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China hawk Takaichi set to be Japan's first woman PM 04 Oct 2025 - 10:09 am
Newly-elected Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leader Sanae Takaichi celebrates after winning the LDP leadership election in Tokyo on October 4, 2025. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon / POOL / AFP)
One dead, one missing in Japan after bear attack 04 Oct 2025 - 09:58 am
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New direct flight route links China's Shenzhen with Indonesia's Manado 03 Oct 2025 - 05:12 pm
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Indonesia suspends TikTok licence over failure to share data 03 Oct 2025 - 04:13 pm
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India and China to resume direct flights after 5 years 03 Oct 2025 - 12:26 pm
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Philippine quake toll hits 72, aftershocks at 2,652 expected to continue in coming days 02 Oct 2025 - 10:48 pm
Rescuers search for three people who were reported missing under the rubble of a collapsed building in Bogo City on October 1, 2025. (Photo by Ted Aljibe / AFP)
Malaysia to expand bamboo industry to meet global demand 02 Oct 2025 - 06:48 pm
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No more signs of life in Indonesia school collapse: rescuers 02 Oct 2025 - 09:48 am
A relative of a missing student mourns as rescuers search for survivors at the Al Khoziny Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java province on October 2, 2025. (Photo by Juni Kriswanto / AFP)
Mobile and internet restored across Afghanistan 01 Oct 2025 - 08:56 pm
An Afghan vendor selling perfume and body sprays, uses his mobile phone as he sits at his shop in Kabul on October 1, 2025.  (Photo by Wakil Kohsar / AFP)
September was hottest on record in Japan's Okinawa: weather agency 01 Oct 2025 - 01:07 pm
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Survivor pulled from Indonesia school collapse as parents await news 01 Oct 2025 - 12:54 pm
personnel search for survivors at the Al Khoziny Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java province on September 30, 2025. (Photo by Juni Kriswanto / AFP)
US confirms rules on Korean firms' use of B-1 visa: Seoul 01 Oct 2025 - 08:52 am
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Philippines quake kills dozens as injured overwhelm hospitals 01 Oct 2025 - 08:28 am
Vehicles maneuver past a damaged part of a road in Bogo City on October 1, 2025, after a powerful 6.9 magnitude earthquake jolted the central Philippines. (Photo by Ted Aljibe / AFP)
Strong 6.9-magnitude quake causes damage, panic in central Philippines 30 Sep 2025 - 08:25 pm
Call center employees gather outside their office building after earthquake tremors at Cebu in central Philippines on September 30, 2025. (Photo by Alan Tangcawan / AFP)
Magnitude 6.9 quake strikes off central Philippines: USGS 30 Sep 2025 - 05:47 pm
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Bombing kills 10 outside Pakistan border force compound 30 Sep 2025 - 03:49 pm
Security personnel inspect an explosion site outside the Frontier Corps (FC) headquarters in Quetta on September 30, 2025. (Photo by Banaras KHAN / AFP)
Death toll from Indonesia school building collapse rises to 3 30 Sep 2025 - 03:09 pm
Rescuers work on the site of a school building collapse at Al Khoziny Islamic Boarding School in Sidoarjo district, East Java, Indonesia, Sept. 29, 2025. (Photo by Sahlan Kurniawan/Xinhua)
Long-lasting Typhoon Bualoi devastates Vietnam, killing 19 30 Sep 2025 - 02:48 pm
An aerial photo shows rescue workers walking through flood waters after typhoon Bualoi passed over Lam Thanh commune in Nghe An province on September 30, 2025. (Photo by Phan Duy / AFP)