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India navy deploys after fire onboard container ship 09 Jun 2025 - 02:35 pm
This handout photograph taken and released on June 9, 2025 by the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) shows smoke billowing from a cargo vessel that caught fire off Beypore coast in India's Kerala state. (Photo by Indian Coast Guard (ICG) / AFP)
At least 15 dead in Malaysia bus accident 09 Jun 2025 - 10:43 am
This handout photo taken and released by Perak's Fire and Rescue Department on June 9, 2025 shows a minivan after it collided with a bus in Gerik-Jeli, in Malaysia's Perak state. (Photo by Handout / Perak's Fire and Rescue Department / AFP)
Four injured in explosion at US air base in Japan 09 Jun 2025 - 08:46 am
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Video: Tangled humpback whale sparks rescue mission off Australia 09 Jun 2025 - 08:05 am
This handout frame grab taken from video footage provided by whale rescue group Organisation for the Rescue and Research of Cetaceans in Australia (ORRCA) on June 9, 2025 shows the distressed humpback whale tangled in a rope swimming south of Sydney Harbour. (Photo by Handout and Clay Sweetman / ORRCA / AFP)
Hong Kong records about 20 mln visitor arrivals in first 5 months 08 Jun 2025 - 06:31 pm
General view of the Hong Kong skyline. AFP file photo.
Chinese man defies demolition orders to build madcap rural home 08 Jun 2025 - 09:30 am
This picture taken on May 20, 2025 shows Chen Tianming standing near his house labelled China's strangest
6 killed, 2 injured in cylinder blast in NW Pakistan 07 Jun 2025 - 10:43 pm
File photo for representational purposes only.
Cambodia, Thailand hope peaceful settlement of border dispute 07 Jun 2025 - 08:22 pm
Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Manet speaks during a joint news conference with Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (not in picture) after their talks at Ishiba's official residence in Tokyo on May 30, 2025. (Photo by ISSEI KATO / POOL / AFP)
Indonesian minister says EU free trade talks to wrap up this month 07 Jun 2025 - 05:52 pm
A customer uses her smartphone while conducting a gold transaction as a monitor displays the gold price per gram at Galeri 24 owned by Pegadaian, state owned pawnshop, in Jakarta on April 14, 2025. (Photo by BAY ISMOYO / AFP)
South Korea-US agree on importance of swift tariff deal 07 Jun 2025 - 04:59 pm
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Thailand closes two border crossings to tourists after Cambodia clash 07 Jun 2025 - 12:45 pm
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Millions sit China's high-stakes university entrance exam 07 Jun 2025 - 10:23 am
Students queue to enter a school during China's National College Entrance Examination (NCEE), known as “gaokao”, outside a high school in Beijing on June 7, 2025. (Photo by Adek Berry / AFP)
Indian PM Modi says he will go to Canada for G7 summit 06 Jun 2025 - 11:35 pm
Photo shows India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the inauguration of the Chenab Rail Bridge as a part of the Kashmir rail link, in Reasi, in Jammu and Kashmir, on June 6, 2025. (Photo by Indian Press Information Bureau (PIB) / AFP)
Bangladesh's Yunus announces elections in April 2026 06 Jun 2025 - 07:29 pm
Photo used for representational purposes. Muhammad Yunus, chief adviser of Bangladesh's interim government, speaks as he attends the Nikkei Forum 30th Future of Asia in Tokyo on May 29 , 2025. Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP.
Man shot in targeted attack in Australian state of Queensland 06 Jun 2025 - 02:10 pm
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Vietnam exports up as US tariff threat lingers 06 Jun 2025 - 10:33 am
A saleswoman uses her phone as she waits for customers at a home appliance store in Hanoi on June 6, 2025. (Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP)
Indonesia exports corn to Malaysia for 1st time 06 Jun 2025 - 10:31 am
Representational file photo.
Pakistan's trade deficit narrows by 23.5 pct in May 06 Jun 2025 - 10:28 am
Stockbrokers monitor share prices on computers during a trading session at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) in Karachi on April 9, 2025. (Photo by Rizwan Tabassum / AFP)