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China imposes curbs on drone exports, citing Ukraine and concern about military use 31 Jul 2023 - 08:09 pm
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EU, Philippines agree to relaunch free trade talks 31 Jul 2023 - 01:55 pm
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (L) speaks beside Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. during their joint press statement at Malacanang Presidential Palace in Manila on July 31, 2023. Photo by Aaron Favila / POOL / AFP
French daredevil who climbed towers around world believed to have fallen to his death in Hong Kong 31 Jul 2023 - 01:41 pm
Lucidi atop a building in Dubai. Pic: Instagram
Japan court jails man for 23 years over Joker train attack 31 Jul 2023 - 11:31 am
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Pakistan police comb bomb site after deadly blast 31 Jul 2023 - 10:57 am
A security personnel stands guard next to the site of a bomb blast in Bajaur district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province on July 31, 2023. (Photo by Abdul Majeed / AFP)
No hope of survivors from downed Australian military helicopter: govt 31 Jul 2023 - 09:28 am
This handout photo taken on July 29, 2023 and received on July 30 from the Australian Defence shows Royal Australian Navy sailors conduct search and rescue operations in the vicinity of Lindeman Island, Queensland. Photo by AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE / AFP
Raging storm washes away cars, swathes of northern China on red alert 31 Jul 2023 - 09:16 am
A man shelters from the rain with an umbrella in Beijing on July 31, 2023. (Photo by Pedro Pardo / AFP)
Indian teenager becomes world's youngest swimmer to cross North Channel 30 Jul 2023 - 07:16 pm
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Bomb blast kills over 35 people, wounds more than 100 at political rally in northwest Pakistan 30 Jul 2023 - 04:56 pm
File photo of Pakistani rescue workers move the body of a victim at the site of an explosion in Lahore on July 24, 2017. (AFP / ARIF ALI)
Tens of thousands evacuated as northern China hit by torrential rain 30 Jul 2023 - 01:03 pm
A man shelters from the rain with an umbrella in Beijing on July 30, 2023. (Photo by Pedro Pardo / AFP)
Death toll rises to at least 10 in Thai warehouse explosion 30 Jul 2023 - 09:55 am
Thai firefighters put out embers around destroyed homes after an explosion ripped through a firework warehouse, killing nine people and injuring more than 100, in Sungai Kolok district in the southern Thai province of Narathiwat on July 29, 2023. Photos by Madaree TOHLALA / AFP
Philippines forecasts heavy rains as Khanun turns into typhoon 30 Jul 2023 - 09:08 am
This photo taken July 29, 2023 shows a pedestrian wading a flooded street of Manila as Tropical Storm Khanun intensifies the southwest monsoon rain. (Photo by Ted Aljibe / AFP)
China issues red alert for torrential rain in Beijing 29 Jul 2023 - 03:40 pm
Rescuers evacuate residents in a flooded area after Typhoon Doksuri landfall in Quanzhou, in China's eastern Fujian province on July 28, 2023. (Photo by CNS / AFP)
Nine killed in Thai firework warehouse blast 29 Jul 2023 - 03:30 pm
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India's endangered tiger population tops 3,600 29 Jul 2023 - 02:14 pm
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Bangladesh police clash with protesters blockading capital 29 Jul 2023 - 11:35 am
Bangladesh Nationalist party (BNP) activists block a highway entering Bangladesh's capital during a protest, in Dhaka on July 29, 2023. (Photo by Munir uz zaman / AFP)
US to give Taiwan $345 million in arms over China protest 29 Jul 2023 - 10:48 am
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin attends a press conference at Queensland Government House in Brisbane on July 29, 2023. (Photo by Pat Hoelscher / AFP)
Chopper crash pauses Australia-US military exercise, four missing 29 Jul 2023 - 10:34 am
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