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Pakistani court grants bail to ex-PM for medical treatment
Islamabad, Mar 26 (AP/UNB) — Pakistan's supreme court has granted six weeks' bail to former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for medical treatment at a domestic hospital.
China's president meets European leaders on deal-filled trip
Paris, Mar 26 (AP/UNB) — Chinese President Xi Jinping is meeting with the leaders of France, Germany and the European Commission, as European countries seek to boost relations with China while also putting pressure over its trade practices.
Thai parties jostle for power after 1st election since coup
Bangkok, Mar 26 (AP/UNB) — The two top parties began angling for the upper hand in forming a new government in Thailand on Monday after partial results showed no group won a majority of seats in the country's first national election since a 2014 military coup.
Chairman of India's ailing Jet Airways resigns
New Delhi, Mar 25 (AP/UNB) — The chairman of India's private Jet Airways has quit amid mounting financial woes which have forced it to suspend 14 international routes and ground more than 80 planes.
Thais vote in long-delayed poll pitting junta versus critics
Bangkok, Mar 24 (AP/UNB) — Nearly five years after a coup, Thailand voted Sunday in a long-delayed election setting a military-backed party against the populist political force the generals overthrew.
Indian PM Modi greets Pakistani PM Imran Khan on Pakistan National Day
New Delhi, March 23 (Xinhua/UNB)- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote a letter to his Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan, greeting him on the occasion of Pakistan's national day, confirmed an official source in the Indian external affairs ministry on Saturday.
New Thai government may be unstable, short-lived
Bangkok, Mar 23 (AP/UNB) — Thailand's election Sunday is likely to produce a weak unstable government whether it's a civilian or military-backed party that cobbles together a coalition, setting off a new phase of uncertainty in a country that's a U.S. ally in Southeast Asia and one of the world's top tourist destinations.
Death toll rises to 62 in China chemical plant blast
Beijing, Mar 23 (AP/UNB) — A massive explosion at a chemical plant in eastern China with a long record of safety violations has killed at least 62 people and injured hundreds of others, 90 of them seriously.
Man in north China drives into pedestrians, killing 6
Beijing, Mar 22 (AP/UNB) — Authorities in northern China say a man trying to kill his wife and daughter has crashed his car into pedestrians and killed six people.
Death toll in China chemical plant explosion rises to 44
Beijing, Mar 22 (AP/UNB) — The death toll in an explosion at a chemical plant in eastern China has risen to 44, with another 90 people seriously injured, the local government reported Friday.