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Chaos after India's biggest airline cancels 1,200 flights 04 Dec 2025 - 02:06 pm
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Indian boy earns official chess rating -- aged three 04 Dec 2025 - 01:12 pm
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Seoul says six nationals held in North Korea, vows to help them 04 Dec 2025 - 09:46 am
South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung holds a press conference at the Blue House in Seoul on December 3, 2025. (Photo by Anthony Wallace / AFP)
Rain forecasts raise fears in flood-hit Indonesia, Sri Lanka 04 Dec 2025 - 07:59 am
Residents salvage their belongings at an inundated house following flash floods in the aftermath of Cyclone Ditwah, in Wellampitiya on the outskirts of Colombo on December 3, 2025. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara / AFP)
South Korea's ousted leader urges rallies a year after martial law 03 Dec 2025 - 03:36 pm
Protesters take part in a rally near the National Assembly in Seoul on December 3, 2025, to mark the first anniversary of the declaration of martial law by ousted president Yoon Suk Yeol. Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP
Frustration in Indonesia as flood survivors await aid 03 Dec 2025 - 11:57 am
An aerial view shows a residential house lying in a shattered state at the site of a landslide in Nuwara Eliya on December 2, 2025. Photo by ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP
Malaysia says search for long-missing flight MH370 to resume 03 Dec 2025 - 11:15 am
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Pakistan's trade deficit widens to 2.9 bln USD in November 02 Dec 2025 - 06:36 pm
File photo: A customer buys vegetables from a stall at a market in Karachi on July 3, 2023. (Photo by Asif HASSAN / AFP)
5.1-magnitude quake hits 103 km ESE of Teluk Dalam, Indonesia: USGS 02 Dec 2025 - 06:08 pm
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Concern as India orders phone manufacturers to preload government app 02 Dec 2025 - 10:45 am
This photo illustration taken on December 2, 2025 shows the icon of the cyber safety application Sanchar Saathi on the screen of a smartphone in New Delhi. India has ordered smartphone makers to pre-install a government-run cyber security app that cannot be removed, a move that has raised concerns about users' privacy. (Photo by Sajjad Hussain/ AFP)
Indonesia floods death toll rises to 604, with 2,600 injured 01 Dec 2025 - 10:41 pm
An aerial view shows flood damage in Meureudu, Pidie Jaya district in Indonesia's Aceh province on November 30, 2025. (Photo by CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN / AFP)
Thai football fans vow SEA Games stadium boycott over ticket rules 01 Dec 2025 - 04:42 pm
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Rapid floods shock Sri Lanka's survivors 01 Dec 2025 - 01:16 pm
People ride on a boat belonging to Sri Lanka's army at a flooded street after heavy rainfall in Wellampitiya on the outskirts of Colombo on November 30, 2025. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara / AFP)
Hong Kong police arrest 13 for manslaughter over fire 01 Dec 2025 - 12:11 pm
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Bangladesh court sentences former PM's sister, UK lawmaker 01 Dec 2025 - 11:15 am
prosecutor for the Anti-Corruption Commission Khan Mainul Hasan (C), addresses the media at a court premises in Dhaka on December 1, 2025. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman / AFP)
Japan oysters dying 'en masse', likely due to warmer sea: Officials 01 Dec 2025 - 10:45 am
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Singapore to toughen ban on smartphones in schools 01 Dec 2025 - 10:42 am
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Militaries come to aid of Asia flood victims as toll nears 1,000 01 Dec 2025 - 08:08 am
This handout image taken on November 30, 2025 and released on December 1, 2025 by Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) shows military and rescue personnel carrying the body of a flood victim in Batangtoru, South Tapanuli, North Sumatra. (Photo by Handout / BASARNAS / AFP)