NEW DELHI -- India called for "restraint" on Friday as the situation in the Gulf escalated dramatically after the killing of a top Iranian military commander by the U.S. forces at Baghdad airport in Iraq.

In a statement issued by the Ministry of External Affairs, the Indian government said that the heightened tension had "alarmed the world." (India-Iran-U.S.-Restraint)

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NEW DELHI -- A seminar was held here on Friday to discuss progress in the ongoing ambitious China-India translation project of classics and contemporary works.

The year 2020 marks the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between New Delhi and Beijing. Both countries have earmarked 70 different programs to celebrate the bond between them. (India-China-Seminar)

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PHNOM PENH -- One Cambodian woman died and 16 others were injured after an under construction building collapsed in southwest Cambodia's Kep province on Friday, a provincial spokesman said.

"As of 7:00 p.m. local time, 17 people were pulled out of the debris of the collapsed building, but one died minutes after being sent to the hospital," Kep Provincial Information Department director and spokesman Ros Udong told Xinhua. (Cambodia-Building Collapse)

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HONG KONG -- In the face of pneumonia cases in central Chinese city of Wuhan, the government of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) has strengthened prevention and control measures, the HKSAR Chief Executive Carrie Lam said Friday.

During an inspection of the West Kowloon Station, Lam said the government has enhanced health surveillance measures at all boundary control points. (Hong Kong-Pneumonia-Measures) Enditem

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