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World / Asia

Monuments, monkeys and McIlroy: India's 'special' golf course 18 Oct 2025 - 02:20 pm
Participants walk on a golf course beside a Mughal-era heritage monument during the DP World India Championship 2025 golf tournament on October 17, 2025. (Photo by Arun Sankar / AFP)
Flight safely diverted to Shanghai after battery fire in Air China's cabin 18 Oct 2025 - 12:42 pm
Screen grab of images shown on social media regarding the Air China cabin flame
Nobel laureate Chen Ning Yang dies aged 103: Chinese state media 18 Oct 2025 - 10:46 am
This file photo taken on May 14, 2021 shows Chen Ning Yang attending the inauguration ceremony of the CN Yang Archives at Tsinghua University in Beijing. (Xinhua/Chen Zhonghao)
China and US agree to fresh trade talks 18 Oct 2025 - 07:47 am
(Files) This aerial view shows a container ship moving towards its berth at the container terminal of the port in Qingdao, in China's eastern Shandong province, on September 24, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
Thousands flee Philippine coast as storm approaches 18 Oct 2025 - 07:21 am
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Indonesia's Whoosh high-speed train marks two years of operation 17 Oct 2025 - 08:08 pm
The Jakarta-Bandung high-speed train named 'Whoosh' is seen after the inauguration at Padalarang station in Padalarang, West Java on October 2, 2023. Photo by BAY ISMOYO / AFP
7 Pakistani soldiers killed, 13 injured in attack on army camp 17 Oct 2025 - 06:32 pm
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Pakistan's weekly inflation increases by 4.57 pct 17 Oct 2025 - 06:21 pm
A shopkeeper locks a shop along a roadside in Karachi on September 2, 2023 (Photo by Rizwan Tabassum / AFP)
Mongolian PM out after four months in office 17 Oct 2025 - 01:02 pm
Mongolian Prime Minister Gombojav Zandanshatar looks on as he attends a vote on his dismissal during a plenary session at the parliament in Ulaanbaatar on October 17, 2025. Photo by Byambasuren BYAMBA-OCHIR / AFP
Japan's Former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama dies at 101 17 Oct 2025 - 12:55 pm
Former Japanese prime minister Tomiichi Murayama answers questions during a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on July 29, 2015. Photo by KAZUHIRO NOGI / AFP
Father of Air India crash pilot seeks independent probe 16 Oct 2025 - 04:58 pm
An investigation team inspects the wreckage of Air India flight 171 a day after it crashed in a residential area near the airport, in Ahmedabad on June 13, 2025. Photo by Sam PANTHAKY / AFP.
Expo in Japan records over 25.5 million general visitors 16 Oct 2025 - 03:26 pm
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Magnitude 6.5 quake hits Indonesia's Papua: USGS 16 Oct 2025 - 02:43 pm
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Fatal bear attacks in Japan hit record number 16 Oct 2025 - 01:53 pm
This handout photo taken on October 7, 2025 and released by Gunma Prefectural Police via Jiji Press shows CCTV camera footage of a bear walking inside a supermarket in Numata, Gunma prefecture. Photo by Handout / various sources / AFP
Last member of the first successful Everest expedition dies 16 Oct 2025 - 12:25 pm
In this picture taken on May 28, 2023, Kancha Sherpa, a team member of the 1953 Mount Everest expedition which placed Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary on the summit of the world's highest mountain, looks on during an interview on the eve of International Everest Day, at Namche Bazar in Solukhumbu district, northeast of Kathmandu. Photo by ROBIC UPADHAYAY / AFP
Dozens killed as Pakistan-Afghanistan clashes escalate ahead of temporary ceasefire 15 Oct 2025 - 09:51 pm
Taliban security personnel on a Soviet-era tank are followed by motorcyclists as they ride towards the border, as clashes take place between Taliban security personnel and Pakistani border forces, in the Spin Boldak district of Kandahar Province on October 15, 2025. (Photo by Sanaullah SEIAM / AFP)
Islamabad says Pakistan, Afghanistan agree to 48-hour ceasefire 15 Oct 2025 - 05:42 pm
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Hong Kong passes law to regulate online ride-hailing platforms 15 Oct 2025 - 04:23 pm
People cross an intersection in the Central business district of Hong Kong on February 27, 2024 on February 28. (Photo by Peter PARKS / AFP)