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China's Xi says HK had its grimmest year since handover
Hong Kong has faced its "grimmest and most complex year" since the former British colony was returned to China, President Xi Jinping said Monday, before reiterating his support for the semi-autonomous city's leader.
7 years after Delhi gang rape, brutal India attacks continue
Days after an alleged gang-rape victim was set on fire, a note was left at the family home of an 18-year-old set to testify in her own case against a man she had accused of rape.
Bus crash kills at least 14 in central Nepal
At least 14 passengers were killed while around 16 others injured in a bus crash at Sindhupalchowk district in central Nepal on Sunday morning, authorities confirmed.
3 killed in Indian capital's building fire
Three women were killed and four people injured in a fire that engulfed a four-storey residential building in the Indian capital on Saturday, police said Sunday.
China begins soliciting public opinions on draft law for promoting cultural industry
China's Ministry of Justice on Friday began soliciting public opinions on a draft law aiming to promote the country's cultural industry.
Authorities close Pakistani university after student killed
Authorities in Pakistan's capital Islamabad on Friday temporarily closed a major university following overnight armed clashes between rival groups that left one student dead and and several others wounded.
Hong Kong police slip on banana peel with tear gas tweet
Hong Kong's much-maligned police force has slipped on a banana peel by trying to make light of its liberal use of tear gas during the territory's protest movement.
Japan PM postpones trip to India's violence-hit northeast
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday postponed traveling for a summit with India's leader in the violence-wracked northeast, where two people were killed in ongoing protests over a new law that grants citizenship based on religion and excludes Muslims.
Christmas cards collected for jailed Hong Kong protesters
Protesters in Hong Kong wrote hundreds of Christmas cards on Thursday for people jailed in the city's pro-democracy movement, promising they won't be forgotten as they face spending the festive season behind bars.
Police kill 2 protesters defying curfew in Indian state
Police shot and killed two protesters who defied a curfew and arrested dozens of others Thursday in India's northeastern Assam state, where thousands protested against legislation that would grant citizenship to non-Muslims who migrated from neighboring countries.