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More heavy snow expected in Japan after 800 vehicles trapped on expressway 25 Jan 2024 - 11:39 am
A woman walks on the street as it snows in Kyoto on January 25, 2024. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)
Sri Lanka passes tough social media law 24 Jan 2024 - 03:51 pm
A blindfolded activist with a rope tied around his wrists and covered with logos of different social media platforms takes part in a protest against the proposed 'Online Safety Bill' on January 24, 2024. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara / AFP)
China fire death toll rises to 39: state media 24 Jan 2024 - 03:37 pm
Peninsula
Philippines bars entry of 3,359 foreigners in 2023 24 Jan 2024 - 01:22 pm
People are seen inside a shopping mall in Quezon City, the Philippines, Jan. 12, 2024. Xinhua/Rouelle Umali
Toll in southwest China landslide rises to 34 24 Jan 2024 - 01:01 pm
Rescue workers search for missing victims at a landslide site in southwestern China's Yunnan province on January 23, 2024. (Photo by CNS / AFP)
Thousands lose $16 mn in Singapore 'fake friend' scams 24 Jan 2024 - 11:07 am
In this file photo taken on April 24, 2023 people walk across Jubilee Bridge at Marina Bay in Singapore. Photo by Roslan RAHMAN / AFP
'Very strong' 7.1 magnitude quake in western China kills 3, collapses 47 homes 23 Jan 2024 - 10:12 pm
Local residents rest at a temporary shelter after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake strikes Wushi County, Aksu prefecture, in China痴 northwestern Xinjiang region on January 23, 2024. (Photo by CNS / AFP) / China Out
This is Philippine territory—go away, says Filipino fisherman to China's coast guard 23 Jan 2024 - 08:21 pm
File: Handout photo taken and released on December 10, 2023 shows a China Coast Guard vessel using water cannon against the M/L Kalayaan chartered supply boat during a mission to deliver provisions at Second Thomas Shoal in disputed waters of the South China Sea. (Photo by Handout / Philippine Coast Guard / AFP)
Twenty dead in southwest China landslide 23 Jan 2024 - 12:02 pm
Rescue personnel search for missing victims following a landslide in Liangshui village at Zhaotong, in southwestern China's Yunnan province on January 22, 2024. Photo by AFP
Pakistani father kills son over political party flag 23 Jan 2024 - 11:33 am
Paramilitary personnel patrolling a street ride a vehicle in Islamabad on January 22, 2024. (Photo by Farooq Naeem / AFP)
Race to find dozens trapped in southwest China landslide 23 Jan 2024 - 09:08 am
This picture taken on January 22, 2024 shows Chinese military police and rescue workers searching for missing victims at a landslide site in Liangshui village in Zhaotong, in southwestern China's Yunnan province. Photo by AFP
As France woos India, its ex-colony recalls the past 23 Jan 2024 - 07:55 am
This aerial photograph taken on January 18, 2024 shows the old French quarter known as
Half a million Afghans return from Pakistan: IOM 22 Jan 2024 - 10:35 pm
This photo taken on November 23, 2023 shows Afghan refugee on a truck after visiting the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Azakhel Voluntary Repatriation Centre in Nowshera. More than 345,000 Afghans have returned to their country or been deported since Pakistan in October ordered undocumented migrants or those who have overstayed their visas to leave. (Photo by Farooq Naeem / AFP)
Iran, Pakistan envoys to resume duties after tensions over deadly strikes 22 Jan 2024 - 09:45 pm
File: In this handout photograph taken and released by the Pakistan's Press Information Department (PID) on January 19, 2024, Pakistan's Prime Minister Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar (2ndR) chairs a National Security Committee meeting along with armed forces chiefs and other government officials in Islamabad. Pakistan and Iran
47 buried in southwest China landslide 22 Jan 2024 - 07:50 am
Peninsula
Seoul police chief charged over deadly Halloween crush 21 Jan 2024 - 04:11 pm
A bystander attaches a handwritten note next to others left on a wall in an alleyway in Seoul late October 28, 2023, which was the site of the October 29, 2022, tragic crowd crush that killed 159 people during Halloween celebrations, in Seoul's popular Itaewon nightlife area. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP)
Investigation under way after China school fire kills 13 21 Jan 2024 - 12:07 pm
Broken windows are seen at the Yngcai school, where 13 children died in a fire, in Yanshanpu, village in China痴 central Henan province on January 21, 2024. Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP
Pakistan internet disrupted again during opposition web broadcast 20 Jan 2024 - 06:36 pm
File photo: Karachi, Pakistan