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Seven dead in Philippines clashes with militants: army 19 Feb 2024 - 08:15 am
Peninsula
Canada not a rival, says China FM 18 Feb 2024 - 08:44 pm
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi. (Photo by Cristina Quicler / AFP)
Thai ex-PM Thaksin returns home after release on parole 18 Feb 2024 - 05:43 pm
(Files) Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (C) arrives to greet his supporters after landing at Don Mueang Airport in Bangkok on August 22, 2023. (Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha / AFP)
Afghan province orders officials not to photograph living things 18 Feb 2024 - 04:51 pm
File photo of Afghan security forces stand guard at the entrance gate of Kandahar Airport
China to step up patrols near Taiwan after deadly boat incident 18 Feb 2024 - 12:17 pm
Handout photo taken on February 14, 2024, by the Taiwan Coast Guard shows Taiwanese Coast Guard staff surrounding an overturned Chinese speed boat near the Kinmen Islands. (Photo by Handout / Taiwan Coast Guard / AFP)
Indonesian activists protest ex-general's win in presidential election 17 Feb 2024 - 11:31 pm
Police secure a road as a group of people supporting presidential candidate Anies Baswedan takes part in a rally in front of the General Election Commission (KPU) in Jakarta on February 16 2024, and demand that the KPU reveal fraud committed by presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto, who also won the quick count version of the presidential election and was supported by incumbent President Joko Widodo. (Photo by BAY ISMOYO / AFP)
Senior official says he helped rig Pakistan elections 17 Feb 2024 - 01:53 pm
Rawalpindi Commissioner Liaquat Ali Chattha speaks at a press conference in Rawalpindi on February 17, 2024. (Photo by Ghulam Rasool / AFP)
Philippines accuses Chinese boats of 'dangerous' actions 17 Feb 2024 - 12:42 pm
This photo taken on February 15, 2024 shows Filipino fishermen aboard their wooden boats queueing for free fuel beside the Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) ship BRP Datu Tamblot (L) as a Chinese coast guard ship (background R) monitors near the China-controlled Scarborough Shoal, in disputed waters of the South China Sea. (Photo by Ted Aljibe / AFP)
Jailed Thai ex-premier Thaksin to be freed Sunday: PM 17 Feb 2024 - 10:22 am
(Files) Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (C) arrives to greet his supporters after landing at Don Mueang Airport in Bangkok on August 22, 2023. (Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha / AFP)
Singapore engineer pivots from oil rigs to 'fish farm of the future' 17 Feb 2024 - 09:00 am
This photograph taken on December 6, 2023 shows Leow Ban Tat, CEO and founder of the Aquaculture Centre of Excellence (ACE) Farm Eco Ark fish farm, outside the facility in Singapore. (Photo by Roslan Rahman / AFP)
Japan successfully launches next-gen H3 rocket 17 Feb 2024 - 08:34 am
Japan's H3 rocket leaves the launch pad at the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima, southwestern Japan on February 17, 2024. (Photo by JIJI Press / AFP)
Philippines awards top Filipino conglomerate $3 billion airport makeover 16 Feb 2024 - 09:50 pm
File photo
Indian farmers strike to demand guaranteed crop prices as others attempt to march to New Delhi 16 Feb 2024 - 05:54 pm
Farmers gather along a highway blocked by police to prevent them from marching towards New De;hi during a protest demanding minimum crop prices, near the Haryana-Punjab state border at Shambhu in Patiala district on February 16, 2024. (Photo by Narinder NANU / AFP)
Thailand to offer medical coverage for tourists 15 Feb 2024 - 01:32 pm
A general view shows a BTS commuter train as it passes with the backdrop of the Bangkok skyline on June 2, 2023. Photo by Manan VATSYAYANA / AFP
Philippines to file charges against sunken oil tanker owners 14 Feb 2024 - 03:24 pm
This handout photo taken on March 8, 2023 and released by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) shows coast guard personnel and volunteers collecting debris covered with oil during a clean-up along the coast in Pola, Oriental Mindoro Province, days after an oil spill from a sunken tanker. (Photo by Handout / Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) / AFP)
Two Seoul police officers convicted over deadly Itaewon crush 14 Feb 2024 - 01:38 pm
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From remote tribal areas to flooded cities, Indonesians go to polls 14 Feb 2024 - 10:40 am
A blind woman is helped to cast her ballot at a polling station during Indonesia's presidential and legislative elections in Medan, North Sumatra on February 14, 2024. (Photo by Kartik BYMA / AFP)
Bali $10 tourist e-tax comes into force 14 Feb 2024 - 10:25 am
A surfer walks to the sea during sunrise at Sanur beach on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on February 6, 2024. (Photo by SONNY TUMBELAKA / AFP)