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North Korea removing border loudspeakers: Seoul military 09 Aug 2025 - 12:28 pm
Peninsula
Restored Nagasaki bell rings in 80 years since A-bomb 09 Aug 2025 - 08:30 am
This picture taken on August 7, 2025 shows a general view of Urakami Cathedral's bell towers in Nagasaki city. (Photo by Philip Fong / AFP)
Cambodia starts first air shipment of fresh durians to China 09 Aug 2025 - 04:00 am
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China allocates 70 million yuan to repair roads in flood-hit regions 09 Aug 2025 - 01:00 am
Rescue workers search for survivors after a flash flood in Yuzhong county, in China's northwest Gansu province on August 8, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
New Nagasaki bell a ‘symbol of peace, unity, hope’ for Japan 08 Aug 2025 - 11:41 pm
Kojiro Moriuchi, left, and James L Nolan Jr are seen beside a new bell at Urakami Cathedral in Nagasaki on July 17. (The Japan News)
10 dead, 33 missing in northwest China floods 08 Aug 2025 - 11:21 pm
Rescue workers search for survivors after a flash flood in Yuzhong county, in China's northwest Gansu province on August 8, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
Indian PM Modi says he had 'good' conversation with Putin 08 Aug 2025 - 09:15 pm
File: In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin welcomes Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for an informal meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, outside Moscow, on July 8, 2024. (Photo by Sergei Bobylyov / POOL / AFP)
Military operation southwest Pakistan kills 33 militants 08 Aug 2025 - 07:02 pm
Peninsula
Families of Air India crash victims demand release of flight recorders 08 Aug 2025 - 06:49 pm
Firefighters working at the scene of the Air India flight crash. AFP file photo.
China slams Philippines for courting external forces, destabilizing South China Sea 08 Aug 2025 - 06:11 pm
Peninsula
Stronger ASEAN unity 'needed' amid global uncertainty: Malaysian PM 08 Aug 2025 - 05:56 pm
Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim is pictured in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Aug. 5, 2025. (Malaysian National News Agency/Handout via Xinhua)
Philippines says 3 Chinese ships spotted near islets close to Taiwan 08 Aug 2025 - 05:23 pm
This photo illustration shows a man looking at a map on a computer screen in Manila on April 14, 2025. Photo by Jamillah STA. ROSA / AFP
'Never seen before' rains lash southern Japan 08 Aug 2025 - 12:28 pm
Peninsula
Influx of Afghan returnees fuels Kabul housing crisis 07 Aug 2025 - 10:48 pm
In this photograph taken on August 3, 2025, a general view shows the residential houses on a hillside in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar / AFP)
World’s top rice buyer Philippines halts imports for 60 days 07 Aug 2025 - 10:09 pm
Rice terraces in Banaue, Ifugao province, the Philippines. (Photo by Lisa Marie David/Bloomberg)
ASEAN affirms keenness to enhance political, economic cooperation with Qatar 07 Aug 2025 - 09:21 pm
Peninsula
South China's Guangdong sees decline in new chikungunya cases 07 Aug 2025 - 06:25 pm
File photo.
Thailand and Cambodia agree to extend peace pact 07 Aug 2025 - 05:29 pm
A general view shows the Extraordinary General Border Committee (GBC) with Thai Deputy Defence Minister Nattaphon Narkphanit (L) and Cambodian Defence Minister General Tea Seiha (R) to discuss their border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia, in Kuala Lumpur on August 7, 2025. (Photo by HASNOOR HUSSAIN / POOL / AFP)