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Bangladesh launches typhoid vaccination campaign for 50 mln children 12 Oct 2025 - 05:57 pm
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China, Philippines trade blame over boat collision in disputed sea 12 Oct 2025 - 01:49 pm
This handout photo taken and released on October 12, 2025 by the Philippine Coast Guard shows a China Coast Guard ship (R) deploying water cannon as a Philippine Bureau of Fisheries vessel (L) is seen alongside during an incident near Thitu island in disputed waters of the South China Sea. Photo by Handout / Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) / AFP
'Heavy clashes' at Afghanistan-Pakistan border: Taliban forces 11 Oct 2025 - 10:55 pm
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China successfully rockets Gravity-1 into space with 3 satellites aboard 11 Oct 2025 - 09:33 pm
A Gravity-1 carrier rocket carrying a wide-field satellite and two experimental satellites blasts off from waters off the coast of Haiyang, east China's Shandong Province, Oct. 11, 2025. (Photo by Guo Jinqi/Xinhua)
Despite Gaza ceasefire, unrelenting chapters of anguish, tragedy persist 11 Oct 2025 - 08:02 pm
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Magnitude 6.0 quake hits off southern Philippines: USGS 11 Oct 2025 - 07:13 pm
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Pakistani Taliban claim attacks that killed 23 in northwest 11 Oct 2025 - 04:17 pm
Policemen stand by the coffins of slain police personnel during a funeral ceremony at Dera Ismail Khan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on October 11, 2025. (Photo by Mohammad Kashif / AFP)
Philippines begins clean-up after powerful twin quakes 11 Oct 2025 - 08:55 am
Men look for items in a collapsed house in Manay, in the province of Davao Oriental on October 11, 2025. (Photo by Jam Sta Rosa / AFP)
India to upgrade Afghan mission to full embassy 10 Oct 2025 - 09:48 pm
This handout photograph taken and released on October 10, 2025 shows India's Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar (right) and his Afghan counterpart Amir Khan Muttaqi during a bilateral meeting in New Delhi. (Photo by India's Ministry of External Affairs / AFP)
Global court rejects release bid by Philippines ex-president Duterte 10 Oct 2025 - 08:53 pm
File: Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is seen on a screen in the courtroom during his first appearance before the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague on March 14, 2025. (Photo by Peter Dejong / POOL / AFP)
Malaysia unveils national budget eyeing food security, flood mitigation 10 Oct 2025 - 08:18 pm
This handout photo taken and released by Malaysia's Department of Information on October 10, 2025 shows Malaysia's Prime Minister and Finance Minister Anwar Ibrahim delivering his speech on the 2026 national budget at the Parliament in Kuala Lumpur. (Photo by Nazri RAPAAI / DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION / AFP
Seven killed as strong quakes strike southern Philippines 10 Oct 2025 - 05:48 pm
Police stand next to the rubble of a collapsed wall in Mati town, Davao Oriental province, in southern island of Mindanao, after a 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck the province. (Photo by Mark NAVALES / AFP)
Quake-hit southern Philippines jolted with magnitude-6.9 aftershock 10 Oct 2025 - 03:00 pm
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China to impose 'special port fees' on US-linked ships 10 Oct 2025 - 12:00 pm
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One killed as major quake strikes southern Philippines 10 Oct 2025 - 09:27 am
People gather outside a mall in Butuan City, on the southern island of Mindanao on October 10, 2025, after a 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the southern Philippines. (Photo by Erwin MASCARINAS / AFP)
'Backyard fireworks' of WWII bombs still litter Solomon Islands 10 Oct 2025 - 09:19 am
This photo taken on September 11, 2025 shows unexploded US World War II bombs found in the vegetable garden of Dennis Phillip's home in Honiara. (Photo by Ben Strang / AFP)
Tsunami alert lifted after major Philippines quake: warning centre 10 Oct 2025 - 08:08 am
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Snakebite surge as Bangladesh hit by record rains 08 Oct 2025 - 08:52 pm
This aerial photograph taken on September 22, 2025, shows a general view of river Padma shrouded in mist at Rajshahi. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman / AFP)