Geography of Asia

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Lebanon Dam Planned Atop Fault Line Stirs Fears

Lebanon's government says a dam planned for a valley near Beirut is vital to tackle chronic water shortages, but the...

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Bangladesh Attack Cafe Thrives A Year On, But Fears Persist

As the chatter of customers and the smell of warm bread fill the Holey Artisan Bakery it is easy to forget the scenes...

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Israel Forces Hit Syria Army After New Stray Fire

Israel hit a Syrian regime position on Wednesday night after stray mortar fire from the war-torn country struck the...

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Asians Stuck In Saudi After Qatari Bosses Ordered Out

Asian migrants working as domestic staff and farmers are stranded in Saudi Arabia -- potentially illegally -- after...

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Qataris Hire Swiss Lawyers To Sue Gulf ‘siege’ States

A top Qatari human rights group said Wednesday it will employ Swiss lawyers to seek compensation for those impacted by...

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Ethiopia Asks For Extension of Saudi Amnesty Deadline

Thousands of Ethiopians are still stuck in Saudi Arabia after a 90-day amnesty for undocumented migrants expired on...

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Obama On Temple Sojourn During Indonesia Holiday

Barack Obama took his wife and daughters to the ancient Borobudur temple on Java on Wednesday on a family vacation to...

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Mattis Says Assad Took Trump’s Chemical Warning ‘seriously’

US President Donald Trump's warning to the Syrian government not to carry out a chemical weapons attack appears to have...

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30 Civilians Dead In Air Strikes On IS-Held Area of Syria

Most of the Syrian town of Deir Ezzor province is controlled by the jihadists and it has been the target of air strikes...

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Qatar Says Garcia Report ‘vindicates’ 2022 World Cup Bid

Qatar World Cup organisers said on Wednesday that the surprise publication of FIFA's Garcia report "vindicated the...

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Qatar Slams Saudi Refusal To Negotiate

Qatar on Wednesday condemned Saudi Arabia's refusal to negotiate the demands of the kingdom and its allies for ending a...

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Hong Kong’s Vital Statistics

As Hong Kong prepares to mark 20 years since it was handed back to China by colonial power Britain, we take a look at...

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Saudis Say Demands ‘non-Negotiable’ As Qatar, US Officials Meet

Saudi Arabia reiterated Tuesday that its demands on Qatar were not negotiable, as US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson...

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UN Envoy Optimistic Over Syria Talks In July

The UN envoy for Syria said Tuesday he hoped that talks set to begin next week in Astana would help create favorable...

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US Court Halts Deportations of Iraqi Nationals

A US judge has halted deportations of all Iraqi nationals -- some slated for removal as early as Tuesday -- on the...

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Macron, Trump Vow ‘joint Response’ If Chemical Attack In Syria

US President Donald Trump and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron agreed during a telephone call Tuesday on the need...

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US Suspects Chem Weapons ‘activity’ At Syria Base Used In Attack

The US warning that Syria may be preparing another chemical weapons attack was based on suspect activity at the launch...

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Syria’s Assad Visits Russian Airbase

President Bashar al-Assad toured a Russian airbase in western Syria on Tuesday in his first official visit to Moscow's...

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China Lowers Number of Missing In Landslide To 73

The number of people missing from a huge landslide that buried a mountain village in southwest China last weekend has...