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Pakistan flag carrier's stake sale attracts sole bid below government minimum

The bidder has rejected Privatisation Commission's request to match the minimum bid

Bangladesh garment workers clash with police, two wounded

Thousands of workers marched in Dhaka's Mirpur area to protest job losses and the abrupt closure of a garment factory

Taiwan shuts down as strong Typhoon Kong-rey hits, one dead

Taiwan's weather administration put the typhoon's size at the biggest to hit the island since 1996

Smog beset Pakistan megacity curbs rickshaws, restaurants

Government and private offices have been told to have half their staff work from home starting Monday

North Korea conducts longest ICBM test amid storm over troop deployment to Russia

Missile flight time was longest ever; possible new or improved booster; North Korea shows belligerence under international pressure, says expert

To tackle plastic scourge, Philippines makes companies pay

The country, with a population of 120 million, generates some 1.7 million metric tonnes of post-consumer plastic waste a year

Indian election panel rejects opposition Congress party's complaint on voting

The Election Commission said such doubts had the 'potential of creating turbulence'

Toyota to get Suzuki's first-ever EV as partnership expands

Shares of Maruti Suzuki climbed about 4 per cent to trade near the session's high after the announcement

Three-person crew blasts off for China's Tiangong space station

Beijing says it is on track to send a crewed mission to the Moon by 2030, where it intends to construct a base on the lunar surface

China's 'Hawaii' under water as tropical storm dumps record rainfall

On Monday, Sanya logged 294.9mm of rainfall over a 24-hour window, the most for any day in October since 2000