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Beijing court orders Malaysia Airlines to pay damages to families of MH370 victims

New Delhi, Dec. 9 -- A Beijing court has ruled Malaysia Airlines must pay 2.9 million yuan ($410,000) each to the families of eight passengers who went missing in the disappearance of Flight 370 more ... Read More


Benin government says short-lived coup left casualties on both sides

New Delhi, Dec. 9 -- The short-lived coup in Benin left "casualties on both sides" of the government forces and the mutinous soldiers, authorities said Monday, as security forces intensified the searc... Read More


Rubio and Hegseth discuss Indo-Pacific security with Australian counterparts

New Delhi, Dec. 9 -- Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth met their Australian counterparts Monday in Washington for annual talks focused on Indo-Pacific security and coun... Read More


100 schoolchildren abducted in Nigeria are released but more are still held

New Delhi, Dec. 9 -- A total of 100 of the schoolchildren abducted from a Nigerian Catholic school last month and released over the weekend were hosted at a government-organized ceremony on Monday, ma... Read More


Pakistan's top general calls on Afghanistan to pick between ties with Islamabad or Pakistani Taliban

New Delhi, Dec. 9 -- Pakistan's newly appointed armed forces chief called on Afghanistan's Taliban government on Monday to choose between maintaining ties with Islamabad or supporting the Pakistani Ta... Read More


Trump approves sale of more advanced Nvidia computer chips used in AI to China

New Delhi, Dec. 9 -- President Donald Trump said Monday that he would allow Nvidia to sell an advanced type of computer chip used in the development of artificial intelligence to "approved customers" ... Read More


Climate change threatens Asia's water and power systems, reports warn

New Delhi, Dec. 9 -- Climate change is battering Asia's water and power systems and putting millions in harm's way, forcing countries to pour billions into shoring up basic services, according to two ... Read More


Myanmar military air strike on a tea shop kills 18 watching a football match on TV

New Delhi, Dec. 9 -- An air strike last week by Myanmar's military on a tea shop in the country's upper-central region of Sagaing killed at least 18 civilians and wounded 20 others, a local villager a... Read More


Cambodia vows fierce fight against Thailand in escalating border conflict

New Delhi, Dec. 9 -- Cambodia's powerful Senate President Hun Sen on Tuesday vowed that his country would carry out a fierce fight against Thailand as a second day of widespread renewed combat between... Read More


Netanyahu says Israel and Hamas will enter ceasefire's second phase soon

New Delhi, Dec. 9 -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel and Hamas are "very shortly expected to move into the second phase of the ceasefire," after Hamas returns the rem... Read More