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Stronger ASEAN unity 'needed' amid global uncertainty: Malaysian PM 08 Aug 2025 - 05:56 pm
Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim is pictured in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Aug. 5, 2025. (Malaysian National News Agency/Handout via Xinhua)
Israeli decision to reoccupy Gaza a challenge to international community's will: GCC 08 Aug 2025 - 05:44 pm
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Philippines says 3 Chinese ships spotted near islets close to Taiwan 08 Aug 2025 - 05:23 pm
This photo illustration shows a man looking at a map on a computer screen in Manila on April 14, 2025. Photo by Jamillah STA. ROSA / AFP
Spain busts criminal ring shipping hazardous waste to Ghana 08 Aug 2025 - 04:11 pm
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WHO Chief urges immediate end to Gaza siege amid rising starvation and medical crisis 08 Aug 2025 - 03:19 pm
A Palestinian man reacts as firefighters battle a blaze inside a shop, following an Israeli strike that hit Gaza City's southern al-Zeitoun neighbourhood on August 8, 2025. Photo by BASHAR TALEB / AFP
Germany suspending arms exports to Israel for use in Gaza: Merz 08 Aug 2025 - 02:23 pm
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz makes a statement to journalists following a meeting of the security Cabinet of the German government at the Chancellery in Berlin on July 28, 2025. Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP
Russia breaks ground for Kazakhstan's first nuclear power plant 08 Aug 2025 - 12:58 pm
A view of the area where the construction of a nuclear power plant is planned near in the village of Ulken, located on the shores of Lake Balkhash, about 400 kilometers north of Almaty, on September 21, 2024. Photo by Ruslan PRYANIKOV / AFP
'Never seen before' rains lash southern Japan 08 Aug 2025 - 12:28 pm
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30 injured as train derails in Iran's south: local media 08 Aug 2025 - 12:12 pm
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Thousands evacuated as wildfire spreads north of Los Angeles 08 Aug 2025 - 11:57 am
A firefighter battles flames from the Canyon Fire on August 7, 2025 in Castaic, California. Photo by Eric Thayer / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP
13 killed, 23 injured in traffic accident in east Sudan 08 Aug 2025 - 01:00 am
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US to rewrite its past national climate reports 08 Aug 2025 - 12:03 am
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UAE, Russian presidents discuss regional, international issues 07 Aug 2025 - 11:26 pm
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Nearly 100,000 struck with cholera in Sudan: WHO 07 Aug 2025 - 11:17 pm
File: Sudanese people sell goods at an open market in the East Nile district of Khartoum on May 19, 2025. (Photo by Ebrahim Hamid / AFP)
Influx of Afghan returnees fuels Kabul housing crisis 07 Aug 2025 - 10:48 pm
In this photograph taken on August 3, 2025, a general view shows the residential houses on a hillside in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar / AFP)
World’s top rice buyer Philippines halts imports for 60 days 07 Aug 2025 - 10:09 pm
Rice terraces in Banaue, Ifugao province, the Philippines. (Photo by Lisa Marie David/Bloomberg)
Four new deaths in 24 hrs due to famine, malnutrition in Gaza 07 Aug 2025 - 09:31 pm
Hidaya, a 31-year-old Palestinian mother, carries her 18-month-old sick son who is also displaying signs of malnutrition, inside their tent at the Al-Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City, on July 24, 2025. (Photo by Omar Al-Qattaa / AFP)
ASEAN affirms keenness to enhance political, economic cooperation with Qatar 07 Aug 2025 - 09:21 pm
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