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Defeat, riots and recriminations: China football's darkest day
AFP, Published on 18/05/2020
» SHANGHAI - It is known as the "May 19 Incident" and by some estimations it haunts China's national football team 35 years on.
Ramadan on collision course with virus for Asia's Muslims
AFP, Published on 21/04/2020
» ISLAMABAD: Across Asia, home to about half of the world's Muslims, the coming Islamic holy month of Ramadan is on a collision course with the coronavirus pandemic as clerics call on the faithful to cram into mosques.
US braces for 'hardest' week in virus battle as British PM hospitalised
AFP, Published on 06/04/2020
» LONDON - The coronavirus threatened Americans with their hardest week in living memory on Monday and put Britain's prime minister in hospital, despite early signs that some of Europe's hardest-hit countries may be turning a corner.
What impact is Covid-19 having on Middle East conflicts?
AFP, Published on 05/04/2020
» BEIRUT: The novel coronavirus has put global trade on hold, placed half of the world population in confinement and has the potential to topple governments and reshape diplomatic relations.
For Moscow's quarantined, 100,000 cameras are watching
AFP, Published on 24/03/2020
» MOSCOW - A vast and contentious network of facial recognition cameras keeping watch over Moscow is now playing a key role in the battle against the spread of the coronavirus in Russia.
Conservatives ahead as Iran poll results trickle in
AFP, Published on 22/02/2020
» TEHRAN - Conservatives took an early lead Saturday as the first results of Iran's parliamentary election came in, boosted by a predicted low turnout following the disqualification of nearly half the candidates.
Dancing Afghans mark start of week-long partial truce
AFP, Published on 22/02/2020
» KABUL - A week-long partial truce took hold across Afghanistan on Saturday, with some jubilant civilians dancing in the streets as the war-weary country woke up to what is potentially a major turning point in its long conflict.
Addiction in paradise: Seychelles battles heroin crisis
AFP, Published on 20/02/2020
» LES MAMELLES (SEYCHELLES) - On a plain suburban street in Seychelles, far from the idyllic coastline and luxury resorts pampering honeymooners and paradise-seekers, heroin addicts queue anxiously for their daily dose of methadone.
First passengers exit quarantined ship in Japan
AFP, Published on 14/02/2020
» YOKOHAMA: Japan on Friday began allowing elderly passengers who test negative for the new coronavirus to leave a quarantined cruise ship and finish their isolation in government-designated lodging.
Motorcycle taxi ban brings Lagos to a halt
AFP, Published on 09/02/2020
» LAGOS: Even before a sudden controversial ban on motorcycle taxis and tricycles in Nigeria's commercial capital, Lagos, crippling traffic jams were a daily ordeal for its more than 20 million inhabitants.