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Sri Lanka launches national program to eradicate rural poverty 04 Jul 2025 - 07:25 pm
Sri Lankan flag. File photo for representational.
Escaped lion attacks woman and children in Pakistan street 04 Jul 2025 - 04:13 pm
File photo for representational purposes only.
Malaysia to retain digital infrastructure lead in Southeast Asia: BMI 04 Jul 2025 - 03:55 pm
Kuala Lumpur skyline. File photo for representational purposes only.
Woman dies in apparent bear attack at home in northeastern Japan 04 Jul 2025 - 03:52 pm
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Indonesian rescuers widen search for missing after ferry sinks 04 Jul 2025 - 03:06 pm
Rescuers search for missing victims of a ferry accident in the waters off the Bali Strait in Jembrana, Bali, on July 4, 2025. Photo by Dicky Bisinglasi / AFP
India monsoon season death toll hits 69 after floods, landslides 04 Jul 2025 - 12:30 pm
A general view of McLeod Ganj on a rainy day on July 3, 2025. (Photo by Niharika KULKARNI / AFP)
At least five dead in Pakistan building collapse: police 04 Jul 2025 - 12:18 pm
Rescuers search for victims in the rubble of a collapsed five-storey residential building in Karachi on July 4, 2025. (Photo by Rizwan TABASSUM / AFP)
Six killed, 30 missing in ferry sinking near Bali, Indonesia 03 Jul 2025 - 07:38 pm
The survivors of the sunken ferry accident arrive at Ketapang port aboard another ferry in Banyuwangi, East Java, on July 3, 2025, after being rescued and evacuated to Gilimanuk Port in Bali. Photo by AFP.
6 dead, 30 missing after ferry sinks on way to Indonesia's Bali 03 Jul 2025 - 06:49 pm
Family members and relatives wait for updates on the search operation of at least 61 people who were missing after a ferry sank off the popular Indonesian resort island of Bali, at Ketapang Port in Banyuwangi, East Java on July 3, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
Japan plans 'world first' deep-sea mineral extraction 03 Jul 2025 - 12:48 pm
(Files) Japan's deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu is seen anchored at a pier in Shimizu port, Shizuoka prefecture on September 11, 2013. (Photo by Toshifumi Kitamura / AFP)
Japan urges evacuation of small island as 1,000 quakes hit region 03 Jul 2025 - 12:37 pm
Peninsula
Pakistan flash floods, heavy rain kill 64 in a week: govt 02 Jul 2025 - 03:33 pm
Peninsula
India chemical factory blast toll rises to 40 02 Jul 2025 - 02:20 pm
Peninsula
Japan updates 'megaquake' preparedness plan 02 Jul 2025 - 01:34 pm
People walk through Shibuya area in Tokyo on November 15, 2024. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP)
China's Alibaba launches e-commerce subsidies of $7 bn in consumption boost 02 Jul 2025 - 12:19 pm
This file photo taken on May 27, 2022 shows staff members walking past the logo of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba at its headquarters in Hangzhou, in China's eastern Zhejiang province. Photo by AFP
Pakistan, India exchange lists of prisoners 01 Jul 2025 - 06:30 pm
Peninsula
Japan had hottest June on record: weather agency 01 Jul 2025 - 03:40 pm
Pedestrians use an umbrella to shelter from the sun as they walk past a digital display (behind) showing a late morning temperature at 34 Centigrade (93.2 F) in the Ginza area of central Tokyo on July 1, 2025. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP)
Indian capital bans fuel for old cars in anti-pollution bid 01 Jul 2025 - 01:49 pm
A traffic police personnel and a fuel attendant stand near a notice announcing the ban on refuelling petrol cars older than 15 years and diesel vehicles older than 10 years, displayed at a gas station in New Delhi on July 1, 2025. Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP