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North Korean rescued after swimming across border: Seoul 07 Aug 2025 - 07:47 am
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Little girl in Cambodia becomes 15th victim of bird flu in 2025 06 Aug 2025 - 08:23 pm
File photo used for representation.
Sri Lanka detains ex-minister Rajapaksa for alleged corruption 06 Aug 2025 - 08:11 pm
Police escort Sri Lanka's former Agriculture Minister Shasheendra Rajapaksa (centre) to a prison in Colombo on August 6, 2025. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara / AFP)
Jumbo journey as Indian elephant set to return home 06 Aug 2025 - 03:41 pm
Picture: Vantara / Instagram
Indian army searches for scores missing after deadly Himalayan flood 06 Aug 2025 - 03:17 pm
This handout photograph released on August 6, 2025 by the Indian Army shows security and relief personnel heaving rocks and removing debris to build a crossing across a stream of dense sludge during a search and rescue operation, a day after a cloudburst caused a massive mudslide and flash floods in India's Uttarakhand state.  (Photo by Indian Army / AFP)
VIDEO: Massive fire ravages buildings in Tondo, Manila; families displaced 06 Aug 2025 - 10:50 am
Photos released by Manila DRRM office
Cambodia says barbed wire deployed by Thai soldiers removed 05 Aug 2025 - 09:32 pm
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100 missing after flash flood washes out Indian Himalayan town 05 Aug 2025 - 09:27 pm
This handout photograph taken on August 5, 2025 and released by the Indian Army shows residential buildings partially submerged in sludge after a cloudburst caused a massive mudslide in India's Uttarakhand state. (Photo by Indian Army / AFP)
Indonesia plans water taxis in Bali to ease traffic congestion 05 Aug 2025 - 06:50 pm
Photo by Mahmoud Elmazaty | The Peninsula
Bangladesh to hold elections in February 2026: Yunus 05 Aug 2025 - 05:13 pm
Chief Adviser of Bangladesh's interim government Muhammad Yunus (C) speaks during a government-organised event in Dhaka on August 5, 2025. (Photo by MUNIR UZ ZAMAN / AFP)
VIDEO: India deploys rescue teams as flood swamps Himalayan town 05 Aug 2025 - 01:57 pm
Pictures shared by the official social media handle of Uttarkashi Police.
Bali trial opens for American man accused of drug distribution 05 Aug 2025 - 01:51 pm
US national William Wallace Molyneaux walks to a court room during his trial in Denpasar, on Indonesia's resort island of Bali on August 5, 2025. Photo by SONNY TUMBELAKA / AFP
Rare protest in China over schoolgirl beaten by teens 05 Aug 2025 - 01:04 pm
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Hong Kong hit by flooding after flurry of rainstorm warnings 05 Aug 2025 - 12:47 pm
An overturned boat is seen in Tseung Kwan O district in Hong Kong on August 5, 2025. Photo by Yan ZHAO / AFP
Philippines' Marcos strikes defence deals in India 05 Aug 2025 - 12:25 pm
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos (R) listens to India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the ceremonial reception at India's presidential palace Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on August 5, 2025.Photo by Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP
Japan firm seeks approval for stem cell treatment for Parkinson's 05 Aug 2025 - 11:53 am
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Australia to buy 11 advanced warships from Japan 05 Aug 2025 - 11:37 am
This undated handout photo released by the Australian Defence Force on August 5, 2025 shows the Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF) frigate JS Mogami (FFM-1) sailing in an undisclosed location. Photo by Handout / AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCE / AFP
Death of a delta: Pakistan's Indus sinks and shrinks 05 Aug 2025 - 11:36 am
In this aerial photograph taken on June 25, 2025, abandoned houses are pictured in one of the villages of Kharo Chan town, in the Indus delta, south of Pakistan. (Photo by Israr Ahmed Khan / AFP)