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Beijing lifts rain alert after tens of thousands evacuated 05 Aug 2025 - 11:17 am
Damaged vehicles are seen following deadly flooding in Taishitun village, Miyun district, Beijing on August 5, 2025. (Photo by Adek Berry / AFP)
Japan sets new record high temperature of 41.8C 05 Aug 2025 - 09:42 am
A group of tourists shelter under umbrellas in the summer heat as they wait for the light to change, with the Atomic Bomb Dome in the background in downtown Hiroshima on August 5, 2025. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP)
Gold purchase by Mongolia's central bank down 24.1 pct 05 Aug 2025 - 06:00 am
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Suspended Thai PM submits defense statement to constitutional court official 05 Aug 2025 - 04:00 am
Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra holds a handbag as she arrives to attend the gala dinner during the 44th and 45th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summits in Vientiane on October 10, 2024. Photo by TANG CHHIN SOTHY / POOL / AFP
FAO launches initiative to strengthen food security in Afghanistan 05 Aug 2025 - 03:00 am
An Afghan daily worker sleeps on his wheelbarrow while women walk past at a market in Fayzabad district of Badakhshan province on April 10, 2023. (Photo by OMER ABRAR / AFP)
Indonesia targets 20 mln beneficiaries for free nutritious meal program by Aug. 17 05 Aug 2025 - 02:00 am
Students eat lunch on the first day of a free-meal program at 11 State Senior High School in East Jakarta on January 6, 2025. Photo by Aditya IRAWAN / AFP
Anti-narcotics force seizes over 102 kg of drugs, arrests 10 in Pakistan 05 Aug 2025 - 01:00 am
Peninsula
Thailand-Cambodia talks on positive track, says Malaysian defense chief 04 Aug 2025 - 09:35 pm
Thai and Cambodian officials sit together in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Aug. 4, 2025. (Malaysian National News Agency/Handout via Xinhua)
India slams 'unjustified' action by US, EU over its Russian oil purchases 04 Aug 2025 - 09:10 pm
A broadcast screen of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) is pictured in Mumbai on July 31, 2025, which shows the impact on the gems and jewellery sector while depicting news of US President Donald Trump unveiling sweeping new trade tariffs. (Photo by Indranil MUKHERJEE / AFP)
Arab League commends Vietnam's support for Palestinian cause 04 Aug 2025 - 09:08 pm
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Pakistani FM, US Secretary of State discuss bilateral ties, regional developments 04 Aug 2025 - 08:48 pm
Peninsula
Thai, Cambodian officials arrive for talks in Kuala Lumpur 04 Aug 2025 - 07:43 pm
Thai and Cambodian officials pose for photos in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Aug. 4, 2025. (Malaysian National News Agency/Handout via Xinhua)
Cambodia says Thai soldiers enter Cambodian territory, Thailand insists on its own land 04 Aug 2025 - 06:52 pm
This photo taken on July 28, 2025 shows a damaged house hit by artillery shelling in Oddar Meanchey province, Cambodia. (Photo by Nitola/Xinhua)
Philippines' Marcos in India as navies hold joint drills 04 Aug 2025 - 03:46 pm
In this handout photograph taken on August 4, 2025 and released by the Indian Press Information Bureau (PIB), Philippines' President Ferdinand Marcos (2L) walks alongside India's Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita (C) as he inspects the honour guards upon his arrival at the airport in New Delhi. Photo by Indian Press Information Bureau (PIB) / AFP
Torrential rain in Taiwan kills five over past week 04 Aug 2025 - 01:52 pm
This handout taken on August 3, 2025 and released by the Kaohsiung Fire Department shows a landslide that swept away a section of road, which caused a car transporting five people to plunge into a ravine, in a mountainous area of Kaohsiung. Photo by Handout / Kaohsiung Fire Department / AFP
South Korea removing loudspeakers on border with North 04 Aug 2025 - 01:43 pm
This handout photo taken on August 4, 2025 and provided by the South Korean Defence Ministry shows South Korean soldiers removing loudspeakers that were set up for propaganda broadcasts near the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas in an undisclosed location in South Korea. Photo by Handout / South Korean Defence Ministry / AFP
Tycoon who brought F1 to Singapore pleads guilty in graft case 04 Aug 2025 - 01:11 pm
Malaysian hotel tycoon Ong Beng Seng (C) leaves the State Court in Singapore on August 4, 2025. Photo by Roslan RAHMAN / AFP
17 heat records broken in Japan 04 Aug 2025 - 11:49 am
People cross a street on a hot day in Tokyo on August 4, 2025. Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP.