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Death toll mounting from South Asia's devastating monsoon 13 Aug 2024 - 01:43 pm
This handout photograph taken on August 1, 2024 and released by Humane Society International, India, shows an aerial view of the tea plantations after landslides in Wayanad. Photo by Hemanth Byatroy / Humane Society International, India / AFP
4.9 magnitude earthquake hits Eastern Indonesia 13 Aug 2024 - 10:23 am
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UN slams surge in violence in Myanmar 12 Aug 2024 - 10:07 pm
This photo taken on August 10, 2024 shows destroyed and damaged buildings in Lashio in Myanmar's northern Shan State, following fighting between Myanmar's military and Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) in the region. (Photo by AFP)
Tropical storm Maria Disrupts air, travel in Northeastern Japan 12 Aug 2024 - 07:59 pm
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Bangladesh interim leader Yunus says resignations of officials close to the ousted Hasina are legal 12 Aug 2024 - 06:57 pm
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus (C) speaks during a press conference upon his arrival at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on August 8, 2024. 
 (Photo by Munir UZ ZAMAN / AFP)
Bangladesh is experiencing a 'student-led revolution': Yunus 12 Aug 2024 - 04:08 pm
Police vehicles that were burned during anti-government demonstrations are seen inside the compound of a police station as students volunteering to maintain law and order are in control of the Jatrabari Police Station in Dhaka on August 11, 2024. Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus and his newly named interim government set out on August 9 to restore
Singapore Airlines plane brake glitch forces runway closure in Japan 12 Aug 2024 - 12:38 pm
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Storm dumps intense rainfall on northern Japan, sending some people to shelters 12 Aug 2024 - 12:31 pm
A man walks past a flooded road in the wake of
Japan spends 5.92 tln yen in single-day record to curb currency fall in April 11 Aug 2024 - 06:41 pm
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Afghan govt announces victory day as public holiday 11 Aug 2024 - 06:16 pm
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Philippine military says Chinese air force jets endangered its patrol plane with flares, risky moves 10 Aug 2024 - 04:14 pm
Philippine Coast Guard personnel (L) maneuover their rigid hull inflatable boat past their Vietnamese counterparts (R) during a joint maritime off Bataan in the disputed South China Sea on August 9, 2024. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP)
Seoul says North Korea has flown more trash balloons toward South Korea 10 Aug 2024 - 02:51 pm
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Philippines says China air force harassed its plane over disputed reef 10 Aug 2024 - 11:49 am
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Fears of violence greet return of English football season 10 Aug 2024 - 09:03 am
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer (L) speaks with Commander Ben Russell besides CCTV screens in the Engineering Suite in the Metropolitan Police Command and Control Special Operations Room at Lambeth Police Headquarters in London on August 9, 2024. Photo by Toby Melville / POOL / AFP
Japanese urged to avoid panic-buying as megaquake fears spead 10 Aug 2024 - 08:56 am
Customers walk by the entrance of a supermarket as signs written
Two Sri Lankan ministers sacked over defection 09 Aug 2024 - 04:02 pm
Sri Lanka's tourism minister Harin Fernando and labour minister Manusha Nanayakkara (L) attend a press conference in Colombo on August 9, 2024, shortly after they were sacked over defection. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)
Japan PM scraps overseas trip after 'megaquake' advisory 09 Aug 2024 - 12:13 pm
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a press conference as part of the 29th EU-Japan Summit at The European Union Building in Brussels on July 13, 2023. (Photo by John Thys / AFP)
Nobel winner Yunus sworn in as head of Bangladesh interim government 08 Aug 2024 - 11:27 pm
Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus (centre) takes the oath of office to lead Bangladesh's interim government as its chief adviser, days after a student-led uprising ended the 15-year rule of Sheikh Hasina, in Dhaka on August 8, 2024. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman / AFP)