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Philippines braces for first storm of 2023 that may hit capital 12 Apr 2023 - 12:56 pm
File photo used for representation only. Photo by AFP / Charism SAYAT
Japan signs $2.8 billion long-range missile development deals 11 Apr 2023 - 06:18 pm
Peninsula
China to require 'security assessment' for new AI products 11 Apr 2023 - 03:20 pm
A man carrying bags of vegetables walk through an underpass in Beijing on April 11, 2023. (Photo by WANG Zhao / AFP)
1 dead, hundreds flee wildfire in South Korean seaside city 11 Apr 2023 - 12:53 pm
Peninsula
Punching Pooh: Unofficial air force badge all the rage in Taiwan 11 Apr 2023 - 11:48 am
This file handout photo from Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense released on April 9, 2023 shows a Taiwanese air force fighter pilot, seen wearing an embroidered patch on his left shoulder in an undisclosed location in Taiwan. (Photo by Handout / Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense / AFP)
US, Philippines hold largest war drills near disputed waters 11 Apr 2023 - 09:54 am
Philippines exercise director for Balikatan Major General Marvin Licudine (L) speaks while US exercise director and representative for Balikatan US marines Major General Eric Austin (R) listens during a press conference after the opening ceremony of the 'Balikatan' joint military exercise at the military headquarters in Quezon City, suburban Manila on April 11, 2023. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP)
$800 million urgently needed for Afghanistan: UN food agency 10 Apr 2023 - 06:00 pm
An Afghan daily worker sleeps on his wheelbarrow while women walk past at a market in Fayzabad district of Badakhshan province on April 10, 2023. (Photo by OMER ABRAR / AFP)
Taliban ban restaurant gardens for families, women in Herat 10 Apr 2023 - 05:18 pm
An Afghan boy selling balloons talks to a Taliban security personnel along a street in Fayzabad district of Badakhshan province on April 10, 2023. (Photo by OMER ABRAR / AFP)
China military 'ready to fight' after drills near Taiwan 10 Apr 2023 - 04:42 pm
Tourists prepare to go on a boat cruise along the coast of Pingtan island, opposite Taiwan, in China's southeast Fujian province on April 9, 2023. China was conducting a second day of military drills around Taiwan on April 9, in what it has called a
Bomb targeting police kills 4, wounds 15 in Pakistan 10 Apr 2023 - 04:23 pm
Peninsula
Philippines rules out 'offensive actions' on bases US can use 10 Apr 2023 - 11:32 am
Filephoto of President Ferdinand Marcos
Tesla to build battery plant in Shanghai: state media 09 Apr 2023 - 02:55 pm
Peninsula
Taiwanese celebrate freedom in the face of China's war games 09 Apr 2023 - 02:28 pm
People walk past vendors selling kites at Hsinchu fishing port on April 9, 2023. (Photo by Jameson Wu / AFP)
Seven dead in fire near Philippine capital: police 09 Apr 2023 - 02:20 pm
Peninsula
India's tiger population rises above 3,000 09 Apr 2023 - 12:39 pm
Peninsula
Third massive whale in a month beaches itself, dies in Bali 09 Apr 2023 - 10:24 am
Members of an environmental task force team inspect the mouth of a dead whale on a beach in Jembrana, in Indonesia's resort island of Bali. (Photo by DICKY BISINGLASI / AFP)
China launches three days of military drills in Taiwan Strait 08 Apr 2023 - 02:28 pm
A ship sails in the Taiwan Strait, past tourists at a lighthouse on Pingtan island, the closest point to Taiwan, in China's southeast Fujian province on April 8, 2023. (Photo by Greg Baker / AFP)
China applicants make up 95% of Hong Kong talent visa approvals 08 Apr 2023 - 12:08 pm
Hong Kong Skyline file photo