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World / Asia

Bomb kills 1, wounds 5 at press award event in Afghanistan 11 Mar 2023 - 11:50 am
Wounded journalists are shifted on a vehicle to a hospital, in Mazar-i-Sharif on March 11, 2023. (Photo by Atif Aryan / AFP)
Rescuers airlift residents from remote Australia floods 11 Mar 2023 - 10:53 am
This handout photo taken on March 10, 2023 and received on March 11, 2023 from the Queensland Police Service shows an aerial view of the flooded northern Queensland town of Burketown. (Photo by Handout / QUEENSLAND POLICE SERVICE / AFP)
Floods and old trees in Malaysia set to tighten palm oil market 11 Mar 2023 - 08:00 am
Peninsula
Micronesia president accuses China of bribery, 'political warfare' 10 Mar 2023 - 05:36 pm
(FILES) This file photo taken on December 13, 2019 shows Micronesia's President David Panuelo (L) with China's Premier Li Keqiang at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. - Panuelo has accused China of bribery, harassment and
China's Xi handed historic third term as president 10 Mar 2023 - 03:42 pm
China's President Xi Jinping swears under oath after being re-elected as president for a third term during the third plenary session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 10, 2023. (Photo by NOEL CELIS / AFP)
China's Xi set to be handed third term as president 10 Mar 2023 - 12:20 am
In this file photo taken on March 06, 2023 China's President Xi Jinping (bottom) arrives for the second plenary session of the National People's Congress (NPC) with other Chinese leaders at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.  (Photo by Greg Baker / AFP)
Australian PM kicks off India visit with cricket event 09 Mar 2023 - 06:20 pm
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese wave to spectators from atop a float at the Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad on March 9, 2023, before the start of the fourth and final Test cricket match between India and Australia. (Photo by Punit PARANJPE / AFP)
Nepal elects new president amid political uncertainty 09 Mar 2023 - 06:04 pm
Ram Chandra Poudel, a former parliament speaker and senior leader of the opposition Nepali Congress party, was declared winner after five hours of voting.
North Korea fires ballistic missile toward sea, Seoul says 09 Mar 2023 - 05:51 pm
A man walks past a television showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on March 9, 2023. - North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile on March 9, Seoul's military said, Pyongyang's latest show of force just days before South Korea and the United States kick off major joint military exercises. (Photo by Anthony WALLACE / AFP)
Malaysia ex-premier Muhyiddin arrested by anti-graft body 09 Mar 2023 - 03:16 pm
prime minister of Malaysia and Perikatan Nasional (PN) chairman Muhyiddin Yassin (C) arrives at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) headquarters to give a statement over allegations that his party misused public funds meant to fight Covid-19 in Putrajaya on March 9, 2023. (Photo by Arif Kartono / AFP)
Wreckage of missing Philippine plane found, all six on board dead 09 Mar 2023 - 01:45 pm
Peninsula
Indonesia landslide death toll rises to 30 09 Mar 2023 - 11:55 am
This handout picture taken on March 8, 2023 and released on March 9, 2023 by ministry of communication and information shows rescue team evacuate the body of a victim that was found buried by a landslide at Pangkalan village, in Natuna Islands. (Photo by Handout / Natuna ministry of communication / AFP)
Dozens sick in Philippine villages hit by oil spill 08 Mar 2023 - 03:14 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)
Pakistani police use water cannon, tear gas on Khan rally 08 Mar 2023 - 02:57 pm
File photo: Imran Khan. Arif Ali/AFP
China unveils new PLA Joint Staff Chief in military succession 07 Mar 2023 - 11:19 pm
China's President Xi Jinping (centre) is applauded as he arrives for the second plenary session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 7, 2023. (Photo by Greg Baker / AFP)
Sri Lanka president says China agrees to restructure loans 07 Mar 2023 - 09:28 pm
Peninsula
Indonesia sends more rescuers as extreme weather hampers search after landslide 07 Mar 2023 - 06:41 pm
This handout photo taken and released on March 7, 2023 by the Natuna ministry of communication and information local office shows a rescue team inspecting damages and searching for victims following landslides in Natuna islands. (Photo by Handout / Natuna ministry of communication / AFP)
Bangladesh building explosion kills at least 14; scores hurt 07 Mar 2023 - 04:38 pm
Emergency personnel shift an injured man to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital in Dhaka on March 7, 2023, following an explosion inside an office building. (AFP)