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Rare delays at Singapore airport due to immigration system issues 31 Mar 2023 - 11:10 am
Trallers arrive at the departure hall in Singapore Changi airport in Singapore on March 31, 2023. Photo by Catherine Lai / AFP
Pakistan ups security as 11 killed in Ramadan food stampedes 30 Mar 2023 - 06:35 pm
Relatives and security officials gather around the coffins of policemen who were killed by a roadside bomb in Lakki Marwat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on March 30, 2023.  (Photo by Marwat AKBAR / AFP)
At least eight dead in India temple collapse 30 Mar 2023 - 02:33 pm
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31 killed after fire rips through Philippine ferry 30 Mar 2023 - 11:20 am
Photo by Handout / Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) / AFP
Bangladesh journalist charged over high food cost article 29 Mar 2023 - 06:24 pm
University students hold placards and shout slogans during a protest demanding the immediate release of journalist Shamsuzzaman Shams, who has been charged under the Digital Security Act, at Dhaka University campus in Dhaka March 29, 2023. (Photo by AFP)
India welcomes four new cheetah cubs, decades after extinction 29 Mar 2023 - 02:41 pm
This handout photograph taken on September 17, 2022 and released by the Indian Press Information Bureau (PIB) shows a wild cheetah being released at Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh state. Photo by PIB / AFP
Philippine fishermen struggle as oil spill keeps them ashore 29 Mar 2023 - 02:29 pm
In this picture taken on March 22, 2023, a fisherman prepares his boat to transport passengers in Pola, Oriental Mindoro province, one of the areas affected by an oil spill from the sunken tanker Princess Empress. Photo by JAM STA ROSA / AFP
Myanmar junta dissolves Suu Kyi party 28 Mar 2023 - 06:37 pm
In this file photo taken on February 15, 2021 a banner featuring Aung San Suu Kyi is displayed as protesters take part in a demonstration against the military coup in front of the National League for Democracy (NLD) office in Yangon.  (Photo by AFP)
India's warm weather plans can't take the heat, report says 28 Mar 2023 - 06:20 pm
A motorist drives past a stack of clay pots which are popularly used to store drinking water during the summer season, at a village on the outskirts of Ahmedabad on March 27, 2023. (Photo by SAM PANTHAKY / AFP)
Founder of Afghan girls' school project arrested in Kabul 28 Mar 2023 - 05:33 pm
In this photograph taken on May 17, 2022, Matiullah Wesa, head of PenPath and advocate for girls' education in Afghanistan, speaks to children during a class next to his mobile library in the Spin Boldak district of Kandahar Province. (Photo by Sanaullah Seiam / AFP)
Indonesia's Anak Krakatoa volcano erupts, belches huge ash tower 28 Mar 2023 - 02:19 pm
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Magnitude 6.1 quake shakes northern Japan: officials 28 Mar 2023 - 01:08 pm
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Philippines to cut contact with International Criminal Court 28 Mar 2023 - 12:26 pm
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Suicide bomber kills 6 people near foreign ministry in Kabul 27 Mar 2023 - 10:06 pm
A Taliban security personnel sits on a humvee armored vehicle near the site of a suicide attack in Kabul on March 27, 2023.   (Photo by Wakil KOHSAR / AFP)
Turkmenistan parliament polls close after controlled vote 26 Mar 2023 - 08:07 pm
Voters receive their ballot papers at a polling station during Turkmenistan's parliamentary elections in the town of Annau, 20 km off the capital Ashgabat, on March 26, 2023. (Photo by Igor SASIN / AFP)
Nepal probes mid-air near collision between two planes 26 Mar 2023 - 07:17 pm
Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal. File photo / AFP
Gandhi vows to keep questioning Modi’s ties with tycoon Adani 25 Mar 2023 - 05:10 pm
Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi speaks during a press conference in New Delhi on March 25, 2023, after being disqualified as a member of parliament. - Gandhi has been disqualified from parliament as a result of his conviction for defamation, a notice from the national legislature said on March 24. (Photo by Money SHARMA / AFP)
Chock, Evans claim ice dance world gold despite slip 25 Mar 2023 - 02:47 pm
Gold medallists USA's Madison Chock and Evan Bates pose during the medals ceremony for the ice dance event during the ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2023 in Saitama on March 25, 2023. (Photo by Philip Fong / AFP)