Geography of Asia

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22 Yemeni Rebels Killed In Strikes, Clashes

At least 22 Shiite Huthi rebels were killed Monday in an air strike by pro-government Arab coalition warplanes as well...

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Iraq Forces Advance In Renewed Mosul Push

Iraqi security forces advanced Monday towards a compound of jihadist-held government buildings and a bridgehead, on the...

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Female Saudi Horse Trainer Sees Hope For Women

Dana al-Gosaibi's passion for horses has been hard to pursue in Saudi Arabia, where conservatives resist women's...

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China Defense Budget Rises At Slowest Pace In Decades

China's defence budget will rise seven percent to $151 billion this year, the slowest annual percentage increase since...

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China To Strengthen Defenses, No Word On Budget

China pledged more support for its military on Sunday including strengthening maritime and air defenses as it takes...

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Chinese Protest Against South Korea’s Lotte

Dozens of people holding Chairman Mao posters protested in China's Jilin province on Sunday, calling for a boycott of...

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Key Points On China’s Annual Parliamentary Meeting

Thousands of politicians from across China have converged on Beijing for the country's annual legislative meetings...

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China 2017 Growth Target ‘around 6.5%’

China on Sunday trimmed its 2017 GDP growth target to "around 6.5 percent" as the world's second-largest economy,...

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Syrian Military Plane Crashes Near Turkish Border

A Syrian military plane crashed in Turkey on Saturday near the country's border with Syria, the Turkish state-run news...

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China To Outline National Priorities As Congress Opens

China's rubber-stamp legislature opens its annual session on Sunday with Premier Li Keqiang due to announce the...

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Police Officer Hospitalized After Multiple Shots By Robbers

A police officer, stationed at Upper Jerusalem in the Tema Metropolis, is in critical condition at the Tema General...

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China To Increase Military Spending By 7% In 2017

China says it will increase military spending by about 7% this year, just days after Donald Trump outlined a boost to...

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China Defence Spending To Rise ‘around 7%’

China will raise defence spending by "around seven percent" this year as it guards against "outside meddling" in its...

International

BBC Team Forced To Sign Confession

The plan was a simple one. We'd arranged to meet a woman in her village in China's central Hunan Province and to then...

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Trapped Syrians Tell of Misery In No Man’s Land

A Jordanian army ambulance pulled up at a makeshift clinic a few hundred metres from a desert border camp where tens of...

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South Korean Firm Lotte, Seoul Face China Backlash In Missile Row

South Korea's Lotte Group faces an escalating backlash in China after providing land for a US missile-defence system,...

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Bali Gears Up For Saudi King’s Extravagant Visit

Luxury hotels have been booked out and security forces deployed across Bali as the resort island geared up Friday for...

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Three Soldiers Killed In Day of Bloodshed In Thai South

Three Thai soldiers were gunned down in front of terrified shoppers at busy evening market in Thailand's...

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Financial Risks Hang Over China Legislature Meeting

China's rubber-stamp legislature convenes this weekend with the script focused on containing worrisome economic risks...