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World / Asia

Vietnamese President resigns amid anti-graft campaign 21 Mar 2024 - 09:40 am
Vietnam’s President Vo Van Thuong addresses a meeting with Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi on January 12, 2024.   (AFP)
As Myanmar's army faces setbacks, it is stepping up attacks on civilians, a UN expert warns 20 Mar 2024 - 08:22 pm
This picture shows the entrance to the family house of detained Myanmar civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Yangon on March 20, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
Indonesia's Prabowo Subianto wins presidency: elections commission 20 Mar 2024 - 06:36 pm
Supporters participate in an event of presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto and vice presidential candidate Gibran Rakabuming Raka at the Tennis Indoor Stadium Senayan in Jakarta on March 20, 2024. (Photo by Adek Berry / AFP)
Pakistan gets draft approval for $1.1 billion IMF payout 20 Mar 2024 - 05:48 pm
File: People buy vegetable at a market in Islamabad on February 3, 2023. - Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said February 3 the government would have to agree to IMF bailout conditions that are
Afghan schools restart, with girls barred for third year running 20 Mar 2024 - 04:06 pm
Afghan primary school girls arrive for their first class following the start of the new academic year, at a school in Fayzabad district, Badakhshan province on March 20, 2024. Schools in Afghanistan opened for the new academic year on March 20, the education ministry said, with girls banned from joining secondary-level classes for the third year in a row. Photo Credit: OMER ABRAR / AFP.
Vietnamese president resigns amid major graft purge 20 Mar 2024 - 03:33 pm
Vietnam's President Vo Van Thuong arrives for the leaders and spouses dinner during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' Week at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco, California, on November 16, 2023. Photo Credit: JOSH EDELSON / AFP.
Eight dead after S. Korean tanker capsizes off Japan 20 Mar 2024 - 01:30 pm
Peninsula
Seoul allocates new medical school slots despite doctors' strike 20 Mar 2024 - 01:03 pm
Medical workers walk outside a hospital in Seoul on March 19, 2024. Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP
Blast in southwest Pakistan coalmine killed 12 miners, 8 miners rescued in operation 20 Mar 2024 - 11:14 am
This handout photograph taken on March 20, 2024 and released by pakistan Mines and Minerals Development Department Balochistan shows miners gathered outside a collapsed mine as rescue personnel conduct a search operation for trapped workers in the mining region of Khost at Harnai district, Balochistan province. (Photo by MINES AND MINERALS DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT BALOCHISTAN / AFP)
No explosives found at Seoul stadium after bomb threat against Ohtani 20 Mar 2024 - 10:48 am
Fans of Los Angeles Dodgers player Shohei Ohtani pose for photos in front of the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on March 20, 2024, ahead of the 2024 MLB Seoul Series baseball game between Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)
Pakistan to launch fresh Afghan deportations 19 Mar 2024 - 07:25 pm
Afghan refugees arrive in trucks from Pakistan at the Afghanistan-Pakistan Torkham border in Nangarhar province on October 30, 2023. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar / AFP)
Blinken says US stands by 'ironclad' commitments to defend Philippines 19 Mar 2024 - 05:15 pm
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (left) attends a meeting with Philippines' President Ferdinand Marcos Jr (right) at Malacanang Palace in Manila on March 19, 2024. (Photo by Evelyn Hockstein / POOL / AFP)
Hong Kong legislature passes new national security law 19 Mar 2024 - 03:58 pm
Chief Executive John Lee speaks to the media in the Legislative Council building after the passing of the Article 23 National Security Law in Hong Kong on March 19, 2024. Photo Credit: Peter PARKS / AFP.
Bank of Japan hikes rates for first time since 2007 19 Mar 2024 - 01:21 pm
Bank of Japan (BoJ) governor Kazuo Ueda speaks during a press conference after a two-day monetary policy meeting at the BOJ headquarters in Tokyo on March 19, 2024. Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP
Bank of Japan expected to end negative rates 19 Mar 2024 - 12:07 am
A general view shows Japan's highest mountain, Mt. Fuji (3,776m or 12,388 feet) and skyscrapers in Tokyo's Shinjuku area at sunset on March 18, 2024. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP)
South Korea, US reaffirm commitment to complete North Korea's denuclearization 18 Mar 2024 - 06:03 pm
Peninsula
EU and Philippines relaunch free trade talks 18 Mar 2024 - 04:44 pm
File: Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
Ohtani fever hits South Korea as Dodgers light up Seoul 18 Mar 2024 - 03:18 pm
People walk past an advertisement with a picture of Shohei Ohtani in Tokyo on March 17, 2024. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP)