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Philippine construction collapse toll hits four, over dozen missing 25 May 2026 - 05:10 pm
Military personnel with a working dog conduct search and rescue operations at a collapsed building in Angeles City, Pampanga province, north of Manila on May 25, 2026. Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP
Cambodia's Hun Sen pardons detained opposition leader 25 May 2026 - 03:48 pm
Kem Sokha, former leader of the now-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), looks on as he visits his mother on the outskirts of Phnom Penh on May 25, 2026. (Photo by Chhea Bunnarith / AFP)
Around 20 injured after spraying incident in Tokyo mall 25 May 2026 - 01:26 pm
A person is taken on a stretcher to an ambulance by paramedics at the Ginza 6 Shopping Center in Tokyo on May 25, 2026, after an individual allegedly sprayed a substance in the area. (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP)
Sri Lanka begins offering free tourist ETA to nationals of 40 countries 25 May 2026 - 12:32 pm
Peninsula
Dialogue, negotiation right path for Iran situation foreign ministry 25 May 2026 - 12:23 pm
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Xi meets Pakistani PM 25 May 2026 - 11:22 am
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif arrives in Beijing, capital of China, May 24, 2026. (Xinhua/Li Xin)
Dollar declines to lowest level in a week 25 May 2026 - 11:02 am
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17 dead, 10 injured in Pakistan as van hits parked bus 25 May 2026 - 11:00 am
Peninsula
Rubio says Iran deal still possible Monday 25 May 2026 - 08:17 am
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to journalists before boarding his plane at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi on May 25, 2026. (Photo by Julia Demaree Nikhinson / Pool / AFP)
China launches three-crew space flight as part of Moon ambitions 24 May 2026 - 07:10 pm
Astronauts for China's Shenzhou-23 space mission Lai Ka-ying (L), Zhu Yangzhu (C) and Zhang Zhiyuan (R) wave during a press conference before the launch of the mission at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi desert in Jiuquan, in northwestern China's Gansu province on May 23, 2026. (Photo by CNS / AFP)
Bangladesh puts AI in driving seat to tackle terrible traffic 24 May 2026 - 06:00 pm
This photograph taken on May 14, 2026 shows commuters waiting to cross a road amid traffic in Dhaka. Photo by Munir UZ ZAMAN / AFP
Rescuers search for 20 missing after Philippine building collapse 24 May 2026 - 04:22 pm
Rescuers remove metal rubbles as they search for survivors on a collapsed building in Angeles City, Pampanga province, north of Manila on May 24, 2026. Nineteen people are feared trapped after a building under construction near Manila collapsed early on May 24, a local government official said. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP)
Anxious Chinese families await news of missing coal miners 24 May 2026 - 02:29 pm
Drivers wait in rescue vehicles outside the Liushenyu coal mine, where an explosion killed dozens in Qinyuan county, in China痴 northern Shanxi province on May 24, 2026. 
(Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP)
India voices concern on US visas but sees alignment with Rubio 24 May 2026 - 02:25 pm
India's Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar (R) and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio address a joint press conference following their meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on May 24, 2026. (Photo by Julia Demaree Nikhinson / Pool / AFP)
China activates level-IV emergency response for flood control 24 May 2026 - 01:44 pm
An aerial drone photo taken on May 24, 2026 shows rescuers working on site after a heavy rainstorm hit Yongchuan District in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)
Dozens killed in blast targeting train in SW Pakistan: official 24 May 2026 - 10:59 am
A crane lifts a carriage of a train at the site after an explosion that targeted a train in Quetta on May 24, 2026. (Photo by Banaras Khan / AFP)
Shark kills man in Australia's Queensland state: police 24 May 2026 - 09:38 am
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Heatstroke kills 16 in India as temperatures climb 24 May 2026 - 08:45 am
Commuters with their faces covered with cloth ride along a street on a hot summer afternoon in Amritsar on May 23, 2026. (Photo by Narinder NANU / AFP)