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Pakistan's trade deficit widens to 2.9 bln USD in November 02 Dec 2025 - 06:36 pm
File photo: A customer buys vegetables from a stall at a market in Karachi on July 3, 2023. (Photo by Asif HASSAN / AFP)
5.1-magnitude quake hits 103 km ESE of Teluk Dalam, Indonesia: USGS 02 Dec 2025 - 06:08 pm
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Concern as India orders phone manufacturers to preload government app 02 Dec 2025 - 10:45 am
This photo illustration taken on December 2, 2025 shows the icon of the cyber safety application Sanchar Saathi on the screen of a smartphone in New Delhi. India has ordered smartphone makers to pre-install a government-run cyber security app that cannot be removed, a move that has raised concerns about users' privacy. (Photo by Sajjad Hussain/ AFP)
Indonesia floods death toll rises to 604, with 2,600 injured 01 Dec 2025 - 10:41 pm
An aerial view shows flood damage in Meureudu, Pidie Jaya district in Indonesia's Aceh province on November 30, 2025. (Photo by CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN / AFP)
Thai football fans vow SEA Games stadium boycott over ticket rules 01 Dec 2025 - 04:42 pm
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Rapid floods shock Sri Lanka's survivors 01 Dec 2025 - 01:16 pm
People ride on a boat belonging to Sri Lanka's army at a flooded street after heavy rainfall in Wellampitiya on the outskirts of Colombo on November 30, 2025. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara / AFP)
Hong Kong police arrest 13 for manslaughter over fire 01 Dec 2025 - 12:11 pm
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Bangladesh court sentences former PM's sister, UK lawmaker 01 Dec 2025 - 11:15 am
prosecutor for the Anti-Corruption Commission Khan Mainul Hasan (C), addresses the media at a court premises in Dhaka on December 1, 2025. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman / AFP)
Japan oysters dying 'en masse', likely due to warmer sea: Officials 01 Dec 2025 - 10:45 am
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Singapore to toughen ban on smartphones in schools 01 Dec 2025 - 10:42 am
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Militaries come to aid of Asia flood victims as toll nears 1,000 01 Dec 2025 - 08:08 am
This handout image taken on November 30, 2025 and released on December 1, 2025 by Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) shows military and rescue personnel carrying the body of a flood victim in Batangtoru, South Tapanuli, North Sumatra. (Photo by Handout / BASARNAS / AFP)
Sri Lankan president pledges full state support for recovery from "worst" natural disaster 30 Nov 2025 - 11:39 pm
People ride on a boat belonging to Sri Lanka's army at a flooded street after heavy rainfall in Wellampitiya on the outskirts of Colombo on November 30, 2025. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)
Death toll rises to 442 in Indonesia floods and landslides 30 Nov 2025 - 06:45 pm
A woman walks past a mosque in a flooded area in Meureudu, Pidie Jaya district in Indonesia's Aceh province on November 30, 2025. (Photo by CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN / AFP)
Sri Lanka flood, landslide toll rises to 334: disaster agency 30 Nov 2025 - 06:21 pm
A youth carries an elderly man as they wade through a flooded street after heavy rainfall in Wellampitiya on the outskirts of Colombo on November 30, 2025. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)
Calls for accountability over lethal Hong Kong fire silenced 30 Nov 2025 - 03:34 pm
Miles Kwan, a 24-year-old student, speaks to AFP while handing out flyers outside a train station in Hong Kong's Tai Po district on November 28, 2025. (Photo by Holmes Chan / AFPTV / AFP)
Indonesia, Thailand race to find missing as flooding toll rises to 480 30 Nov 2025 - 03:20 pm
A man walks across mud and debris in a flood affected area in Meureudu, Pidie Jaya district in Indonesia's Aceh province on November 30, 2025. (Photo by Chaideer Mahyuddin / AFP)
Floods hit Sri Lanka's capital as cyclone deaths near 200 30 Nov 2025 - 12:44 pm
Damaged wires dangle from electric poles as an army truck wades through a flooded street after heavy rainfall in Wellampitiya on the outskirts of Colombo on November 30, 2025. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara / AFP)
UN warns Myanmar’s planned elections will deepen repression, instability 29 Nov 2025 - 09:30 pm
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