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Woman, 5 children dead after boat capsizes in Indian Kashmir 16 Apr 2024 - 02:21 pm
National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) conduct a rescue and search operation after a boat ferrying people across the Jhelum river capsized in Srinagar on April 16, 2024. (Photo by TAUSEEF MUSTAFA / AFP)
Philippines' Marcos says 'not one person died' as police make huge drug bust, in dig at predecessor 16 Apr 2024 - 10:53 am
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos (C, in white shirt) and Interior Secretary Benhur Abalos (2nd R) inspect seized methamphetamine drugs in Alitatag town in Batangas province on April 16, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
'The country failed': S. Korea ferry victims' families 10 years on 15 Apr 2024 - 08:12 pm
Yellow ribbon dedications are displayed on the main gates at a port in Mokpo, South Jeolla Province, near to where the salvaged Sewol ferry stands, late on April 15, 2024, on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the country's worst-ever maritime disaster on April 16, 2014, when the overloaded Sewol ferry capsized off South Korea's southern coast. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP)
Lightning, downpours kill 41 people across Pakistan 15 Apr 2024 - 04:27 pm
Onlookers gaze towards municipal workers using heavy machinery to level the ground after damage due to floodwaters following heavy rains on the outskirts of Quetta on April 15, 2024. (Photo by Banaras Khan / AFP)
Australian police probe why man who stabbed 6 people to death in Sydney mall targeted women 15 Apr 2024 - 04:02 pm
Police cordon off the Westfield Bondi Junction shopping mall after a stabbing incident in Sydney on April 13, 2024. Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP
Singapore PM Lee to step down, deputy to take over May 15 15 Apr 2024 - 02:47 pm
(Files) Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Lawrence Wong during the Singapore Fab expansion grand opening in Singapore on September 12, 2023. (Photo by Roslan Rahman / AFP)
Police arrest man after reports of stabbing in western Sydney 15 Apr 2024 - 02:18 pm
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OpenAI comes to Asia with new office in Tokyo 15 Apr 2024 - 12:23 pm
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Australia reunites magpie and dog after uproar 15 Apr 2024 - 10:16 am
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Marcos rules out giving US access to more Philippine military bases 15 Apr 2024 - 10:14 am
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Landslides hit Indonesia's Sulawesi island, killing at least 18 people 15 Apr 2024 - 08:05 am
This handout photo released on April 14, 2024 by the National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) shows a landslide site in Tana Toraja, South Sulawesi. (Photo by Handout / BASARNAS / AFP)
At least 14 killed as landslide hits Central Indonesia 14 Apr 2024 - 06:06 pm
This handout photo released on April 14, 2024 by the National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) shows a landslide site in Tana Toraja, South Sulawesi. (Photo by Handout / BASARNAS / AFP)
Heavy rains set off flash floods, killing 33 people in Afghanistan 14 Apr 2024 - 05:17 pm
Afghan men sit atop of military vehicles as they cross through a flooded area in Spin Boldak district of Kandahar province on April 13, 2024, after a flash flood following a heavy rainfall. (Photo by Sanaullah SEIAM / AFP)
19 dead, two missing after Indonesia landslide 14 Apr 2024 - 04:08 pm
This handout photo released on April 14, 2024 by the National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) shows rescuers carrying a body bag at a landslide site in Tana Toraja, South Sulawesi. At least 19 people have been found dead and two more are missing after a landslide in central Indonesia, local authorities said on April 14. (Photo by Handout / BASARNAS / AFP)
At least 15 killed in Indonesia landslide: disaster agency 14 Apr 2024 - 02:03 pm
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Vigil held for victims of Sydney mall attack 14 Apr 2024 - 01:44 pm
Members of the public look at flowers placed outside the Westfield Bondi Junction shopping mall in Sydney on April 14, 2024, the day after a 40-year-old knifeman with mental illness roamed the packed shopping centre killing six people and seriously wounding a dozen others. (Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP)
India's Modi vows to boost social spending, make country into a manufacturing hub ahead of election 14 Apr 2024 - 12:02 pm
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks after releasing the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) manifesto ahead of country's upcoming general elections, at the party headquarters in New Delhi on April 14, 2024. (Photo by Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP)
Police in Australia identify the Sydney stabbing attacker who killed 6 people 14 Apr 2024 - 11:55 am
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (C) stands with New South Wales Premier Chris Minns (4th R) and other officials as they prepare to leave flowers outside the Westfield Bondi Junction shopping mall in sydney on April 14, 2024. (Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP)