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World / Asia

Islamabad police attempts to arrest ex-PM Khan in Lahore 05 Mar 2023 - 12:36 pm
File photo: Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan. Saiyna Bashir/Reuters
China defense spending to rise 7.2%, fastest in 4 years 05 Mar 2023 - 12:15 pm
:A security officer stands outside the Great Hall of the People ahead of the opening session of the National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing on March 5, 2023. (Photo by NOEL CELIS / AFP)
For economists, China's ‘conservative’ GDP goal represents a cautious sign 05 Mar 2023 - 12:06 pm
This photo taken on March 2, 2023 shows an aerial view of residental buildings in Haikou, in China's southern Hainan province. (Photo by AFP)
Thailand spent $13 billion in three years to fight pandemic 05 Mar 2023 - 10:28 am
People wearing face masks visit Benjakitti Park amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Bangkok, Thailand, January 15, 2022. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
Friends, family remember Thai football boy rescued from cave 04 Mar 2023 - 06:48 pm
Peninsula
Oxygen plant blast kills five in Bangladesh 04 Mar 2023 - 05:41 pm
Peninsula
Indonesians search charred homes after fuel depot fire kills 18 04 Mar 2023 - 05:15 pm
A boy stands in the remains of a burnt house in a residential area in Plumpang, north Jakarta on March 4, 2023, after a fire at a nearby state-run fuel storage depot run by energy firm Pertamina. (Photo by ADITYA AJI / AFP)
Indonesia fuel depot fire kills 16, over dozen missing 04 Mar 2023 - 12:26 pm
A boy stands in the remains of a burnt house in a residential area in Plumpang, north Jakarta on March 4, 2023, after a fire at a nearby state-run fuel storage depot run by energy firm Pertamina. (Photo by Aditya Aji / AFP)
Philippine governor, 5 others killed in brazen attack 04 Mar 2023 - 12:02 pm
Peninsula
Fire at Indonesian oil depot kills 14; thousands evacuated 03 Mar 2023 - 07:49 pm
Peninsula
Fishing banned as Philippine oil spill spreads 03 Mar 2023 - 01:54 pm
In this handout photo received from the Philippine Coast Guard and taken on March 2, 2023, a coast guard personnel collects water sample from of an oil spill in the waters off Naujan, Oriental Mindoro. Photo by Handout / Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) / AFP
Japan to attempt next-generation rocket launch again on March 6 03 Mar 2023 - 12:04 pm
White smoke emerges from the main engines of the next-generation H3 rocket (L) as it fails to lift off the launch pad at the Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan on February 17, 2023. Photo by JIJI Press / AFP
Hong Kong probes cause of blaze in shopping district 03 Mar 2023 - 09:13 am
A fire burns at a high-rise building under construction in the Tsim Sha Tsui district in Hong Kong on March 3, 2023. Photos by Peter PARKS / AFP
Rohingya refugees decry 'devastating' cuts to food aid 02 Mar 2023 - 05:54 pm
File Photo: Rohingya refugee children look on at the Jamtoli camp in the morning in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, January 22, 2018. (REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain)
G20 talks end in India with no consensus on Ukraine war 02 Mar 2023 - 05:08 pm
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni pose before their meeting at the Hyderabad House in New Delhi on March 2, 2023. - Meloni said on March 2 she hoped India would use its G20 presidency to broker an end to the Ukraine war after unveiling a new strategic partnership with New Delhi. (Photo by AFP)
Sunken Philippine tanker leaks industrial fuel oil into sea 02 Mar 2023 - 11:43 am
In this handout photo received from the Philippine Coast Guard and taken on March 2, 2023, a coast guard personnel collects water sample from of an oil spill in the waters off Naujan, Oriental Mindoro. Photo by Handout / Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) / AFP
At G-20, high expectations for India as rising global power 02 Mar 2023 - 10:33 am
A security personnel gestures beside a hoarding during the G20 Foreign Minister meeting in New Delhi on March 2, 2023. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP)
Singapore hikes permanent residence threshold for ultra-rich 02 Mar 2023 - 10:31 am
File photo of a Singapore skyline.