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World / Asia

Indonesia economic growth hit by lagging exports 06 Nov 2023 - 01:05 pm
People gather in the park of the National Monument (Monas) in Jakarta on August 6, 2023. Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP
Bangladesh must play World Cup game under heavy pollution, says coach 05 Nov 2023 - 05:47 pm
Workers spray water onto a lawn amid heavy smoggy conditions in New Delhi on November 5, 2023. Authorities in the smog-ridden Indian capital New Delhi on November 5 extended an emergency schools closure by a week, with no signs of improvement in the megacity's choking levels of pollution. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP)
Rescue efforts called off after Nepal quake 05 Nov 2023 - 02:29 pm
Survivors of a recent earthquake, rest under an open sky near a damaged house, in the early hours of Rukum district on November 5, 2023. Photo by Prakash MATHEMA / AFP
Smog-ridden New Delhi extends schools shutdown 05 Nov 2023 - 02:17 pm
Commuters make their way near India's presidential palace Rashtrapati Bhavan amid heavy smoggy conditions in New Delhi on November 5, 2023. Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP
Radio broadcaster killed in the Philippines: police 05 Nov 2023 - 10:08 am
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Pakistani troops kill 9, foil attack on an airbase in eastern Punjab province 04 Nov 2023 - 12:28 pm
Peninsula
Quake shakes northwest Nepal, killing at least 128; officials fear toll to rise 04 Nov 2023 - 08:18 am
Survivors are seen at a corridor of the Jajarkot district hospital in the aftermath of an earthquake in Jajarkot on November 4, 2023. (Photo by Balkumar Sharma / AFP)
Philippines, Japan announce negotiations for key defence pact 03 Nov 2023 - 05:46 pm
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (right) shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila on November 3, 2023. (Photo by Aaron Favila / POOL / AFP)
Philippines appoints fishing tycoon to top agriculture post 03 Nov 2023 - 12:57 pm
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Schools shut as toxic smog engulfs India's capital 03 Nov 2023 - 12:53 pm
Commuters make their way along a road amid heavy smog conditions in of Amritsar on November 3, 2023. Photo by Narinder NANU / AFP
Students ordered to wear masks in smog-hit Lahore 02 Nov 2023 - 05:08 pm
Students wearing facemasks arrive at a school in Lahore on November 2, 2023, following Punjab's government announcement to use facemasks due to severe smoggy conditions. (Photo by Arif Ali / AFP)
Australian woman charged with murder over mushroom meal deaths 02 Nov 2023 - 02:47 pm
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'Babies are suffering': Afghans fear for kids at crowded border crossing 01 Nov 2023 - 08:07 pm
Afghan children refugees arrive on trucks from Pakistan at the Afghanistan-Pakistan Torkham border in Nangarhar province on November 1, 2023. (Photo by Wakil KOHSAR / AFP)
Bangladesh garment workers block roads in fair wage protest 01 Nov 2023 - 04:38 pm
Garment workers block roads as they take part in a protest in Dhaka on November 1, 2023. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman / AFP)
Japan train hits bear, stranding passengers overnight 01 Nov 2023 - 12:55 pm
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Elderly Japanese hostage taker 'had grudge' with post office 01 Nov 2023 - 12:32 pm
Suspect Tsuneo Suzuki (R), who barricaded himself in a post office, is transferred by a police vehicle in Warabi city, Saitama prefecture on October 31, 2023. Photo by JIJI PRESS / AFP
Tens of thousands of Afghans flee Pakistan as deadline looms 31 Oct 2023 - 05:42 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)
Two Bangladesh activists killed in anti-government protests 31 Oct 2023 - 03:59 pm
Motorists watch as Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) activists set fire on a road as they attempt to block a highway during clashes with the police in Araihazar, some 40km from Dhaka, on October 31, 2023. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman / AFP)