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Officials in Nepal say parts of the world's tallest mountain are starting to stink from the human waste left there.

Here's what you need to know about the Lunar New Year, and where you can celebrate it.

The Australian government says it is appalled by the decision.

"It turns out that everyone [he saw] was fake," police said.

A Pakistani court convicted former Prime Minister Imran Khan of revealing official secrets and sentenced him to 10 years.

Rare footage shows North Korean teenagers sentenced to hard labour for watching and distributing K-dramas, a South Korean research group claims.

The towering flight of rainbow stairs at the Batu Caves in Malaysia has made it popular with Instagrammer tourists.

North Korea said Friday it had tested a purported underwater nuclear attack drone in response to a combined naval exercise between South Korea and the United States and Japan this week.

Jan Laczynski was at the popular holiday destination the night of the terrorist attack, which killed 202 people, including 88 Australians.

Pakistan's air force has launched retaliatory airstrikes early on Iran allegedly targeting militant positions.

China's population shrank for the second year in a row in 2023, marking a deepening of a demographic challenge set to have significant implications on the world's second largest economy.

Residents have undergone respiratory checks after the eruption in West Sumatra.

At stake is the peace and stability of the island, 160 kilometres off the coast of China, that Beijing claims as its own and to be retaken by force if necessary.

The highly-prized crustaceans were being loaded on speedboats when customs agents swooped.

The result will have implications far beyond the self-ruling island of 23 million people.

People were initially told a missile was flying over the self-ruled island.

When blistering extreme heat gripped India's capital, Ramesh says he felt faint but had no option other than to keep on toiling.

The law mandates that love of the country be incorporated into work and study for everyone.

The family filmed inside the smokey cabin as the plane went up in flames before their lucky escape from the blazing aircraft.

Japan has been rocked by a series of powerful earthquakes, bringing down buildings and sparking tsunami warnings.The death toll continues to rise with fears many people are trapped.

A four-minute transcript of communication between traffic control and two aircraft has shed light on what went wrong.

The damage was so great that it could not immediately be assessed. Japanese media reports said tens of thousands of homes were destroyed.

Officials have warned people in some areas on Tuesday to stay away from their homes because of a risk of more strong quakes.

Xi Jinping used his New Year address to talk about the "reunification" of China on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country will launch three additional military spy satellites, build more nuclear weapons and introduce modern unmanned combat equipment in 2024, as he called for “overwhelming” war readiness to cope with US-led confrontational moves, state media reported on Sunday.

Meant to arrive on doorsteps frozen, 807 strawberry frill shortcakes costing $54 were delivered to customers in various states of disrepair.

Leader hails North Korea's launch of its first military spy satellite and the introduction of other sophisticated weapons.

The trade minister is predicting China's remaining restrictions on Australian exports will be lifted in the New Year.

Security guards overpowered the intruders as one of them climbed over the tables of the lawmakers' seating area.

Indonesian authorities have halted the search for 12 climbers after Mount Marapi volcano erupted again, unleashing a new burst of hot ash as high as 800 metres into the air, officials say.

The video was solely about making egg fried rice. But some nationalists saw it as a deliberate act of insult and mockery.

The world's most expensive cities to live for 2023 have been revealed. And not surprisingly, costs have risen over the past year no matter where in the world you look.

It's a stunning result for families whose loved ones were trapped for a gruelling 17 days and fed through narrow steel pipes.

The rescue mission was expected to last only a few days.

"Beijing has very good surveillance, so would be in a better position to identify a novel pathogen than perhaps Wuhan."

The Global Times newspaper made the claim as the Royal Australian Navy completed a three-day joint exercise with Philippines warships and aircraft.

The warship involved in last week's sonar incident with a Chinese navy vessel that left an Australian diver injured has sailed through the Taiwan Strait.

The North's space authorities said in a statement that its space launch vehicle placed the Malligyong-1 satellite into orbit on Tuesday night.

The first images of dozens of men trapped inside a collapsed Himalayan tunnel have emerged, as a complex and frustrating operation to free them enters its 10th day.

Anthony Albanese says China has damaged its relationship with Australia.

Workers have been trapped in the collapsed tunnel for one week, and some are suffering health issues.

The hope is to fix wide pipes for 40 workers trapped underground for a sixth day to crawl to their freedom.

A moderate earthquake has shaken eastern Myanmar and been felt in a popular tourist destination in Thailand.

The outcome of the talks between two leaders who have known each other for decades could have far-reaching implications.

As many as 40 workers in India are confined behind a pile of rubble with little oxygen and water.

US President Joe Biden and China's Xi Jinping have no shortage of difficult issues to discuss when they sit down this week.

Nearly 50 million people have been breathing toxic air for nearly a week.

Bathhouses, university dorms, and train stations across the country are on high alert.

The world's newest island has risen from the sea off the coast of the Japanese island of Iwo Jima in the Pacific Ocean.

Albanese is the first Australian leader to set foot in China in seven years, a sign of the thawing relations between the countries.