tuesday (November 12).

14/11/2019

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Why celebrity chefs flock to Dubai

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A host of well-known chefs have opened branches of their world-famous restaurants in the city. Here are just a few.

13/11/2019

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Prince Charles flips Indian flatbread at community kitchen in New Delhi

Prince Charles visited Sikh temple, Bangla Sahib Gurudwara in the Indian capital New Delhi on Wednesday (November 13), a day after the Sikh community celebrated the 550th birth anniversary of the Sikhism founder, Guru Nanak.

13/11/2019

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Train scuffles and Christmas tree alight as Hong Kong protests go on

Cellphone footage showed passengers arguing on a Hong Kong train as protesters blocked the carriage doors from closing on Wednesday morning.

13/11/2019

Israel

Israeli and Palestinian forces exchange attacks as tensions escalate

Sirens sounded in Israeli cities on Tuesday as Palestinian militants fired rockets in retaliation for the assassination of a Islamic Jihad leader in the Gaza Strip.

12/11/2019

Travel News

Living the expat life in Sanya

In partnership with Sanya

Sanya, on the southern tip of China’s Hainan island, is already proving popular with European holidaymakers. But some foreigners are also coming here to make it their home

11/11/2019

Travel News

Discover Yatai, a Japanese take on street food developed after the war

In partnership with Enjoy my Japan

The southern city of Fukuoka comes alive at night with these mobile stalls across the city, but they must be gone before the sun rises

11/11/2019

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Hong Kong police shoot protester as chaos erupts across city

Hong Kong police shot and wounded one protester on Monday, who, hospital officials said, was in critical condition, as the Chinese-ruled territory spiralled into rare working-hours violence in its 24th straight week of pro-democracy unrest.

11/11/2019

China

Hong Kong rocked by violent clashes as protester shot by police

Protesters threw petrol bombs at police after a weekend of clashes across the Chinese-ruled territory, marking a dramatic escalation in more than five months of often violent pro-democracy unrest.

11/11/2019

China

Hong Kong police shoot, critically wound protester

An unidentified demonstrator was undergoing surgery in critical condition in Chan Wai district, the hospital told NBC News.

11/11/2019

China

Hong Kong clashes continue

Police clashed with protesters in Hong Kong as pro-democracy supporters took to the streets for the 24th consecutive weekend

10/11/2019