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Volunteers rush to help as Myanmar flood toll surges 15 Sep 2024 - 04:13 pm
Flood-affected residents wait for a rescue boat to arrive in Taungoo, Myanmar's Bago region on September 14, 2024, following heavy rains in the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi. Photo by Sai Aung MAIN / AFP.
Flood death toll in Myanmar jumps to 113 with 320,000 displaced: junta 15 Sep 2024 - 03:37 pm
Flood-affected residents are transported on a rescue boat in Taungoo, Myanmar's Bago region on September 14, 2024, following heavy rains in the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi.  (Photo by Sai Aung MAIN / AFP)
Endangered pygmy hippo goes viral from Thai zoo 15 Sep 2024 - 03:19 pm
Moo Deng rests at Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi province on September 15, 2024. (Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha / AFP)
New Delhi chief minister to resign in two days 15 Sep 2024 - 01:43 pm
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Comoros president is 'slightly injured' in knife attack. The suspect is found dead in police cell 14 Sep 2024 - 05:04 pm
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Myanmar junta makes rare request for foreign aid to cope with deadly floods 14 Sep 2024 - 01:56 pm
Flood-affected residents are transported on a rescue boat in Taungoo, Myanmar's Bago region on September 14, 2024. (Photo by Sai Aung MAIN / AFP)
India's Modi campaigns in Kashmir polls after latest soldier deaths 14 Sep 2024 - 12:50 pm
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Passenger’s unruly behavior forced a plane to divert; now he has to pay for fuel 14 Sep 2024 - 10:21 am
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Australia PM hits back at Musk after 'fascists' quip 14 Sep 2024 - 08:50 am
Peninsula
Myanmar battles Yagi floods as Vietnam begins clear-up 13 Sep 2024 - 08:15 pm
Residents are helped through high flood waters by police in Pyinmana town in Myanmar's Naypyidaw region on September 13, 2024, following heavy rains in the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi. (Photo by Sai Aung Main / AFP)
India's top court releases New Delhi's chief minister on bail after 6 months in jail 13 Sep 2024 - 08:00 pm
Arvind Kejriwal, Chief Minister of Delhi and leader of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), greets his supporters after Supreme Court granted him bail in New Delhi on September 13, 2024. (Photo by Money Sharma / AFP)
'When can I get my pension?' Chinese process rise in retirement age 13 Sep 2024 - 04:23 pm
People commute on a train in Shanghai on September 20, 2022. Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP
Highway trash spikes during Chuseok 13 Sep 2024 - 11:39 am
Pedestrians wait to cross a road as a cooling water mist is sprayed from nearby pipes in Busan on September 4, 2024. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP)
Pakistan says it has met all the conditions set by IMF to secure $7 billion loan 12 Sep 2024 - 10:02 pm
 A worker sorts plastic objects at a recycling unit in Karachi on September 10, 2024. (Photo by Asif Hassan / AFP)
Japan, China, South Korea agree to boost mutual travellers to 40 million by 2030 12 Sep 2024 - 08:56 pm
Japan tourism minister Tetsuo Saito (centre), South Korea’s tourism minister (right), and China’s vice minister for culture and tourism hold copies of a joint declaration in Kobe on Wednesday. (Photo by The Japan News)
Philippines recovers oil from sunken tanker, avoids disaster 12 Sep 2024 - 02:45 pm
This aerial photo shows an oil slick in Manila Bay, about two kilometres off the coast of Malolos municipality, Bulacan province on July 29, 2024. Photo by JAM STA ROSA / AFP
China, Philippines hold 'candid' talks on disputed shoal 11 Sep 2024 - 09:57 pm
File: This photo taken on February 15, 2024 shows Filipino fishermen aboard their wooden boats, as a Chinese coast guard ship monitors near the China-controlled Scarborough Shoal, in disputed waters of the South China Sea. (Photo by Ted Aljibe / AFP)
Workers strike at Samsung factory in India 11 Sep 2024 - 08:10 pm
Workers stage a protest to demand higher wages and recognition of their union, at Samsung India's plant in Sriperumbudur, near Chennai on September 11, 2024. (Photo by R Satish Babu / AFP)