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Millions of rotting fish to be removed from Outback river 20 Mar 2023 - 11:25 am
This image grab from a video taken on March 17, 2023 courtesy of Graeme McCrabb shows dead fish clogging a river near the town of Menindee in New South Wales. Photo by Handout / Courtesy of Graeme McCrabb / AFP
Pakistani police storm home of former PM Khan, arrest 61 19 Mar 2023 - 11:08 pm
Riot police stand guard outside a court before the arrival of Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan, in Islamabad on March 18, 2023. (Photo by Farooq Naeem / AFP)
Pakistani police file terrorism charges against ex-PM Khan 19 Mar 2023 - 05:06 pm
Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan's supporters run as police fire tear gas to disperse them outside a court in Islamabad on March 18, 2023.  (Photo by Farooq NAEEM / AFP)
Kazakhstan kicks off snap parliamentary polls 19 Mar 2023 - 03:17 pm
A woman votes at her home during parliamentary elections in Almaty on March 19, 2023. -  Photo by Ruslan PRYANIKOV / AFP
North Korea fires short-range ballistic missile 19 Mar 2023 - 12:42 pm
People watch a television showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on March 19, 2023. (Photo by Anthony Wallace / AFP)
19 killed in Bangladesh bus crash 19 Mar 2023 - 10:56 am
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Pakistan court drops arrest warrant against ex-PM Imran Khan 18 Mar 2023 - 06:16 pm
Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan's supporters stand atop a damaged police van outside a court in Islamabad on March 18, 2023. (Photo by Farooq NAEEM / AFP)
Millions of dead fish wash up amid heat wave in Australia 18 Mar 2023 - 05:14 pm
This image grab from a video taken on March 17, 2023 courtesy of Graeme McCrabb shows dead fish clogging a river near the town of Menindee in New South Wales. - Millions of dead and rotting fish have clogged a vast stretch of river near a remote town in the Australian Outback as a searing heatwave sweeps through the region. (Photo by Handout / Courtesy of Graeme McCrabb / AFP)
UN says helped Myanmar junta officials travel to Bangladesh for Rohingya return talks 18 Mar 2023 - 04:52 pm
Myanmar junta military soldiers parade during a ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of the country’s Union Day in Naypyidaw on February 12, 2022. File photo / AFP
Indonesia's Merapi volcano erupts, spews hot lava 18 Mar 2023 - 12:59 pm
Mount Merapi volcano spews lava from its crater as seen from Sleman in Yogyakarta early on March 18, 2023. (Photo by Devi Rahman / AFP)
Millions of dead fish clog Australian river 18 Mar 2023 - 12:52 pm
This image grab from a video taken on March 17, 2023 courtesy of Graeme McCrabb shows dead fish clogging a river near the town of Menindee in New South Wales. (Photo by Handout / Courtesy of Graeme McCrabb / AFP)
South Korea moves to 'normalise' military pact with Japan 18 Mar 2023 - 12:44 pm
South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol attends a meeting between the Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, and South Korean business leaders during a Japan-Korea Business Roundtable meeting in Tokyo on March 17, 2023. (Photo by Philip FONG / POOL / AFP)
Pakistan: Police storm Imran Khan home in Lahore, arrest 30 18 Mar 2023 - 12:21 pm
Supporters of former Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan gather around his car as he leaves his residence in Lahore on March 18, 2023, on his way to appear in a court in Islamabad. (Photo by Aamir Qureshi / AFP)
New COVID origins data point to raccoon dogs in China market 17 Mar 2023 - 08:54 pm
An aerial view shows the P4 laboratory at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on April 17, 2020. (Hector Retamal/AFP)
South Korea wanted a 69-hour workweek, young people weren't having it 17 Mar 2023 - 06:04 pm
A woman leans back on a statue of South Korean novelist Yeom Sang-seop to read her newspaper, as another woman uses her phone in Seoul on March 16, 2023.
New Zealand lawmakers banned from TikTok amid data use fears 17 Mar 2023 - 01:57 pm
The TikTok logo is displayed on signage outside TikTok social media app company offices in Culver City, California, on March 16, 2023. Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP
Thai police to get mental health checks after fatal standoff 16 Mar 2023 - 06:56 pm
This picture taken on March 4, 2023 shows the Thai Parliament complex in Bangkok, the meeting place of the National Assembly of Thailand.  (Photo by Amaury PAUL / AFP)
Pakistan court rejects ex-PM Khan's plea to suspend warrant 16 Mar 2023 - 06:09 pm
Supporters of former Pakistan's prime minister Imran Khan shout slogans as they march towards Khan's residence in Lahore on March 16, 2023. (Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP)