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Sep 18, 2020

Apple to launch first online store in India next week

Apple says it will launch its first online store in India next week, as it seeks to increase sales in one of the world’s fastest-growing smartphone markets

Sep 15, 2020

Asia Today: India adds over 83,000 cases, nears 5 million

India confirmed more than 83,000 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, bringing its total caseload to nearly 5 million

Sep 13, 2020

Asia Today: India cases climb to 4.75M as recovery improves

India has registered a single-day spike of 94,372 new confirmed coronavirus cases, driving the country’s overall tally to 4.75 million

Sep 12, 2020

Asia Today: India's cases cross 4.6M after record surge

India’s confirmed coronavirus tally has crossed 4.6 million after a record surge of 97,570 new cases in 24 hours

Sep 11, 2020

Libya's eastern parliament meets after rare protests erupt

Libya’s east-based parliament has convened an emergency meeting to address the eruption of rare protests over dire living conditions across the country’s east

Sep 8, 2020

Ships, aircraft fight new fire on oil tanker off Sri Lanka

Ships and aircraft from Sri Lanka and India intensified efforts to extinguish a new fire on an oil tanker off Sri Lanka’s coast two days after the previous blaze was doused

Sri Lanka assessing environment damage from oil tanker fire

Sep 7, 2020

Sri Lanka’s government is sending scientists to determine whether a three-day fire on a giant oil tanker off its coast damaged the marine environment

Sep 7, 2020

Pakistan seeking relief from $5.8B fine over mining lease

Pakistan is seeking the reversal of a $5.8 billion penalty imposed by an international tribunal for denying a mining lease to an Australian company, saying that paying the fine will hinder its ability to cope with the coronavirus pandemic

Sep 6, 2020

Death toll from Bangladesh mosque explosion rises to 24

The death toll from a gas pipeline explosion in a mosque outside Bangladesh’s capital has risen to 24 while authorities were examining how a leakage caused the accident during evening prayers

Police say Pakistani man killed journalist wife in southwest