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Bangladesh govt says will not ban ousted PM Hasina's party 21 Mar 2025 - 03:30 pm
File photo of Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, the de facto leader of the Bangladeshi caretaker government / AFP
Flights cancelled, thousands evacuated after Indonesia volcano eruption 21 Mar 2025 - 02:34 pm
Passengers look at an electronic board displaying cancelled flights at the Ngurah Rai International Airport in Tuban near Denpasar on Indonesia's resort island of Bali on March 21, 2025, after Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki volcano in the archipelago nation's east erupted, shooting dark ash eight kilometres into the sky. (Photo by SONNY TUMBELAKA / AFP)
Robots to retrieve radioactive sandbags at Fukushima plant 21 Mar 2025 - 02:18 pm
This aerial picture shows storage tanks (bottom) used for storing treated water at TEPCO's crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Okuma, Fukushima prefecture on August 24, 2023. (Photo by JIJI PRESS / AFP)
Philippine rescuers find German, British hikers, 4 still missing 21 Mar 2025 - 01:36 pm
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Europe games industry on edge as 'Assassin's Creed' hits shelves 20 Mar 2025 - 04:51 pm
Campaign posters of the video game
New 'Assassin's Creed' game criticised in Japan parliament 20 Mar 2025 - 04:45 pm
Visitors wait in line to play the
Sri Lanka govt faces popularity test with local polls 20 Mar 2025 - 01:15 pm
File photo used for representational purposes.
Plastic art installations as Indonesia seeks to convert waste into energy 19 Mar 2025 - 09:13 pm
People install plastic garbage to an art installation in Gresik Regency, East Java, Indonesia, on March 19, 2025. (Photo by Sahlan Kurniawan/Xinhua)
Pakistan launches spring tree plantation drive to improve environment quality 19 Mar 2025 - 08:14 pm
This photo taken on March 19, 2025 shows the spring scenery in Islamabad, Pakistan. (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)
'Bring him home': Philippines migrant workers grapple with Duterte fallout 19 Mar 2025 - 07:33 pm
Filipino migrant workers turn on their phone flashlights and place them in a circle around a clenched fist symbol to express support for former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte, at Repulse Bay in Hong Kong on March 16, 2025. (Photo by Purple Romero / AFP)
Hong Kong passes cybersecurity law for 'critical infrastructure' 19 Mar 2025 - 02:55 pm
Pedestrians walk along a street in Hong Kong on March 19, 2025. (Photo by Peter PARKS / AFP)
PM calls for coordinated efforts to eradicate Hepatitis C in Pakistan 18 Mar 2025 - 08:21 pm
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Vietnam to slash provinces as cost-cutting drive expands 18 Mar 2025 - 04:03 pm
Workers plant flowers along a street in Hanoi on March 18, 2025. (Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP)
Kazakhstan revives Nowruz, issues new format 18 Mar 2025 - 03:24 pm
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'We will preserve them': saving Cambodia's crocodiles 18 Mar 2025 - 11:28 am
This handout photo taken on March 2, 2025 and released on March 18 by conservation group Fauna and Flora shows government officials preparing to release a Siamese crocodile in the water in Virachey National Park at Ta Veng district in Ratanakiri province. (Photo by Pablo Sinovas / Fauna and Flora / AFP)
80% of WHO-supported facilities in Afghanistan could shutdown by June 17 Mar 2025 - 10:31 pm
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Thai authorities arrest UK man for 25 year visa overstay 17 Mar 2025 - 10:19 pm
Photo for representational purposes only. Pic source: Unsplash.
Sri Lanka adjusts train timings to tackle elephant deaths 17 Mar 2025 - 09:50 pm
Elephants return to the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage after taking their daily bath in a river in Pinnawala on February 16, 2025. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)