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China has stepped up pressure on Taiwan since Tsai Ing-wen was first elected president of the self-ruled island in 2016.

As Indonesia scales up construction of its new capital city, Indigenous people say they fear being displaced.

Ryan Redington becomes the sixth Alaska Native to win the world's most prestigious dog-sledding race in Nome, Alaska.

Locals on Indonesia's popular holiday island are accusing Russians of taking jobs amid influx sparked by Ukraine war.

The country's inflation has not surpassed 100 percent in over three decades, as value of Argentina's currency plummets.

Fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has worsened in recent months.

Format for event in US, Canada and Mexico will stick to four teams per group as plan for 16 groups of three shot down.

Khan tells Al Jazeera an arrest warrant is a politically motivated attempt to 'remove him' from upcoming elections.

Washington says 'reckless' Russian jet manoeuvres forced it to bring down drone, but Moscow denies collision occurred.

Florida governor and other leading conservative US presidential hopefuls express scepticism of Washington's aid to Kyiv.

Environmental Protection Agency proposes first federal limits on 'forever chemicals', saying the move will save lives.

Executive order aiming to expand firearm background checks signed amid ongoing challenge of passing US gun control laws.

Class-action lawsuit seeking damages alleges that tech-focused bank failed to disclose risks from interest rate hikes.

Shumirun Nessa says she has faced a backlash that has spilled into the real world after posting about the US activist.

Meta is slashing jobs in a bid to recover from losses and invest in the 'metaverse'.

Saudi-Iran normalisation deal leads to hope for end to the war in Yemen, but will forces in the country have their say?

Nikol Pashinyan notes 'objective problems' in relations with Kremlin, but says they have not grown into a crisis.

European Court of Human Rights to hear case brought by women who say officials must do more.

Police action comes a day after Islamabad court issued arrest warrants for Khan in corruption and 'terrorism' cases.

No claim of responsibility for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa attacks which took place as country carries out its seventh census.

Infant among injured as police say the driver deliberately hit people in the town of Amqui, Quebec. Suspect arrested.

Hitting the 2015 Paris temperature goals will require a massive reduction in fossil fuel use, IPCC reports say.

The value of the Lebanese pound on the parallel market is at a historic low as the country's economic crisis continues.

IQAir report says India and Pakistan experienced the worst air quality in the Central and South Asian regions in 2022.

Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed to restore diplomatic relations, but Tehran is likely to keep its foreign policy pillars.

What happened in Huwara was neither new nor out of the ordinary.

Cash shortages have plagued Africa's largest economy since the beginning of the year, due to a CBN directive.

US government decision to greenlight ConocoPhillips Alaska’s $8bn Willow oil project received praise and condemnation.

A nurse reflects on what it means to be overworked and underpaid in a profession that provides life-saving care.

MLC, the latest on the list of cricket leagues around the world, is set to take place in the US in July.

Bill that weakens Supreme Court passes first reading, alongside a bill that would protect PM from removal.

Forbury, who won Olympic gold in 1968, revolutionised the event with a radically different jumping technique.

Health ministry says four-day campaign will cover more than nine million children in 31 of the country's 34 provinces.

Government officials say the strike adversely affected clinical operations across the country's big hospitals.

Ex-officer found guilty of murdering two teenagers aged 14 and 19, and was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

China says it will start issuing all categories of visas to foreigners from Wednesday, March 15, 2023.

Malawians dig through mud for survivors; Mozambique says fallout from storm's second landfall was worse than expected.

Clients bash an image of their target with a shoe in an effort to relieve themselves of bad moods.

The country's government has focused on containing, rather than resolving, a crisis with roots in a dubious referendum.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russian forces must be stopped in Bakhmut and other towns in the east.

Celebrated every March 14, Pi Day aims to raise awareness about the role of mathematics and how it shapes our world.

Rights group says a global Torture-Free Trade treaty is urgently needed to regulate the trade in policing equipment.

The soldier disappeared last week from the front-line island of Kinmen before being discovered in China.

Updated defence and foreign policy paper highlights 'threats' that Russia and China pose to the UK and world order.

Economists see Lehman Brothers-style crisis as unlikely despite jitters following collapse of California-based lender.

As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 384th day, we take a look at the main developments.

Caught in the middle of rising cross-strait tensions, there are few Chinese students left on the self-ruled island.

Nine years on and still no clear answers in one of the world’s biggest aviation mysteries.

Launches come as the US and S Korea carry out large-scale military exercises N Korea sees as rehearsals for invasion.