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Air India cancels 85 budget flights after sick leave strike 09 May 2024 - 02:23 pm
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April temperatures in Indonesia hottest for more than four decades 08 May 2024 - 01:40 pm
This photo shows a general view of a traffic jam on a main roads leading into the city center of Jakarta on May 8, 2024 as thin haze of pollution sits over the city's skyline. (Photo by BAY ISMOYO / AFP)
Xi begins Serbia visit on the 25th anniversary of NATO's bombing of the Chinese Embassy 07 May 2024 - 11:32 pm
Photo taken on May 6, 2024, shows Chinese and Serbian flags along the high way trough Belgrade on the eve of the visit of Chinese President to Serbia. (Photo by Andrej ISAKOVIC / AFP)
Malaysia acid-attack footballer needs further surgery 07 May 2024 - 12:10 pm
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Philippines, India placed among most affordable countries: U.S. News   06 May 2024 - 08:37 pm
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India election chiefs warn political parties against AI deepfakes 06 May 2024 - 07:22 pm
Police inspect the poling centre a day before India痴 prime minister Narendra Modi casts his ballot, at Ranip, Ahmedabad on May 6, 2024. Photo by Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP.
Malaysian footballer injured in acid attack: official 06 May 2024 - 04:11 pm
Malaysia's forward #07 Faisal Halim runs with the ball during the Qatar 2023 AFC Asian Cup Group E football match between Bahrain and Malaysia at the Jassim bin Hamad Stadium in Doha on January 20, 2024. Photo by KARIM JAAFAR / AFP
Philippines won't use water cannon on Chinese ships: Marcos 06 May 2024 - 11:56 am
(Files) This photo taken on March 5, 2024 shows China Coast Guard vessels deploying water cannons at the Philippine military chartered Unaizah May 4 (R) during its supply mission to Second Thomas Shoal in disputed waters of the South China Sea. (Photo by Jam Sta Rosa / AFP)
Death toll rises to 14 in rainstorms, flooding in Afghanistan 05 May 2024 - 04:38 pm
An Afghan woman cleans the courtyard of her house covered in wet mud following flash floods in Herat on May 5, 2024. Photo by Mohsen KARIMI / AFP.
Rescuers brave Indonesia volcano eruptions to save pets 05 May 2024 - 11:38 am
A volunteer carries a cat in a cage as they bring back animals from the abandond area at the foot of Mount Ruang volcano (background) on Tagulandang Island in Sitaro, North Sulawesi, on May 4, 2024. (Photo by Ronny Adolof Buol / AFP)
'Radicalised' 16-year-old shot dead by police in Australia 05 May 2024 - 08:45 am
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Japan seeks Sri Lanka recovery for regional stability 04 May 2024 - 06:44 pm
Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister Ali Sabry (R) shakes hands with Japan's foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa after a joint press conference in Colombo on May 4, 2024. (Photo by Ishara S.KODIKARA / AFP)
Chinese driver hailed for heroic efforts amid highway collapse tragedy 04 May 2024 - 01:42 pm
This photo taken on May 1, 2024 shows an aerial view of a collapsed section of a highway near Meizhou, in southern China痴 Guangdong province. (Photo by CNS / CNS / AFP)
Pakistan records 'wettest April' in more than 60 years: weather agency 04 May 2024 - 12:58 pm
A displaced family carry their belongings to tents at a makeshift camp after fleeing from their flood hit homes following heavy rains in Charsadda district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on April 17, 2024. (Photo by Abdul Majeed/ AFP)
Heatwave hammers Thailand's stinky but lucrative durian farms 04 May 2024 - 10:53 am
This photo taken on May 1, 2024 shows baskets of durians for sale at Wat Si Muang temple in Thailand's eastern Chanthaburi province. (Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha / AFP)
India opposition social media chief arrested over doctored video 04 May 2024 - 10:37 am
(Files) India's Home Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Amit Shah gestures as he speaks during a BJP public meeting in Varanasi on April 24, 2024. (Photo by Niharika Kulkarni / AFP)
15 dead in Indonesia landslides, floods: disaster agency 04 May 2024 - 09:26 am
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Biden's description of Japan as xenophobic is 'unfortunate': Tokyo 04 May 2024 - 08:39 am
US President Joe Biden waves as he walks to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on May 3, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/ AFP)