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North Korea fires over 130 artillery rounds as warning after South Korea-US drills 05 Dec 2022 - 10:58 pm
North Korea's military conducted its firing after detecting dozens of
Indonesia resumes football league after stadium disaster 05 Dec 2022 - 06:10 pm
File photo: Indonesian President Joko Widodo (left) and Chairman of the Indonesian Football Association Mochamad Iriawan visited Kanjuruhan Stadium in Malang, East Java province, Indonesia, on October 5, 2022. (Reuters)
China set to ease COVID curbs further as markets cheer change of tack 05 Dec 2022 - 03:18 pm
People wear personal protective equipment (PPE) along a street in Beijing on December 5, 2022. (Photo by Noel Celis / AFP)
Philippine family allowed to correct death certificate of nine-year-old son killed in drugs war 05 Dec 2022 - 01:32 pm
Rodrigo Baylon, the father of drug war victim Lenin Baylon, speaks during a news conference, at the Commission on Human Rights in Quezon City, Philippines, December 5, 2022. Reuters/Eloisa Lopez
North Korea fires over 100 artillery rounds in military drill - South Korea 05 Dec 2022 - 12:39 pm
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More people flee after eruption of Indonesia's Mount Semeru 05 Dec 2022 - 11:47 am
This picture shows damaged houses inundated by mud following a volcanic eruption by Mount Semeru at Kajar Kuning village in Lumajang on December 5, 2022. Photo by JUNI KRISWANTO / AFP
Shanghai axes some Covid testing requirements 04 Dec 2022 - 01:25 pm
Security guards are seen at the entrance of a compound under Covid-19 lockdown in the Jing'an district in Shanghai on December 3, 2022. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)
Indonesia raises volcano warning to highest after Semeru erupts - media 04 Dec 2022 - 09:43 am
Mount Semeru spews smoke and ash in Lumajang on December 4, 2022. (Photo by Agus Harianto / AFP)
Strong quake hits Indonesia's Java island, injures one 03 Dec 2022 - 04:02 pm
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Pakistan ex-PM Khan urges government to hold talks over snap polls 02 Dec 2022 - 04:37 pm
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Indonesian families sue drug regulator, govt after children die of kidney disease 02 Dec 2022 - 12:55 pm
Health officers inspect medicinal syrups containing ethylene glycol and diethylene glycol at a pharmacy in Bandung, West Java province, Indonesia, October 26, 2022, in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Antara Foto/Raisan Al Farisi/via REUTERS
China set to loosen COVID curbs after week of historic protests 01 Dec 2022 - 03:15 pm
Elderly people exercise in the morning at a park in Beijing, China November 10, 2022. Reuters/Tingshu Wang
Sri Lanka hopes for tourism revival with 1.5 mln arrivals next year 01 Dec 2022 - 02:07 pm
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China to allow home quarantine for some infected with Covid: sources 01 Dec 2022 - 12:08 pm
A view of the city skyline in Shanghai, China February 24, 2022. Picture taken February 24, 2022. Reuters/Aly Song/File Photo
China's Guangzhou city relaxes COVID rules in several districts 30 Nov 2022 - 12:03 pm
Riot police in personal protection suits (PPE) arrive during protests over coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions, in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China in this screen grab taken from a social media video released November 29, 2022. Video Obtained by Reuters/via Reuters
South Korea scrambles jets as China, Russia warplanes enter air defence zone 30 Nov 2022 - 11:15 am
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Indian billionaire Adani's firm wins bid to develop vast Mumbai slum 29 Nov 2022 - 07:01 pm
A view of Dharavi, one of Asia's largest slums, in Mumbai, India, April 9, 2020. (Reuters/Francis Mascarenhas)
General Asim Munir takes charge as chief of Pakistan's powerful army 29 Nov 2022 - 05:17 pm
In this handout photograph taken and released by Pakistan's Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) on November 29, 2022, Pakistan's new Army Chief General Syed Asim Munir (left) receives the change of command baton from outgoing army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa (right) during the change of command ceremony in Rawalpindi. (Photo by Pakistan's Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) / AFP)