India and China to resume direct flights in October after five-year ban
India and China will restart direct flights between the countries this month, India's foreign ministry has said, in another step...
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Japan faces Asahi beer shortage after cyber-attack
Japan is facing a shortage of Asahi products, including beer and bottled tea, as the drinks giant grapples with the...
Scared survivors sleep in fields as death toll rises
Virma Simonette andEwe KohWatch: Rescuers search rubble and people queue for aid after deadly earthquake shakes PhilippinesTwo days after a...
India’s most powerful Hindu nationalist organisation marks centenary
Samira HussainSouth Asia correspondent, NagpurBBCOrganisers say 3,800 volunteers participated in Thursday's eventThe Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the Hindu nationalist organisation...
‘Area of interest’ found in search of girl who vanished 52 years ago
Phil MercerWollongong, New South WalesGrimmer familyCheryl Grimmer was three when she disappeared from Fairy Meadow beach in January 1970A volunteer...
Dozens feared dead in school collapse, officials say
There are "no signs of life" under the wreckage of a collapsed Indonesian school where 59 people are still missing,...
Bollywood superstar enters the billionaire club
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, 59, has joined the billionaire club for the first time, becoming one of the world's...
See three trapped students’ rescue
Dramatic rescue footage shows the boys in Indonesia pulled to safety after their school building collapsed on Monday. The three...
China launches a new visa to attract tech talent, but locals aren’t happy
Getty ImagesWhen China first announced a new visa targeting foreign professionals in science and technology in August it largely went...
Can India team clinch its maiden Women’s world cup?
The Indian women's team has kicked off their ICC ODI World Cup campaign with a 99-run victory over Sri Lanka....
