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World / Asia

Survivors claw through rubble after deadly Pakistan cloudburst 19 Aug 2025 - 09:32 am
Rescue workers and residents search for victims in the debris of collapsed houses after a cloudburst in Dolari village, Swabi district, in northern Pakistan's mountainous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, on August 18, 2025. (Photo by Aamir Qureshi / AFP)
Russian President, Indian PM discuss prospects for long-term settlement in Ukraine 19 Aug 2025 - 12:19 am
File: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomes Russian President Vladimir Putin at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on October 5, 2018. (Photo by AFP)
Nepal eliminates rubella, says WHO 18 Aug 2025 - 10:35 pm
A group of students wait in line to get vaccinated against Measles-Rubella during the Outbreak Response Immunization campaign in Mahottari district of Madhesh Province in Nepal. (Photo: World Health Organization)
China seeks to reopen Australia canola trade as Canada ties sour 18 Aug 2025 - 10:00 pm
Canola plants in a field near Balliang, Victoria, Australia. (Photo by Carla Gottgens/Bloomberg)
Rain halts rescue operation after Pakistan floods kill hundreds 18 Aug 2025 - 02:59 pm
Villagers (center, L) stand near a building as floodwater levels rise in the Buner district of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on August 18, 2025. Photo by Abdul MAJEED / AFP
Rooms of their own: women-only communities thrive in China 18 Aug 2025 - 12:42 pm
The photo taken on July 15, 2025 shows Chen Yani (C), also known as
Swatch pulls 'slanted eye' ad after Chinese social media uproar 18 Aug 2025 - 11:26 am
Swiss-made Swatch watches on display in their store on August 05, 2025 in Miami Beach, Florida. Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP
Australian court fines Qantas US$59 million for illegal layoffs 18 Aug 2025 - 07:51 am
A Qantas Airways Boeing 737 aircraft takes off from Sydney International Airport in Sydney on August 18, 2025. (Photo by David Gray / AFP)
Women bear brunt of Afghanistan's water scarcity 17 Aug 2025 - 10:18 pm
An Afghan woman with children takes a break as they haul water cans on wheelbarrows along a deserted street in the drought-ridden village of Bolak at Chahar Bolak district, Balkh province on July 10, 2025.  (Photo by Atif Aryan / AFP)
QRCS launches new health project for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh 17 Aug 2025 - 07:40 pm
Peninsula
Hopes for survivors wane as landslides, flooding bury Pakistan villages 17 Aug 2025 - 10:18 am
Locals collect woods from Noseri Dam near Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, on August 16, 2025. (Photo by Sajjad Qayyum / AFP)
Football and falls as first humanoid robot games launch in China 16 Aug 2025 - 10:32 am
Robots compete in a 5x5 football match during the World Humanoid robots games in Beijing on August 16, 2025. (Photo by Adek Berry / AFP)
Pakistan monsoon death toll rises to over 320 in past 48 hours: Authorities 16 Aug 2025 - 09:47 am
Onlookers gather near a destroyed bridge after flash floods on the outskirts of Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, on August 15, 2025. (Photo by Sajjad Qayyum / AFP)
Australia opens facility to protect 13 million biodiversity specimens 15 Aug 2025 - 11:59 pm
This file photo taken on August 28, 2015 shows bird specimens as part of the Australian National Wildlife Collection in Canberra, capital of Australia. (CSIRO/Handout via Xinhua)
Monsoon rains kill 200 in northern Pakistan 15 Aug 2025 - 11:40 pm
People gathered at the site of a flashflood in Salarzai Tehsil of Pakistan's Bajaur district on August 15, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
Vietnamese rice grower helps tackle Cuba's food shortage 15 Aug 2025 - 11:15 pm
Vietnamese specialists check the quality of grains during the mechanized harvesting at a Vietnamese rice field, in Los Palacios, Pinar del Rio province, Cuba, on May 29, 2025. (Photo by Adalberto Roque / AFP)
Indian rescuers scour debris after 60 killed in flood 15 Aug 2025 - 08:36 pm
A woman looks on as she stands near a damaged house at the site of a flashflood at a village in Kishtwar district on August 15, 2025. Photo by Mir Imran / AFP)
Online cockfighting thrives in Philippines despite ban, killings 15 Aug 2025 - 08:29 pm
In this photo taken on July 5, 2025, people watch a cockfight in Bulacan province, north of Manila. (Photo by Ted Aljibe / AFP)