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  • Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi greets New Zealand prime minister Christopher Luxon in Wellington on 18 March 18. New Zealand has opted against applying sanctions over China’s alleged hacking operations.

    Why didn’t New Zealand impose sanctions on China?

  • Aam Aadmi party activists shout slogans at a protest in New Delhi, India, after Arvind Kejriwal's arrested

    India summons envoy after US criticises Delhi chief minister’s arrest

    US called for fair legal process for opposition figure Arvind Kejriwal amid claims that challengers to Narendra Modi are being targeted ahead of national elections
  • Thai lawmakers hold a rainbow textile

    Thailand poised to legalise same-sex marriage after parliament passes bill

    Lawmakers overwhelmingly vote to make country the first in south-east Asia to recognise same-sex unions
  • Japan dietary supplement recalled amid investigation into two deaths and 100 hospitalisations

  • Sign of the times in Japan as nappy company switches production to adult nappies

  • Six killed after suicide bomber rams convoy of Chinese engineers in Pakistan

  • ‘I noticed nothing strange’: suspect’s colleagues express shock at Moscow attack

  • North Korean TV censors BBC presenter's jeans to hide ‘symbol of US imperialism’ – video

  • Alan Titchmarsh’s jeans blurred by North Korean TV censors

  • Tuesday briefing: Why the US and UK are going public with warnings about Chinese hacking

  • aerial view of the international airstrip in Funafuti Tuvalu

    Tuvalu
    Tuvalu accepts security and climate pact, says Australia’s Pacific minister

  • Photograph released by Huangshi intermediate people's court shows Chen Xuyuan, a former chairman of Chinese Football Association, at his trial. He has been sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of accepting bribes.

    China
    Former head of China football association jailed for life for taking bribes – state media

  • Lawmakers vote for Article 23 in the chamber of the Legislative Council in Hong Kong

    In 30 seconds
    Hong Kong’s Article 23 national security law explained in 30 seconds

  • A professor at a medical school submits a resignation form at a hospital in Seoul, South Korea

    South Korea
    South Korea doctors’ strike widens as medical professors join protests

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  • A cheese and egg chatamari at Nepal Cooking School in Kathmandu

    Cook like you're on holiday
    Peace, love and crispy rice crepe pizza: how to cook and eat like you’re on holiday in Nepal

  • Johnny Mercer

    Military
    Minister told to name sources in Afghan inquiry or face potential jail term

  • An elderly man with glasses on a balcony overlooking a city street in Dhaka

    A common condition
    Cars before people: how chaotic, polluted Dhaka is failing its elderly citizens

  • Women smeared with 'Gulal' as they celebrate Holi, the Hindu spring festival of colours, in Chennai, India.

    India
    Holi festival celebrated by Hindus around the world – in pictures

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Pictures & video

  • A soldier standing by a fence looks into the distance while others carry bundles of sticks.

    Long lens glimpses of everyday life in North Korea – in pictures

  • KCNA said Kim Jong Un guided the drills aimed at testing the "real war capabilities" of 600mm rocket launchers

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    North Korean state media shows Kim Jong-un overseeing 'super-large' rocket launcher drills – video

    KCNA said Kim Jong Un guided the drills aimed at testing the "real war capabilities" of 600mm rocket launchers
  • A suspected gas leak caused a huge explosion that has killed at least one person at a fried chicken restaurant in China's northern Hebei province

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    Moment explosion destroys restaurant in northern China – video report

    A suspected gas leak caused a huge explosion that has killed at least one person at a fried chicken restaurant in China's northern Hebei province
  • There was no immediate indication of what caused the explosion, or whether there were any injuries.

    Japanese company Space One's Kairos rocket explodes immediately after launch – video

  • A man and a woman were taken to hospital unresponsive and were later pronounced dead while a third person sustained a shoulder injury, but was conscious

    Japan avalanche: two New Zealand skiers killed and one rescued – video

  • China's foreign minister has accused the US of imposing sanctions on Chinese companies to a 'bewildering' level

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    China claims US 'obsessed' with suppressing Beijing – video

  • The mystery of what happened to Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 makes headlines across the world after it disappeared en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur on 8 March 2014. Despite searches covering vast stretches of the Indian ocean and the discovery of debris as far away as Réunion island, the fate of the plane and its passengers and crew remains unknown.

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    MH370: key moments in the search for missing Malaysian flight – video

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