A test train crashed into railway workers in China’s southwestern Yunnan province on Thursday, killing 11 and injuring two, in what is being described as the region’s deadliest rail accident in over a decade. The incident reportedly…
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The Hong Kong residential towers engulfed by smoke and flames on Wednesday were surrounded by an ancient construction material familiar to anyone who’s spent time in…
Hugo BachegaMiddle East correspondent , Southern Lebanon
Neha Sharma/BBCLast Friday, at around 19:00, an Israeli air strike hit a car in a village in southern Lebanon called Froun. This part of the country is the heartland of the Shia Muslim…
Jakarta has overtaken Tokyo as the world’s most populous city, according to a UN study that uses new criteria to give a more accurate picture of the rapid urbanisation driving the growth of megacities.
The Indonesian capital is home to 42…
Donald Trump asked the Japanese prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, to avoid further escalation in a dispute with China during a call this week, according to two Japanese government sources who spoke to the Reuters news agency.
Takaichi sparked the…
Almost 280 people are still missing amid the Hong Kong blaze that has killed at least 44 people and left dozens more in critical condition.
Our just-launched rundown on what we know so far about the fire also…
Watch: How the shooting of two National Guard members unfolded
Two National Guard members are in critical condition after…