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Indian teenager becomes world's youngest swimmer to cross North Channel 30 Jul 2023 - 07:16 pm
Image: Instagram / Anshuman Jhingran
Bomb blast kills over 35 people, wounds more than 100 at political rally in northwest Pakistan 30 Jul 2023 - 04:56 pm
File photo of Pakistani rescue workers move the body of a victim at the site of an explosion in Lahore on July 24, 2017. (AFP / ARIF ALI)
Tens of thousands evacuated as northern China hit by torrential rain 30 Jul 2023 - 01:03 pm
A man shelters from the rain with an umbrella in Beijing on July 30, 2023. (Photo by Pedro Pardo / AFP)
Death toll rises to at least 10 in Thai warehouse explosion 30 Jul 2023 - 09:55 am
Thai firefighters put out embers around destroyed homes after an explosion ripped through a firework warehouse, killing nine people and injuring more than 100, in Sungai Kolok district in the southern Thai province of Narathiwat on July 29, 2023. Photos by Madaree TOHLALA / AFP
Philippines forecasts heavy rains as Khanun turns into typhoon 30 Jul 2023 - 09:08 am
This photo taken July 29, 2023 shows a pedestrian wading a flooded street of Manila as Tropical Storm Khanun intensifies the southwest monsoon rain. (Photo by Ted Aljibe / AFP)
China issues red alert for torrential rain in Beijing 29 Jul 2023 - 03:40 pm
Rescuers evacuate residents in a flooded area after Typhoon Doksuri landfall in Quanzhou, in China's eastern Fujian province on July 28, 2023. (Photo by CNS / AFP)
Nine killed in Thai firework warehouse blast 29 Jul 2023 - 03:30 pm
Peninsula
India's endangered tiger population tops 3,600 29 Jul 2023 - 02:14 pm
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Bangladesh police clash with protesters blockading capital 29 Jul 2023 - 11:35 am
Bangladesh Nationalist party (BNP) activists block a highway entering Bangladesh's capital during a protest, in Dhaka on July 29, 2023. (Photo by Munir uz zaman / AFP)
US to give Taiwan $345 million in arms over China protest 29 Jul 2023 - 10:48 am
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin attends a press conference at Queensland Government House in Brisbane on July 29, 2023. (Photo by Pat Hoelscher / AFP)
Chopper crash pauses Australia-US military exercise, four missing 29 Jul 2023 - 10:34 am
Peninsula
Death toll from Philippine boat accident rises to 26 28 Jul 2023 - 12:42 pm
This photo shows a capsized wooden boat at Kalinawan Port Binangonan, Rizal province on July 27, 2023. Photo by JAM STA ROSA / AFP
Typhoon Doksuri batters China with high winds and rain 28 Jul 2023 - 11:08 am
Fallen trees are seen after Typhoon Doksuri landfall in Xiamen, in China's eastern Fujian province on July 28, 2023. Photo by AFP/ China OUT
Xi pledges closer ties with Indonesia after Jokowi meeting 27 Jul 2023 - 07:10 pm
File photo of Chinese President Xi Jinping
21 dead and 40 rescued after a wind-tossed boat overturns in the Philippines 27 Jul 2023 - 05:09 pm
Peninsula
Boat carrying dozens of people overturns in Philippines, search and rescue underway 27 Jul 2023 - 03:26 pm
A man secures his boat at Baseco in Manila on July 26, 2023, as Super Typhoon Doksuri passes close to the northern tip of Luzon island. (Photo by Jam Sta Rosa / AFP)
O'Callaghan 'a wreck' after breaking 200m freestyle world record 26 Jul 2023 - 03:04 pm
Australia's Mollie O'Callaghan celebrates after victory in the final of the women's 200m freestyle swimming event during the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka on July 26, 2023. (Photo by Manan Vatsyayana / AFP)
Rescuers 'optimistic' for surviving stranded whales in Australia 26 Jul 2023 - 02:01 pm
A handout aerial photograph taken on July 25, 2023 from and released by the Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, shows 60-70 pilot whales gathering before scores stranded at Cheynes Beach near Albany in Western Australia. (Photo by WA Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions / AFP