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Long-serving Cambodian leader Hun Sen hints at retirement 14 Mar 2023 - 06:13 pm
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Pakistan police, ex-PM Khan supporters scuffle near his home 14 Mar 2023 - 05:27 pm
Riot police fire teargas shells to push back supporters of former prime minister Imran Khan gathered outside Khan's house to prevent officers from arresting him, in Lahore on March 14, 2023. (Photo by Arif Ali / AFP)
Bling and beamers: Pakistan politicians' gift trove revealed 14 Mar 2023 - 03:06 pm
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Ship with no permit causes ‘nightmare’ Philippine oil spill 14 Mar 2023 - 12:38 pm
This handout photo taken on March 8, 2023 and released by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) shows coast guard personnel and volunteers collecting debris covered with oil during a clean-up along the coast in Pola, Oriental Mindoro Province, days after an oil spill from a sunken tanker. (Photo by Handout / Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) / AFP)
China to reopen to tourists, resume all visas Wednesday 14 Mar 2023 - 12:07 pm
Passengers walk through the arrivals hall for international flights at the Capital International Airport in Beijing on March 14, 2023. Photo by Jade GAO / AFP
Record early start again for Tokyo's cherry blossoms 14 Mar 2023 - 11:19 am
A young woman takes a photo of a doll as people come out to Ueno Park to see the early cherry blossoms in Tokyo on March 14, 2023. Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP
China to restart broad visa approvals, halted over pandemic 14 Mar 2023 - 12:00 am
This aerial photo taken on March 10, 2023 shows the Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province. (AFP)
Pakistan's ex-PM Khan leads rally, ignores arrest warrants 13 Mar 2023 - 09:04 pm
Security personnel and supporters escort a vehicle carrying Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan during an election campaign rally for Punjab's provincial assembly to be held next month, in Lahore on March 13, 2023.  (Photo by Arif ALI / AFP)
Nepal's new president sworn in as PM fights to stay in power 13 Mar 2023 - 05:24 pm
Nepal's newly elected President Ram Chandra Poudel (second left) takes oath of office at the presidential house in Kathmandu on March 13, 2023. (Photo by Dipesh Shrestha / AFP)
Mum and Malaysia celebrate Yeoh's Oscar win 13 Mar 2023 - 02:08 pm
Janet Yeoh (centre R), mother of actress Michelle Yeoh, celebrates after her daughter won the award for Best Actress in a Leading Role at the 95th Academy Awards in Los Angeles, at an event in Kuala Lumpur on March 13, 2023. (Photo by Arif Kartono / AFP)
Masks stay put in Japan as 3-year request to wear them ends 13 Mar 2023 - 01:41 pm
Commuters walk on a street in Shinjuku district of Tokyo on March 13, 2023 on the first day of reduced mask requirements. Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP
Tourist paradise Palawan prepares to tackle oil spill with human hair, old clothes 13 Mar 2023 - 12:17 pm
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Doha-bound IndiGo flight makes emergency landing at Karachi 13 Mar 2023 - 11:18 am
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Cheetahs back in wild in India after seven decades 12 Mar 2023 - 03:21 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
Hong Kong hands jail terms to Tiananmen vigil organisers 11 Mar 2023 - 07:06 pm
Elizabeth Tang Yin-ngor (right), secretary-general of the International Domestic Workers Federation, speaks to the media as she leaves the Wan Chai police headquarters in Hong Kong on March 11, 2023 after posting bail following her arrest on March 9, 2023 on suspicion of
Landmine blast kills 2, injures 1 in SW Pakistan 11 Mar 2023 - 06:58 pm
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Japan mourns tsunami and Fukushima disaster as nuclear support grows 11 Mar 2023 - 02:59 pm
People attend a vigil with lanterns to mark the 12th anniversary of 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster, in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture on March 11, 2023. (Photo by JIJI PRESS / AFP)
Indonesia's Merapi volcano erupts, covers villages in ash 11 Mar 2023 - 01:10 pm
Thick smoke rises during an eruption from Mount Merapi, Indonesia痴 most active volcano, as seen from Tunggularum village in Sleman on March 11, 2023. (Photo by Devi Rahman / AFP)