Advertisement South Korea AsiaEast Asia In South Korea, some savour last season of legal dog meat As the country nears a February 2027 nationwide ban on breeding, slaughter and sale of dogs for meat, some diners turn to black goat meat 3-MIN READ3-MIN Listen Reuters Published: 4:18pm, 15 Aug 2026 For decades, the three days […]
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Advertisement Trending in China People & CultureTrending in China Evidence of earliest silkworm farming outside China found, upending Silk Road timeline 4,000-year-old cocoons found in Uzbekistan likely made their way to the region 2,000 years before the Silk Road even existed 2-MIN READ2-MIN Listen Kevin McSpadden Published: 4:00pm, 15 Aug 2026 It may not be […]
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Advertisement India AsiaSouth Asia India’s Modi woos youth with free coaching, AI training after Gen Z protests This came weeks after massive youth-led protests forced the education minister to resign 2-MIN READ2-MIN Listen Agence France-Presse Published: 4:27pm, 15 Aug 2026Updated: 4:29pm, 15 Aug 2026 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday his government would […]
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South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has proposed talks with North Korea to formally end the Korean War.
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Israeli forces stormed a wedding hall in al-Eizariya town in the occupied West Bank and assaulted Palestinian attendees.
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ListenListen (2 mins) Save Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo A photograph taken from the southern Lebanese area of Nabatieh shows smoke from the site of Israeli strikes on the mountainous area of the strategic Ali al-Taher Ridge on August 14, 2026 [AFP] By Al Jazeera […]
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By Manhal Baresh Published On 15 Aug 202615 Aug 2026 ListenListen (7 mins) Save Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Syrian soldiers walk along a street in the hills above the mountain resort of Aley, Lebanon, on February 25, 2005 [Hussein Malla/AP] In recent weeks, United […]
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ListenListen (2 mins) Save Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo US President Donald Trump, right, with Andrew Giuliani, left, head of the White House Task Force for the FIFA World Cup 2026, in the Oval Office [Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters] By Reuters Published On 15 Aug 202615 Aug […]
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Advertisement Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals Hong KongSociety Contractors suspended over ‘extremely serious’ Queen Mary Hospital lift defects Authorities say 24 of 28 lifts in the new clinical block were affected, delaying the launch of clinical services until repairs are completed 3-MIN READ3-MIN 1 Listen Wynna Wong Published: 2:40pm, 15 Aug 2026 Hong Kong authorities […]
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Advertisement Saudi Arabia This Week in AsiaPolitics Russia’s role in Middle East politics endures, shifts to being ‘secondary power’ Two Russian military bases will remain in Syria as the region continues to recalibrate its relations with major powers amid the Iran war 4-MIN READ4-MIN Listen Tom Hussain Published: 1:00pm, 15 Aug 2026 Russia is confounding […]
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