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World / Asia

Pakistan's ex-PM Khan leads rally, ignores arrest warrants 13 Mar 2023 - 09:04 pm
Security personnel and supporters escort a vehicle carrying Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan during an election campaign rally for Punjab's provincial assembly to be held next month, in Lahore on March 13, 2023.  (Photo by Arif ALI / AFP)
Nepal's new president sworn in as PM fights to stay in power 13 Mar 2023 - 05:24 pm
Nepal's newly elected President Ram Chandra Poudel (second left) takes oath of office at the presidential house in Kathmandu on March 13, 2023. (Photo by Dipesh Shrestha / AFP)
Mum and Malaysia celebrate Yeoh's Oscar win 13 Mar 2023 - 02:08 pm
Janet Yeoh (centre R), mother of actress Michelle Yeoh, celebrates after her daughter won the award for Best Actress in a Leading Role at the 95th Academy Awards in Los Angeles, at an event in Kuala Lumpur on March 13, 2023. (Photo by Arif Kartono / AFP)
Masks stay put in Japan as 3-year request to wear them ends 13 Mar 2023 - 01:41 pm
Commuters walk on a street in Shinjuku district of Tokyo on March 13, 2023 on the first day of reduced mask requirements. Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP
Tourist paradise Palawan prepares to tackle oil spill with human hair, old clothes 13 Mar 2023 - 12:17 pm
File photo of Palawan
Doha-bound IndiGo flight makes emergency landing at Karachi 13 Mar 2023 - 11:18 am
Peninsula
Cheetahs back in wild in India after seven decades 12 Mar 2023 - 03:21 pm
This handout photograph taken on September 17, 2022 and released by the Indian Press Information Bureau (PIB) shows a wild cheetah being released at Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh state. Photo by PIB / AFP
Hong Kong hands jail terms to Tiananmen vigil organisers 11 Mar 2023 - 07:06 pm
Elizabeth Tang Yin-ngor (right), secretary-general of the International Domestic Workers Federation, speaks to the media as she leaves the Wan Chai police headquarters in Hong Kong on March 11, 2023 after posting bail following her arrest on March 9, 2023 on suspicion of
Landmine blast kills 2, injures 1 in SW Pakistan 11 Mar 2023 - 06:58 pm
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Japan mourns tsunami and Fukushima disaster as nuclear support grows 11 Mar 2023 - 02:59 pm
People attend a vigil with lanterns to mark the 12th anniversary of 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster, in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture on March 11, 2023. (Photo by JIJI PRESS / AFP)
Indonesia's Merapi volcano erupts, covers villages in ash 11 Mar 2023 - 01:10 pm
Thick smoke rises during an eruption from Mount Merapi, Indonesia痴 most active volcano, as seen from Tunggularum village in Sleman on March 11, 2023. (Photo by Devi Rahman / AFP)
Bomb kills 1, wounds 5 at press award event in Afghanistan 11 Mar 2023 - 11:50 am
Wounded journalists are shifted on a vehicle to a hospital, in Mazar-i-Sharif on March 11, 2023. (Photo by Atif Aryan / AFP)
Rescuers airlift residents from remote Australia floods 11 Mar 2023 - 10:53 am
This handout photo taken on March 10, 2023 and received on March 11, 2023 from the Queensland Police Service shows an aerial view of the flooded northern Queensland town of Burketown. (Photo by Handout / QUEENSLAND POLICE SERVICE / AFP)
Floods and old trees in Malaysia set to tighten palm oil market 11 Mar 2023 - 08:00 am
Peninsula
Micronesia president accuses China of bribery, 'political warfare' 10 Mar 2023 - 05:36 pm
(FILES) This file photo taken on December 13, 2019 shows Micronesia's President David Panuelo (L) with China's Premier Li Keqiang at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. - Panuelo has accused China of bribery, harassment and
China's Xi handed historic third term as president 10 Mar 2023 - 03:42 pm
China's President Xi Jinping swears under oath after being re-elected as president for a third term during the third plenary session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 10, 2023. (Photo by NOEL CELIS / AFP)
China's Xi set to be handed third term as president 10 Mar 2023 - 12:20 am
In this file photo taken on March 06, 2023 China's President Xi Jinping (bottom) arrives for the second plenary session of the National People's Congress (NPC) with other Chinese leaders at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.  (Photo by Greg Baker / AFP)
Australian PM kicks off India visit with cricket event 09 Mar 2023 - 06:20 pm
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese wave to spectators from atop a float at the Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad on March 9, 2023, before the start of the fourth and final Test cricket match between India and Australia. (Photo by Punit PARANJPE / AFP)