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Flooding Displaces 800,000 In Southern Indian State

7:47am August 20, 2018

by Lauren Frayer

India's southern state of Kerala may get some much needed relief in the coming days as the forecast shows less rain for the area that has been dealing with deadly monsoon floods for more than a week.

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Volunteers in a boat help to rescue stranded people from a flooded area in Chengannur in the southern state of Kerala, India, on Sunday.

Rain Starts To Slow After Flooding Displaces 800,000 In Southern Indian State

5:13pm August 19, 2018

by Wynne Davis

Tens of thousands of people have been rescued, but thousands more are still stranded after massive flooding and landslides in India's Kerala state.

A 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia's Lombok island on Sunday. This comes as the island is still trying to recover from another quake two weeks ago that killed more than 400 people.

6.9-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Indonesia's Lombok Island

2:19pm August 19, 2018

by Wynne Davis

Sunday's earthquake caused power outages and landslides as the island is still recovering from another quake earlier this month that killed more than 400 people.

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Meet India's 94-Year-Old 'Sexpert'

7:57am August 19, 2018

by Lauren Frayer

In India, a country with almost no sexual education, a 94-year-old man's newspaper column called "Ask the Sexpert" is a leading source of information.

Ahn Seung-choon was 14 when her 17-year-old brother was taken away from the family home in Pyeongchang. "After that day, we didn't hear anything about him," Ahn says.

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South Koreans Prepare For Rare Family Reunions With Long-Lost Relatives In The North

7:26am August 19, 2018

With tensions easing between North and South Korea, the two sides are reviving cross-border reunions that began in 1985. On Monday, 93 South Koreans will board buses to visit relatives in the North.

Former cricket star Imran Khan was sworn in as Pakistan's new prime minister on Saturday. One of his first challenges will be shoring up the country's economy.

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Imran Khan Is Sworn Into Office As Pakistan's New Prime Minister

5:51pm August 18, 2018

by Shannon Van Sant

Khan inherits several big challenges, including Pakistan's faltering economy, and managing relations with China and the U.S.

For the past 60 years, Dr. Mahinder Watsa, a Mumbai OB-GYN, has been writing a sex column for the local media. He gets about 100 letters a day. The writers range from teenage girls to men in their 70s.

A 94-Year-Old 'Sexpert' Gives India Advice On You Know What

8:22am August 18, 2018

by Sushmita Pathak

Schools in the conservative country often have no sex ed, and it's a taboo topic at home. That's why Dr. Mahinder Watsa is one of the country's most popular advice columnists.

People move past a flooded road in the southern Indian state of Kerala, where monsoon rains have destroyed roads and left hundreds of thousands of people homeless.

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Monsoon Floods Have Killed More Than 320 People In Kerala, India

3:16pm August 17, 2018

by Shannon Van Sant

The heavy rainfall has resulted in deadly landslides and flash floods, leaving hundreds of thousands of people homeless.

A member of the Myanmar security forces stands guard near a military transport helicopter in Rakhine state last September, about a month into the bloody crackdown on the country's Rohingya Muslim population.

'There Must Be Justice': U.S. Sanctions Myanmar Soldiers For Rohingya Killings

2:49pm August 17, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

The sanctions target four mid-level commanders and two units — but they failed to satisfy senators and activists alike, who say the U.S. has a ways to go to hold Myanmar accountable for its crimes.

The Periyar river floods its banks Thursday in Aluva, Kerala, creeping higher up a bridge's supports and overwhelming nearby residences.

Monsoon Hammers India With 'Unprecedented Flood Havoc,' Killing Scores Of People

2:59pm August 16, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

The heavy rains hitting the popular tourist destination of Kerala have loosed deadly floods and landslides. "Never before had the State witnessed a calamity of this scale," says a local leader.