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Schools shut as toxic smog engulfs India's capital 03 Nov 2023 - 12:53 pm
Commuters make their way along a road amid heavy smog conditions in of Amritsar on November 3, 2023. Photo by Narinder NANU / AFP
Students ordered to wear masks in smog-hit Lahore 02 Nov 2023 - 05:08 pm
Students wearing facemasks arrive at a school in Lahore on November 2, 2023, following Punjab's government announcement to use facemasks due to severe smoggy conditions. (Photo by Arif Ali / AFP)
Australian woman charged with murder over mushroom meal deaths 02 Nov 2023 - 02:47 pm
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'Babies are suffering': Afghans fear for kids at crowded border crossing 01 Nov 2023 - 08:07 pm
Afghan children refugees arrive on trucks from Pakistan at the Afghanistan-Pakistan Torkham border in Nangarhar province on November 1, 2023. (Photo by Wakil KOHSAR / AFP)
Bangladesh garment workers block roads in fair wage protest 01 Nov 2023 - 04:38 pm
Garment workers block roads as they take part in a protest in Dhaka on November 1, 2023. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman / AFP)
Japan train hits bear, stranding passengers overnight 01 Nov 2023 - 12:55 pm
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Elderly Japanese hostage taker 'had grudge' with post office 01 Nov 2023 - 12:32 pm
Suspect Tsuneo Suzuki (R), who barricaded himself in a post office, is transferred by a police vehicle in Warabi city, Saitama prefecture on October 31, 2023. Photo by JIJI PRESS / AFP
Tens of thousands of Afghans flee Pakistan as deadline looms 31 Oct 2023 - 05:42 pm
Afghan refugees arrive in trucks from Pakistan at the Afghanistan-Pakistan Torkham border in Nangarhar province on October 30, 2023. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar / AFP)
Two Bangladesh activists killed in anti-government protests 31 Oct 2023 - 03:59 pm
Motorists watch as Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) activists set fire on a road as they attempt to block a highway during clashes with the police in Araihazar, some 40km from Dhaka, on October 31, 2023. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman / AFP)
Thailand to scrutinize sugar exports in bid to curb inflation 31 Oct 2023 - 03:01 pm
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Two S. Korean police officers stabbed outside presidential compound: Yonhap 31 Oct 2023 - 02:07 pm
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Suspected gunman takes hostages in Japan 31 Oct 2023 - 11:09 am
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Thailand to offer Indian, Taiwanese tourists visa-free entry 31 Oct 2023 - 11:01 am
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Northern China chokes under severe pollution 31 Oct 2023 - 10:33 am
People walk along a business street in Beijing on October 31, 2023. (Photo by WANG Zhao / AFP)
Flooding, heavy rain kill three in Vietnam 31 Oct 2023 - 10:12 am
This aerial photo shows flooded houses in Huong Khe district in central Vietnam's Ha Tinh province on October 31, 2023. Photo by Ha Linh / AFP
Pakistani schools for Afghans close as deportations loom 30 Oct 2023 - 07:39 pm
Afghan refugee children attend a class at Estiqlal Lycee High School in Islamabad on October 30, 2023. (Photo by Aamir Qureshi / AFP)
Japan's first fully autonomous vehicle suspended 30 Oct 2023 - 10:41 am
Pedestrians at a busy intersections of Tokyo on October 27, 2023. (Photo by Philip Fong / AFP)
India train collision death toll rises to 13 30 Oct 2023 - 08:34 am
Members of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) conduct rescue operation at the site of train crash in Vizianagaram district of India's Andhra Pradesh state on October 30, 2023. Photo by AFP