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Indonesia foils illegal shipment of nearly 2,000 turtle eggs to Malaysia 18 Jun 2025 - 06:06 pm
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Thousands evacuated as severe flooding hits southern China 18 Jun 2025 - 05:31 pm
A man rides through a flooded street in Zhongshan, in China's southern Guangdong province on June 17, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
More than 200 India plane crash victims identified 18 Jun 2025 - 03:18 pm
Women mourn their relatives killed the previous day after Air India flight 171 crashed in a residential area, whilst waiting outside hospital mortuary in Ahmedabad on June 13, 2025. (Photo by Punit PARANJPE / AFP)
VIDEO: Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki erupts again, forcing evacuations, flight cancellations 18 Jun 2025 - 02:13 pm
This photo provided by Indonesia's Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) shows volcanic materials spewing from Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki at East Flores regency in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, on June 17, 2025. (PVMBG/Handout via Xinhua)
Suspects in Bali murder all Australian, face death penalty: police 18 Jun 2025 - 01:52 pm
Evidence seized from the suspects allegedly involved in the murder of an Australian man at a Bali villa are seen on display during a press conference at the Badung district police station in Badung regency on Indonesia's resort island of Bali on June 18, 2025. Photo by Sonny Tumbelaka / AFP
Heatstroke alerts issued in Japan as temperatures surge 18 Jun 2025 - 12:41 pm
A woman uses an umbrella to shield from the sun as she walks down a street at the Yurakucho district in Tokyo where temperatures have topped 34 degrees Celsius on June 18, 2025. (Photo by Philip Fong / AFP)
Dozens of Bali flights cancelled after Indonesia volcano erupts 18 Jun 2025 - 11:15 am
Passengers look at electronic boards displaying cancelled flights at the Ngurah Rai International Airport in Tuban near Denpasar on June 18, 2025. Sonny Tumbelaka /AFP.
At least 18 dead as rains lash west India state 18 Jun 2025 - 10:40 am
Girls walk along a road at the India Gate as it rains in New Delhi on June 17, 2025. (Photo by Arun Sankar / AFP)
India grants licence to Musk's Starlink 18 Jun 2025 - 08:00 am
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Pakistan posts 1.81 bln USD current account surplus in July-May period 17 Jun 2025 - 07:08 pm
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Indonesia volcano spews colossal ash tower, alert level raised 17 Jun 2025 - 03:04 pm
A villager watches the eruption of Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki as seen from Talibura village in Sikka, East Nusa Tenggara, on June 17, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
Crisis-hit Sri Lanka vows reforms as growth slows 16 Jun 2025 - 08:15 pm
File: A street vendor sells prawns at the Galle Face sea-front promenade in Colombo on March 15, 2024. (Photo by Ishara S Kodikara / AFP)
Bangladesh records 25 new COVID-19 cases, 1 more death 16 Jun 2025 - 08:01 pm
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Scientists track egret's 38-hour flight from Australia to PNG 16 Jun 2025 - 04:04 pm
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Nepal begins commercial power export to Bangladesh 16 Jun 2025 - 01:41 pm
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VIDEO: 2 killed, 32 injured as bridge collapses in India's Maharashtra 15 Jun 2025 - 06:46 pm
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Families hold funerals for Air India crash victims 15 Jun 2025 - 10:24 am
Children hold candles as they pray for the deceased killed in the June 12 Air India flight 171 crash in Ahmedabad, at an orphanage in Chennai on June 14, 2025. Photo by R.Satish BABU / AFP.
Toddler among seven killed in India chopper crash 15 Jun 2025 - 10:07 am
This handout photograph taken on June 15, 2025 and released by the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) of India's Uttarakhand state shows smoke billowing from the site of a chopper crash near Gaurikund. (Photo by Uttarakhand's State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) / AFP)