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Malaysia's Dayaks mark rice harvest end with colourful parade 21 Jun 2025 - 03:18 pm
Indigenous Bidayuh women take part in a procession during the Gawai Dayak Culture Parade in Kuching, capital of the Malaysian state of Sarawak, on June 21, 2025. (Photo by Mohd RASFAN / AFP)
Aviation regulator orders Air India to remove officials 21 Jun 2025 - 02:09 pm
Crash site of Air India flight that killed all but one of the 242 people on board.
Tesla to build first grid-scale power plant in China 21 Jun 2025 - 11:26 am
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Indonesia President denies G7 snub in Russia visit 20 Jun 2025 - 10:24 pm
Russia's President Vladimir Putin (right) and his Indonesian counterpart Prabowo Subianto attend signing ceremony after their meeting in Saint Peterburg on June 19, 2025. (Photo by Anatoly Maltsev / POOL / AFP)
More than 53,000 evacuated in central China over heavy rain: state media 20 Jun 2025 - 07:36 pm
A man walks through a flooded street in Zhongshan, in China's southern Guangdong province on June 17, 2025. Photo by AFP.
Sri Lanka deports dozens of Chinese cybercrime suspects 20 Jun 2025 - 04:03 pm
Peninsula
Australian trial says tech for social media teen ban can work 20 Jun 2025 - 01:56 pm
Peninsula
Philippine Navy seizes $175 million meth haul at sea 20 Jun 2025 - 01:33 pm
This handout photo taken on June 20, 2025 and received from the Philippine Navy shows navy and law enforcement personnel searching a fishing boat after it was intercepted carrying 1.5 tonnes of illegal drugs off the coast of the main island Luzon. Photo by Handout / Philippine Navy / AFP
Myanmar's Suu Kyi marks 80th birthday in jail 20 Jun 2025 - 12:05 am
File: National League for Democracy chairperson Aung San Suu Kyi delivers a speech during a voter education campaign in Hsiseng township in Shan State on September 5, 2015. (Photo by Ye Aung Thu / AFP)
Air India says plane 'well-maintained' before crash 19 Jun 2025 - 03:32 pm
An investigation team inspects the wreckage of Air India flight 171 a day after it crashed in a residential area near the airport, in Ahmedabad on June 13, 2025. Photo by Sam PANTHAKY / AFP.
South Korea approves $14.7 billion second extra budget to boost economy 19 Jun 2025 - 01:18 pm
A general view taken below the Namsan Tower shows commercial and residential buildings in Seoul on September 25, 2024. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP)
31st Beijing International Book Fair kicks off featuring 220,000 books 18 Jun 2025 - 10:45 pm
This photo shows an exterior view of the China National Convention Center, where the 31st Beijing International Book Fair is held, in Beijing, capital of China, June 18, 2025. (Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin)
China expands zero-tariff policy for least developed countries 18 Jun 2025 - 09:45 pm
A swivel bridge along Xiong'an-Baoding section of Xiong'an-Xinzhou high-speed railway before rotating to its desired position over Beijing-Guangzhou high-speed railway in Baoding, north China's Hebei Province, on June 17, 2025. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli)
Indonesia foils illegal shipment of nearly 2,000 turtle eggs to Malaysia 18 Jun 2025 - 06:06 pm
Peninsula
Thousands evacuated as severe flooding hits southern China 18 Jun 2025 - 05:31 pm
A man rides through a flooded street in Zhongshan, in China's southern Guangdong province on June 17, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
More than 200 India plane crash victims identified 18 Jun 2025 - 03:18 pm
Women mourn their relatives killed the previous day after Air India flight 171 crashed in a residential area, whilst waiting outside hospital mortuary in Ahmedabad on June 13, 2025. (Photo by Punit PARANJPE / AFP)
VIDEO: Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki erupts again, forcing evacuations, flight cancellations 18 Jun 2025 - 02:13 pm
This photo provided by Indonesia's Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) shows volcanic materials spewing from Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki at East Flores regency in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, on June 17, 2025. (PVMBG/Handout via Xinhua)
Suspects in Bali murder all Australian, face death penalty: police 18 Jun 2025 - 01:52 pm
Evidence seized from the suspects allegedly involved in the murder of an Australian man at a Bali villa are seen on display during a press conference at the Badung district police station in Badung regency on Indonesia's resort island of Bali on June 18, 2025. Photo by Sonny Tumbelaka / AFP