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Sri Lanka faces 'uneven', slow recovery from recession: World Bank 07 Oct 2025 - 10:55 pm
A general view shows Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo. (AFP)
World Bank lowers Mongolia's 2025 GDP growth forecast 07 Oct 2025 - 07:03 pm
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Thai cabinet approves stimulus scheme to boost growth 07 Oct 2025 - 06:57 pm
Thailand national flags on the side of the Thai Parliament complex in Bangkok. AFP file photo for representational purposes only.
Indonesia school collapse toll hits 67 as search ends 07 Oct 2025 - 08:22 am
A woman takes a picture in front of the collapsed Al Khoziny Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java, on October 6, 2025, as recovery efforts continue. (Photo by Juni Kriswanto / AFP)
Indonesia expands coffee exports with shipment to Saudi Arabia 07 Oct 2025 - 12:12 am
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UN rights council launches probe into violations in Afghanistan 07 Oct 2025 - 12:00 am
An Afghan burqa-clad woman pushes a wheelbarrow loaded with empty water canisters as she walks along a street in the Koshkak area of the Balkh province on October 5, 2025. (Photo by Atif Aryan / AFP)
Snowstorm traps hundreds on Mount Everest 06 Oct 2025 - 10:53 pm
This handout received on October 6 shows a tent buried under deep snow in the Karma Valley of the Tibet Autonomous Region on October 5, 2025. (Photo by Handout / Courtesy of Xiong JinXin / AFP) 
Japan Nobel winner hopes award helps advance patient care 06 Oct 2025 - 04:21 pm
Shimon Sakaguchi, an immunologist and a distinguished professor of Osaka University, attends a press conference after winning the 2025 Nobel Prize in medicine, in Suita, Osaka prefecture on October 6, 2025. Photo by PAUL MILLER / AFP
Death toll from Indonesia school collapse rises to 63 06 Oct 2025 - 04:08 pm
Relatives of missing students watch a live broadcast of the rescue operation near the collapsed Al Khoziny Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java, on October 6, 2025, as recovery efforts continue. Photo by JUNI KRISWANTO / AFP
VIDEO: Drone show sparks chaos in China after malfunction 06 Oct 2025 - 01:15 pm
Screengrab of videos shared on social media.
Leopard captured after wandering into Indonesian hotel 06 Oct 2025 - 01:04 pm
A tranquilized Javan leopard lies inside a cage at a hotel in Bandung, West Java, on October 6, 2025. (Photo by Timur Matahari / AFP)
Over a dozen wounded in rare Sydney mass shooting 06 Oct 2025 - 08:06 am
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5.4-magnitude quake hits Kyrgyzstan -- GFZ 06 Oct 2025 - 12:02 am
Peninsula
Bangladesh deploys warships to protect prized hilsa fish 05 Oct 2025 - 08:31 pm
Hilsa - Bangladesh's national fish and a much-loved delicacy / Image: social media
5.3-magnitude quake hits near east coast of Kamchatka -- GFZ 05 Oct 2025 - 07:43 pm
Peninsula
Bangladesh's dengue fever death toll in 2025 rises to 212 05 Oct 2025 - 06:43 pm
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Death toll from Indonesia school collapse rises to 45 05 Oct 2025 - 04:53 pm
An aerial view shows rescuers searching for victims at the Al Khoziny Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java, on October 5, 2025, after a multi-story building at the school collapsed during prayers. (Photo by Dicky Bisinglasi / AFP)
Indonesia lifts TikTok licence suspension as app shares data 05 Oct 2025 - 03:09 pm
The TikTok logo is displayed on signage outside TikTok social media app company offices in Culver City, California on September 30, 2025. Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP