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Pakistan inflation hits 48-year high as IMF visits 01 Feb 2023 - 05:28 pm
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Pakistan police detain 23 suspects after deadly mosque blast 01 Feb 2023 - 05:21 pm
Police officers chant slogans as they protest to condemn the suicide blast in a mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan February 1, 2023. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz
Japan trading house says workers can be YouTubers to top up $100,000 salaries 01 Feb 2023 - 02:56 pm
Men walk past in front of an electric screen showing Japan's Nikkei share average outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, August 5, 2019. File Photo: REUTERS/Issei Kato
Myanmar streets empty in protest on coup anniversary 01 Feb 2023 - 02:48 pm
People walk past on a bridge an almost empty street during a
Magnitude 6 earthquake hits Mindanao, Philippines - EMSC 01 Feb 2023 - 02:35 pm
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Suspects arrested over Pakistan mosque blast, police focus on how bomber got in 01 Feb 2023 - 12:59 pm
Relatives and police officials pray for a police officer Irfan Khan who was killed in a mosque suicide blast inside the police headquarters, during a condolence meeting at his residence in Peshawar on February 1, 2023. - A suicide blast at a mosque inside a Pakistan police headquarters was a targeted revenge attack, a police chief said, as rescue efforts ended with the death toll standing at 100. (Photo by Abdul MAJEED / AFP)
NATO chief hails Japan plans to expand defence spending 01 Feb 2023 - 12:11 pm
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg gestures as he answers questions during a visit and presentation at Keio University in Tokyo on February 1, 2023. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP)
Indonesian residents file climate case against Holcim in Swiss court 01 Feb 2023 - 10:58 am
A woman walks home after fishing at a beach in Peukan Bada in Indonesia's Aceh province on February 1, 2023. (Photo by CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN / AFP)
Clouds of smoke off Vanuatu coast as volcano rumbles into life 01 Feb 2023 - 10:43 am
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Missing radioactive capsule found in Western Australia 01 Feb 2023 - 10:39 am
A handout image shows Department of Fire and Emergency Services crew searching for a radioactive capsule, in Australia in this picture obtained on January 28, 2023. AAP Image/Department Of Fire And Emergency Services/Handout via Reuters
India to ramp up spending, cut deficit in last full budget ahead of 2024 vote 01 Feb 2023 - 10:10 am
India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman holds up a folder with the Government of India's logo as she leaves her office to present the federal budget in the parliament, in New Delhi, India, February 1, 2023. Reuters/Adnan Abidi
US hits Myanmar with new sanctions on coup 2nd anniversary 31 Jan 2023 - 09:27 pm
In this file handout photo taken on May 24, 2021 and released by Myanmar's Ministry of Information on May 26 shows detained civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi (left) and detained president Win Myint during their first court appearance in Naypyidaw, since the military detained them in a coup on February 1. ( Handout / Myanmar Ministry of Information / AFP)
Death toll from Pakistan boat capsize jumps to 51 31 Jan 2023 - 06:15 pm
People and rescue workers gather after a boat carrying religious school students capsized in Tanda lake in Kohat, Pakistan, January 29, 2023. (REUTERS)
Bangladesh secures $4.7 billion from IMF as other South Asian countries see delays 31 Jan 2023 - 06:08 pm
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Air India passenger bailed after 'peegate' incident 31 Jan 2023 - 05:38 pm
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Beijing has hit 'temporary herd immunity': official 31 Jan 2023 - 04:58 pm
Customers shop ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year at an outdoor market in Beijing, China on January 13, 2023. File Photo / Reuters
Bangladesh orders 191 'anti-state' news sites blocked 31 Jan 2023 - 03:29 pm
Vehicles are stuck in traffic in the afternoon in Dhaka, Bangladesh, June 8, 2022. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain
Pakistan mosque blast that killed 95 was 'revenge against police' 31 Jan 2023 - 02:04 pm
This handout picture taken on January 30, 2023 and released by the Pakistan's Police Department shows Pakistan's security officials gather to attend funeral prayers for police officers who were killed in a mosque blast inside the police headquarters in Peshawar. - Police were among 61 people killed and 150 wounded in a blast at a mosque inside a highly sensitive Pakistan police headquarters on January 30, prompting the government to put the country on high alert. (Photo by Handout / Pakistan's Police Department / AFP)