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5 killed, 19 injured in car crash in western Myanmar

Atleastfivepeoplehavebeenkilledwith19othersinjuredinacarcrashinGwatownship,Myanmar'sRakhinestate,theHomeAffairsMinistrysaidonTuesday.TheincidentoccurredonGwa-Ng

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China-India border affairs meeting held in New Delhi

The11throundmeetingoftheWorkingMechanismforConsultationandCoordinationonChina-IndiaBorderAffairswasheldhereonThursdayandFriday.TheChinesedelegationwasledbyYiXia

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China's State Council's sweeping reshuffle plan unveiled

TheStateCouncil,China'scabinet,willseeadrasticreformtoimprovegovernance,accordingtoadraftsubmittedtothefirstsessionofthe13thNationalPeople'sCongress(NPC)onTuesd

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MOFA: China welcomes US-DPRK leaders meeting

ChinawelcomedFriday'sannouncementofameetingbetweenUSPresidentDonaldTrumpandtheDemocraticPeople'sRepublicofKorea(DPRK)leaderKimJongUn,urgingthemtoshow"politicalc

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China urges investigation of national’s death in Pakistan

TheChineseMinistryofForeignAffairs(MOFA)onTuesdayconfirmedthedeathofaChinesenationalwhowasshotdeadbyunknownassailantsinKarachi,southeastPakistan,andcalledforath

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Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister heads to India for talks

COLOMBO,September8(APD)--SriLanka'sMinisterofForeignAffairsandDevelopmentAssignmentsTilakMarapanawillvisitNewDelhifrom8-10September2017fortalks,theForeignMinist

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Trump’s official in charge of South Asia to visit Sri Lanka

ByAPDWriterEaswaranCOLOMBO,Aug.27(APD)--ActingUSAssistantSecretaryofStateforSouthandCentralAsianAffairsandActingSpecialRepresentativeforAfghanistanandPakistanAl

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Tillerson to raise US human rights concerns in Philippines

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Kenya, Tanzania agree to lift trade restrictions

Kenya has lifted restrictions on wheat flour and cooking gas imports from Tanzania, which has in turn allowed milk and cigarettes from Kenya, local media, the Daily Nation reports.

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Vietnamese newspaper's editor-in-chief detained for gambling

According to local investigation agencies, the editor-in-chief' s gambling is a serious case, showing the degrade of thought, virtue and lifestyle.

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Date for Indian, Pakistan foreign secretary-level talks yet to be finalized

The date for the forthcoming foreign secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan is yet be finalized, India's External Ministry Affairs Ministry said Thursday.

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Greece's new cabinet lineup after Sunday's elections presented

​Greece's new Left-led government that emerged from Sunday's early general elections was unveiled on Tuesday evening.

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Death toll climbs to 5057 in Nepal powerful earthquake, 10,915 injured

​The death toll from a powerful earthquake in Nepal has risen to 5,057, and a total of 10,915 others were injured, said the Ministry of Home Affairs Tuesday.

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U.S. VP highlights "significant changes" to veteran affairs

​The troubled Veterans Affairs Department of the United States is "beginning to see significant changes," U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said Tuesday at a Veterans Day event at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington.

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China, Japan, S. Korea start trilateral talks on disaster management

Officials from China, Japan and South Korea started a two-day Trilateral Table Top Exercise (TTX) on Thursday in Tokyo, which aims at increasing natural disaster coping capacity.

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19 killed in north China rainstorms

Rainstorms and ensuing floods have left 19 people dead in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said on Friday.

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Fung Wah re-appointed as Hong Kong's Electoral Affairs Commission chairman

The chief executive of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has re-appointed Justice Barnabas Fung Wah as the chairman of the Electoral Affairs Commission (EAC) for a term of four years from Aug. 17, 2013 to Aug. 16, 2017, according to the city's government news website on Friday.