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Hundreds of millions in Asia celebrate Year of the Snake 29 Jan 2025 - 09:15 pm
Performers create sparks with molten steel at a Lunar New Year lantern festival in Nantong, in China's eastern Jiangsu province on January 27, 2025. The Year of the Snake begins on January 29. (Photo by AFP)
Philippines and New Zealand in talks for defence pact 29 Jan 2025 - 08:12 pm
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Rohingya refugees blocked from landing on Indonesia beach 29 Jan 2025 - 04:08 pm
People gather around a boat carrying newly-arrived Rohingya refugees at Leuge Beach in Indonesia's Aceh province on January 29, 2025. (Photo by Cek MAD / AFP)
South Korea airplane fire leaves seven injured 29 Jan 2025 - 02:16 pm
Firefighters work to extinguish a fire that broke out on an Air Busan passenger plane bound for Hong Kong, at Gimhae International Airport in Busan on January 28, 2025. Photo by YONHAP / AFP
15 dead in stampede at India’s religious festival 29 Jan 2025 - 11:19 am
Pilgrims gather at the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers in Prayagraj on January 29, 2025. (Photo by Niharika Kulkarni / AFP)
S. Korean passenger plane catches fire, 176 people evacuated 28 Jan 2025 - 07:33 pm
Fire authorities work to extinguish a fire that broke out on an Air Busan passenger plane at Gimhae International Airport in Busan on January 28, 2025. Photo by YONHAP / AFP
Fast-moving fires torch national parks in southeast Australia 28 Jan 2025 - 02:35 pm
A handout photo from VicEmergency/state control centre taken and released on January 27, 2025 shows a fire truck arriving to battle bushfires in Little Desert National Park in the Australian state of Victoria. (Photo by Handout / VicEmergency/state control centre / AFP)
Japanese truck driver stuck in sinkhole 28 Jan 2025 - 12:55 pm
Firefighters work to rescue a truck driver after his vehicle was swallowed up by a sinkhole at a prefectural road intersection, in the city of Yashio, Saitama Prefecture on January 28, 2025. Photo by JIJI Press / AFP
Nepal resumes rescue helicopter flights to Mount Everest 28 Jan 2025 - 11:55 am
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India says agreed with China to resume direct flights after 5 years 27 Jan 2025 - 05:53 pm
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China urges US to stop politicisation of COVID-19 origins-tracing 27 Jan 2025 - 05:42 pm
File photo: People walk on a street in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province, on January 21, 2023. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)
Bird feathers and bloodstains found in Jeju jet engines: report 27 Jan 2025 - 04:22 pm
Firefighters and recovery teams work at the scene where a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 series aircraft crashed and burst into flames at Muan International Airport in Muan, some 288 kilometres southwest of Seoul on December 30, 2024. Photo by JUNG YEON-JE / AFP
Chinese lion dance troupe shrugs off patriarchal past 27 Jan 2025 - 03:36 pm
Lin Xinmeng (C) holding a female lion dancer during a practice session at an ancestral temple in Shantou, in southern China's Guangdong province. (Photo by Jade Gao / AFP)
Western France put on high flood alert after storm 'Herminia' 27 Jan 2025 - 02:13 pm
This photograph shows cars in a street following exceptional floodin of the Ille river in Rennes, western France on January 27, 2025. (Photo by Damien Meyer / AFP)
Singapore to trial self-driving public buses from mid-2026 27 Jan 2025 - 01:38 pm
People walk as a cruise boat moves along the water at Marina Bay in Singapore on January 27, 2025. (Photo by Roslan RAHMAN and ROSLAN RAHMAN / AFP)
Japan police arrest man over train station stabbing 27 Jan 2025 - 12:13 am
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Thailand detains British husband in 'Lady of the Hills' mystery 26 Jan 2025 - 02:42 pm
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In Photos: India shows military might and diversity at Republic Day parade 26 Jan 2025 - 02:26 pm
A soldier salutes next to an Akash missile system during country's 76th Republic Day parade in New Delhi on January 26, 2025. (Photo by Sajjad Hussain / AFP)

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