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Heavy rain kills at least 50 in Pakistan 15 Aug 2025 - 01:48 pm
People gathered at the site of a flashflood in Salarzai Tehsil of Pakistan's Bajaur district on August 15, 2025. Photo by AFP
India and China eye resumption of border trade 14 Aug 2025 - 08:13 pm
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Flood kills 37 in Indian Kashmir mountain village 14 Aug 2025 - 05:57 pm
A train crosses over a flooded railway bridge during heavy rainfall in Jalandhar on August 14, 2025. (Photo by Shammi MEHRA / AFP)
Japan Expo visitors stranded overnight by halted train 14 Aug 2025 - 02:16 pm
Visitors sleep outside one of the venues overnight after a power outage abruptly shut down the Osaka Metro line linking the city to the 2025 Osaka Expo site, in Osaka early on August 14, 2025. Photo by JIJI Press / AFP
Japan's grand tea master Sen Genshitsu dies at 102: reports 14 Aug 2025 - 12:46 pm
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Chinese mountaineer dies on Pakistan's K2 14 Aug 2025 - 12:21 pm
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UN urges Sri Lanka to prosecute war criminals 13 Aug 2025 - 08:57 pm
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Malaysia's Petronas Chemicals suffers losses in Q2 amid weak market 13 Aug 2025 - 06:35 pm
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Typhoon Podul hits Taiwan 13 Aug 2025 - 01:07 pm
This picture taken and released by Taiwan's Central News Agency (CNA) on August 13, 2025 shows waves generated by Typhoon Podul breaking along the coast in Taitung.  Photo by CNA / AFP
Nepal waives climbing fees for 97 mountain peaks 13 Aug 2025 - 12:50 pm
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Man arrested after police gun fired at Australian airport 13 Aug 2025 - 11:00 am
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'Unhappy Meal': McDonald's Japan sorry for Pokemon debacle 13 Aug 2025 - 10:49 am
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Sri Lanka to recruit 62,000 public servants to fill essential vacancies 13 Aug 2025 - 01:00 am
Elephants are seen at the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage in Sri Lanka, Aug. 9, 2025. (Photo by Ajith Perera/Xinhua)
Indonesia delivers 1st used cooking oil-based aviation fuel shipment 12 Aug 2025 - 10:00 pm
A sample of Pertamina's sustainable aviation fuel made from a mix of used cooking oil is presented during a news conference at a Pertamina refinery in Cilacap, Central Java, on  August 12, 2025. Photo credit: Idhad Zakaria/Antara/social media
ASEAN can play more proactive role in reforming UN: experts 12 Aug 2025 - 06:54 pm
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US toughens terrorism ban of Pakistan separatist fighters 12 Aug 2025 - 03:54 pm
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Death toll from mountain torrents in NW China's Gansu rises to 15 12 Aug 2025 - 03:13 pm
Rescuers clear rocks following flash floods in Yangwashan Village, Yuzhong County of northwest China's Gansu Province, Aug. 11, 2025. (Xinhua/Fan Peishen)
Families mourn 40 years since deadly Japan Airlines crash 12 Aug 2025 - 02:28 pm
People release balloons to pray for the victims of the Japan Airlines Flight 123 crash, the world's deadliest single-aircraft accident with 520 killed, at the crash site on Mount Osutaka in Ueno Village, Gunma Prefecture on August 12, 2025. (Photo by JIJI Press / AFP) / Japan OUT