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Japan postpones 'Moon Sniper' launch for third time 28 Aug 2023 - 11:10 am
This handout photo taken on June 1, 2023 and released by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) shows the
Indian PM Modi calls for African Union to join G20 27 Aug 2023 - 02:04 pm
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during the third day of the three-day B20 Summit in New Delhi on August 27, 2023. (Photo by Sajjad Hussain / AFP)
Hundreds flee floods as super typhoon brushes past Philippines 27 Aug 2023 - 11:35 am
Peninsula
3 US Marines dead after aircraft crashes during drills in Australia 27 Aug 2023 - 11:22 am
This image obtained from the US Marine Corps shows three MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircrafts flying in formation above the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Sydney on June 29, 2017. Photo by Amy PHAN / US MARINE CORPS / AFP
China remains embedded in US supply chains: Jackson Hole Paper 26 Aug 2023 - 05:30 pm
A family eats snacks outside a restaurant in Beijing on August 26, 2023. (Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP)
Storm Saola may grow into super typhoon northeast of Philippines 26 Aug 2023 - 03:35 pm
Peninsula
Video of teacher in India making students slap Muslim classmate sparks outrage on social media 26 Aug 2023 - 03:05 pm
Peninsula
Nine killed in Indian train coach fire 26 Aug 2023 - 10:01 am
Firefighters try to extinguish a fire which broke out in a train coach parked at the Madurai railway yard, in Madurai on August 26, 2023. (Photo by AFP)
Philippines steps up exposure of China ‘bullying’ in sea row 25 Aug 2023 - 11:05 pm
US Marines V-22 Osprey aircraft hover above Australian landing helicopter dock ship HMAS Canberra during a joint exercise between Australian and Philippine troops at a naval base in San Antonio town, Zambales province on August 25, 2023. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP)
Fukushima operator says released water samples within safe limits 25 Aug 2023 - 12:35 pm
This aerial picture shows storage tanks (bottom) used for storing treated water at TEPCO's crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Okuma, Fukushima prefecture on August 24, 2023. Photo by JIJI PRESS / AFP
Trash fire 'emergency' chokes locals on Indonesia's Java 25 Aug 2023 - 09:37 am
Firefighters try to extinguish a fire that has been burning for five days, causing air pollution for some 12,000 residents in the surrounding area, at the landfill in Sarimukti on the outskirts of Bandung, West Java on August 24, 2023. Photo by Timur MATAHARI / AFP
Japan's 'Moon Sniper' mission looks to match Indian success 25 Aug 2023 - 09:30 am
This handout photo taken on June 1, 2023 and released by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) shows the
Philippine, Australian troops hold South China Sea drills 25 Aug 2023 - 09:22 am
Philippine and Australian soldiers march in formation while a US marines V-22 Osprey hovers above during military exercise Alon (wave), a joint amphibious landing drill held at a naval base in San Antonio town in Zambales province, north of Manila on August 25, 2023. Photo by TED ALJIBE / AFP
Pakistan PM honors rescuers who freed 8 people from broken cable car 24 Aug 2023 - 10:08 pm
This handout photo taken and released by Pakistan's Press Information Department on August 24, 2023, shows Pakistani caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar (left) greets a survivor of the cable car accident during a ceremony in honor of rescuers efforts in cable car accident at the Prime Minister office in Islamabad. (Photo by Pakistan PRESS INFORMATION DEPARTMENT / AFP)
G7 powers condemn failed North Korean satellite launch 24 Aug 2023 - 08:46 pm
A man walks past a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on August 24, 2023. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)
Indian rover begins exploring Moon's south pole 24 Aug 2023 - 06:30 pm
This handout screen grab taken and received from the live feed of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) website on August 23, 2023, shows the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft seconds before its successful lunar landing on the south pole of the moon. (Photo by ISRO / AFP)
Pakistani court delays ruling on ex-PM Imran Khan's conviction appeal 24 Aug 2023 - 05:50 pm
File photo: Policemen escort Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan (centre) as he arrives at the high court in Islamabad on May 12, 2023. (Photo by Aamir Qureshi / AFP)
BRICS to admit six new members next year 24 Aug 2023 - 11:54 am
(From L to R) President of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, President of China Xi Jinping, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attend the 2023 BRICS Summit at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg on August 24, 2023. (Photo by Phill Magakoe / AFP)