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Sri Lanka sees 8 pct drop in marriages in 2024 24 Oct 2025 - 04:41 pm
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China vows massive high-tech sector development in next decade 24 Oct 2025 - 04:13 pm
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Bear kills another person in Japan in record year for fatal attacks 24 Oct 2025 - 02:33 pm
This handout photo taken on October 7, 2025 and released by Gunma Prefectural Police via Jiji Press shows CCTV camera footage of a bear walking inside a supermarket in Numata, Gunma prefecture. Photo by Handout / various sources / AFP
ICC rejects claims it is not competent to judge Ex-Philippine leader Duterte 23 Oct 2025 - 09:26 pm
Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is seen on a screen in the courtroom during his first appearance before the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague on March 14, 2025. (Photo by Peter Dejong / POOL / AFP)
Singapore core inflation rises to 0.4 pct in September 23 Oct 2025 - 05:41 pm
File photo of workers assembling a structure near the financial business district in Singapore.
Pakistan urges public to take precautions amid lingering high smog levels 23 Oct 2025 - 05:22 pm
File photo of Gaddafi cricket stadium in Lahore, Pakistan for representational purposes only.
Cambodian police arrest 57 South Koreans accused of cyberscams 23 Oct 2025 - 04:43 pm
This undated handout from Agence Kampuchea Press (AKP) released on October 23, 2025 shows people, suspected of being involved in online scams, gathering during a raid on a scam centre in Phnom Penh. (Photo by Handout / Agence Kampuchea Press (AKP) / AFP)
Bangladesh court to deliver verdict against Hasina on November 13 23 Oct 2025 - 12:52 pm
File photo: Former Bangladesh prime minister, Sheikh Hasina
Myanmar scam centre raid sends hundreds fleeing to Thailand 23 Oct 2025 - 12:26 pm
Aerial photo of the KK Park complex from Mae Sot district in Thailand's border province of Tak. Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha / AFP
North Korea says tested new weapon system 23 Oct 2025 - 08:15 am
A man walks past a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a train station in Seoul on October 22, 2025. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)
Bangladesh court detains army officers for landmark trial 22 Oct 2025 - 11:08 am
Police personnel escort detained army officers to the International Crimes Tribunal court in Dhaka on 22 October 2025. Photo by AFP
Pakistan navy ship seizes drugs worth nearly $1 bn in Arabian Sea 22 Oct 2025 - 08:23 am
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UAE welcomes Pakistan-Afghanistan ceasefire, commends Qatar, Turkiye mediation 22 Oct 2025 - 12:00 am
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Nepal's 'hidden' mountains draw new wave of climbers 21 Oct 2025 - 08:59 pm
In this handout photograph taken on October 15, 2025, a French mountaineer makes his way near the summit of Jannu East, the first ascent of the 7,468 m peak in eastern Nepal. (Photo by Thibaut Marot / AFP)
Sanae Takaichi elected Japan PM, unveils cabinet lineup 21 Oct 2025 - 06:51 pm
Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 21, 2025. (Eugene Hoshiko/AP/Pool via Xinhua)
Indonesia targets 82.9 mln beneficiaries for free meal program by March 2026 21 Oct 2025 - 06:34 pm
A staff member loads lunch plates on the first day of a free-meal programme at Muhammadiyah high school in Sidoarjo on January 6, 2025. Photo by Juni KRISWANTO / AFP
Over 300,000 migratory birds expected to flock to China's Guangdong 21 Oct 2025 - 01:51 pm
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Indonesia to repatriate british grandmother on death row in drug case 21 Oct 2025 - 12:53 pm
British national Lindsay Sandiford, who was later sentenced to death in 2013 on the island of Bali. Photo by Sonny Tumbelaka / AFP