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Philippine military says Chinese air force jets endangered its patrol plane with flares, risky moves 10 Aug 2024 - 04:14 pm
Philippine Coast Guard personnel (L) maneuover their rigid hull inflatable boat past their Vietnamese counterparts (R) during a joint maritime off Bataan in the disputed South China Sea on August 9, 2024. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP)
Seoul says North Korea has flown more trash balloons toward South Korea 10 Aug 2024 - 02:51 pm
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Philippines says China air force harassed its plane over disputed reef 10 Aug 2024 - 11:49 am
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Fears of violence greet return of English football season 10 Aug 2024 - 09:03 am
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer (L) speaks with Commander Ben Russell besides CCTV screens in the Engineering Suite in the Metropolitan Police Command and Control Special Operations Room at Lambeth Police Headquarters in London on August 9, 2024. Photo by Toby Melville / POOL / AFP
Japanese urged to avoid panic-buying as megaquake fears spead 10 Aug 2024 - 08:56 am
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Two Sri Lankan ministers sacked over defection 09 Aug 2024 - 04:02 pm
Sri Lanka's tourism minister Harin Fernando and labour minister Manusha Nanayakkara (L) attend a press conference in Colombo on August 9, 2024, shortly after they were sacked over defection. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)
Japan PM scraps overseas trip after 'megaquake' advisory 09 Aug 2024 - 12:13 pm
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a press conference as part of the 29th EU-Japan Summit at The European Union Building in Brussels on July 13, 2023. (Photo by John Thys / AFP)
Nobel winner Yunus sworn in as head of Bangladesh interim government 08 Aug 2024 - 11:27 pm
Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus (centre) takes the oath of office to lead Bangladesh's interim government as its chief adviser, days after a student-led uprising ended the 15-year rule of Sheikh Hasina, in Dhaka on August 8, 2024. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman / AFP)
Death toll from 6 weeks of monsoon rains jumps to 154 in Pakistan 08 Aug 2024 - 11:55 am
A vendor looks on as he sells PAKISTAN national flags along a street, amid rainfall in Islamabad on August 7, 2024, ahead of the country's independence day. (Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP)
Two powerful earthquakes hit off Japan: USGS 08 Aug 2024 - 11:25 am
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Flooding in Yemen has left 30 people dead and hundreds displaced 08 Aug 2024 - 11:14 am
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Bangladesh's incoming interim leader Yunus to take office Thursday, appeals for calm 07 Aug 2024 - 09:50 pm
Bangladesh's finance pioneer Muhammad Yunus (centre) is escorted by French police personnel as he arrives at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport, north of Paris on August 7, 2024, enroute to Bangladesh. (Photo by Luis Tato / AFP)
India to appeal wrestler Phogat's Olympic disqualification 07 Aug 2024 - 08:36 pm
:India's Vinesh Phogat celebrates her win over Cuba's Yusneylis Guzman Lopez in their women's freestyle 50kg wrestling semi-final match at the Champ-de-Mars Arena during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, in Paris on August 6, 2024. (Photo by Luis ROBAYO / AFP)
Thai court bans popular politician, dissolves reformist party 07 Aug 2024 - 05:37 pm
Move Forward Party Leader and prime ministerial candidate Pita Limjaroenrat speaks to the media in Thai Parliament after the parliamentary vote for the premiership in Bangkok on July 13, 2023. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)
5 killed in helicopter crash northwest of Nepal's capital 07 Aug 2024 - 05:19 pm
This handout photograph taken on August 7, 2024 and released by the Nepal Army shows the remains of a Air Dynasty chopper that crashed in Nuwakot district on the outskirts of Kathmandu. (Photo by Nepalese Army / AFP)
Bangladesh Nobel winner Yunus to lead interim govt 07 Aug 2024 - 02:38 pm
Bangladeshi Nobel peace laureate Muhammad Yunus addressing the media as he prepared to leave after filing an appeal for the extension of his bail at Labour Appellate Tribunal in Dhaka on March 3, 2024. Photo by REHMAN ASAD / AFP.
Pilot, 4 Chinese nationals killed in Nepal chopper crash 07 Aug 2024 - 01:33 pm
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China to crack down on fentanyl chemicals: US 06 Aug 2024 - 07:34 pm
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