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Japan unveils next-generation passenger plane project 27 Mar 2024 - 03:03 pm
People walk with their umbrellas during a rainy day at Sensoji Temple, a popular tourist location, in Tokyo's Asakusa district on March 26, 2024. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)
Nine missing after Indonesia landslide, flooding 25 Mar 2024 - 03:13 pm
General view of a landslide site in Cipongkor, West Java province on March 25, 2024. Photo by Timur MATAHARI / AFP
Health supplements recalled as 26 hospitalised in Japan 25 Mar 2024 - 03:05 pm
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Five dead, 1,000 homes destroyed in PNG earthquake 25 Mar 2024 - 11:02 am
This photo released by the Papua New Guinea Police and received by AFP on March 25, 2024 shows locals on a makeshift bridge in the flooded Angriman Village in Angoram District, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea. (Photo by Handout / PNG Police / AFP)
Philippines says Chinese envoy summoned over 'aggressive actions' off reef 25 Mar 2024 - 07:38 am
Handout satellite image released by Maxar Technologies on March 24, 2024 and dated March 23, 2024 shows Chinese and Philippine ships in waters where the Philippines said the China Coast Guard blocked their supply vessel and damaged it with water cannon in disputed waters of the South China Sea. (Photo by Handout / Satellite image 2024 Maxar Technologies / AFP)
Japan's emperor, empress to visit Britain in June: media 24 Mar 2024 - 01:55 pm
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Two Rohingya found dead at sea after Indonesia ends survivor search 23 Mar 2024 - 01:35 pm
Members of the National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) search for missing Rohingya refugees after 69 refugees were rescued from their overturned boat in the sea near Calang, West Aceh, on March 23, 2024. (Photo by Zahlul AKBAR / AFP)
35 Somalis arrive in India to face trial over ship hijacking 23 Mar 2024 - 09:56 am
Accused Somali pirates wait to be transferred to police custody at the Indian naval dockyard in Mumbai on March 23, 2024. (Photo by Indranil Mukherjee / AFP)
Malaysia drops controversial citizenship plan after backlash 22 Mar 2024 - 08:27 pm
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Malaysia rejects chance to host 2026 Commonwealth Games over costs 22 Mar 2024 - 04:21 pm
Malaysia's Minister of Communications Fahmi Fadzil answers questions regarding the hosting of the 2026 Commonwealth Games during a press conference in Kuala Lumpur on March 22, 2024. (Photo by Mohd Rasfan / AFP)
Magnitude-6.4 quake hits off Indonesia's Java island: USGS 22 Mar 2024 - 12:57 pm
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India’s main opposition party accuses govt of freezing its bank accounts ahead of election 21 Mar 2024 - 05:30 pm
India's Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi speaks during a press conference in New Delhi on March 25, 2023, after being disqualified as a member of parliament. (Photo by Money Sharma / AFP)
Vietnamese President resigns amid anti-graft campaign 21 Mar 2024 - 09:40 am
Vietnam’s President Vo Van Thuong addresses a meeting with Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi on January 12, 2024.   (AFP)
As Myanmar's army faces setbacks, it is stepping up attacks on civilians, a UN expert warns 20 Mar 2024 - 08:22 pm
This picture shows the entrance to the family house of detained Myanmar civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Yangon on March 20, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
Indonesia's Prabowo Subianto wins presidency: elections commission 20 Mar 2024 - 06:36 pm
Supporters participate in an event of presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto and vice presidential candidate Gibran Rakabuming Raka at the Tennis Indoor Stadium Senayan in Jakarta on March 20, 2024. (Photo by Adek Berry / AFP)
Pakistan gets draft approval for $1.1 billion IMF payout 20 Mar 2024 - 05:48 pm
File: People buy vegetable at a market in Islamabad on February 3, 2023. - Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said February 3 the government would have to agree to IMF bailout conditions that are
Afghan schools restart, with girls barred for third year running 20 Mar 2024 - 04:06 pm
Afghan primary school girls arrive for their first class following the start of the new academic year, at a school in Fayzabad district, Badakhshan province on March 20, 2024. Schools in Afghanistan opened for the new academic year on March 20, the education ministry said, with girls banned from joining secondary-level classes for the third year in a row. Photo Credit: OMER ABRAR / AFP.
Vietnamese president resigns amid major graft purge 20 Mar 2024 - 03:33 pm
Vietnam's President Vo Van Thuong arrives for the leaders and spouses dinner during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' Week at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco, California, on November 16, 2023. Photo Credit: JOSH EDELSON / AFP.