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Pakistan is accusing the Taliban of letting militants conduct cross-border attacks

4:29pm March 14, 2022

by Diaa Hadid

Pakistan hoped the Taliban's seizure of Afghanistan would secure its western border. Now, it is accusing the Taliban of allowing militants to conduct cross-border attacks.

Filipina domestic workers are being fired in Honk Kong for catching COVID

4:29pm March 14, 2022

by Julie McCarthy

As an omicron wave sweeps through Hong Kong, some of the nannies and housekeepers from the Philippines who work there have been thrown out by their employers after testing positive for the virus.

Workers line up for COVID test outside an office building on Monday in Beijing.

China battles multiple COVID-19 outbreaks, driven by stealth omicron

4:41am March 14, 2022

by The Associated Press

While the numbers are small relative to numbers reported in Europe or in the U.S., they are the highest since the first big outbreak of COVID-19 in the central city of Wuhan in early 2020.

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Saudi Arabia executes 81 people, the country's largest mass execution in modern times

8:58am March 13, 2022

by Debbie Elliott

Saudi Arabia is drawing international criticism for putting 81 people to death in one day. The executions happen as the West is hoping to convince the kingdom to increase oil production.

Radha Devi buys vegetables on her way back from the private educational institute where she has worked as an aide since November 2021. Devi, her husband and their three children all came down with COVID-19 in April of that year. She and the kids recovered

Health & Safety

PHOTOS: The precarious lives of India's COVID widows

2:46pm March 11, 2022

by Text and photos by Ruhani Kaur

No matter how the pandemic proceeds, women who lost a husband — and sole family breadwinner — will lead irrevocably altered lives in the patriarchal society that is India.

People line up for coronavirus tests outside a hospital in Shanghai on Friday.

China locks down a city of 9 million amid a new spike in COVID-19 cases

5:45am March 11, 2022

by The Associated Press

The latest lockdowns extend China's draconian approach to the pandemic it has enforced for most of the past two years

South Korea's president-elect Yoon Suk Yeol speaks during a news conference at the National Assembly in Seoul on Thursday, the morning after his victory in the country's presidential election.

South Koreans vote political conservative as new president

8:50am March 10, 2022

by Anthony Kuhn

The politically inexperienced Yoon Suk Yeol's pledge to get tough on North Korea could mark a sharp break with the outgoing liberal administration's policies.

Election officials count votes after Uttar Pradesh state elections in Lucknow, India on Thursday.

Modi's ruling party is ahead in crucial state polls in India

5:55am March 10, 2022

by The Associated Press

The results are seen as a referendum on the prime minister's popularity and a resounding endorsement of his party's Hindu-first politics.

Ferdinand Marcos Jr. leads the race to succeed Philippine President Duterte

5:08am March 10, 2022

by Julie McCarthy

The Philippines elects a new president in May and it may spell the revival of the once-disgraced family of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos. His son, Ferdinand Marcos Junior, leads the poll.

With a new president, South Korea will shift to a more conservative administration

5:08am March 10, 2022

South Korean voters chose a politically inexperienced conservative as president, in the nation's tightest race ever. He has promised a tougher line on North Korea, and a closer alliance with the U.S.