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Pakistan's old English manners spell youth Scrabble success 03 Mar 2025 - 11:16 am
In this photograph taken on February 16, 2025, Pakistani prodigy Bilal Asher, world under-14 Scrabble champion, competes against professional Scrabble coach Waseem Khatri during an event in Karachi. (Photo by Asif Hassan / AFP)
Japan deploys nearly 1,700 firefighters to tackle forest blaze 03 Mar 2025 - 08:19 am
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Indonesians swindled by scams using President Prabowo deepfakes 03 Mar 2025 - 01:11 am
(FILES) Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto speaks as he attends a press conference with Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim (not pictured) during a meeting in Kuala Lumpuron January 27, 2025. (Photo by HASNOOR HUSSAIN / POOL / AFP)
5.7-magnitude earthquake jolts Indonesia's Seram island 03 Mar 2025 - 01:04 am
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Maldives shuts government offices as record rainfall triggers severe flooding 02 Mar 2025 - 10:29 pm
Maldives' President Mohamed Muizzu looks on after reading the oath during his inauguration ceremony in Male on November 17, 2023. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodokara / AFP)
China's top political advisory body concludes standing committee session 02 Mar 2025 - 10:24 pm
Wang Huning, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), presides over the closing meeting of the 10th session of the Standing Committee of the 14th CPPCC National Committee and delivers a speech at the meeting in Beijing, capital of China, March 2, 2025. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)
Brunei starts Ramadan amid food price stabilization efforts 02 Mar 2025 - 10:19 pm
People buy food for Iftar during the holy month of Ramadan at a market in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, March 2, 2025. (Photo by Haji Norazlan Othman/Xinhua)
Sri Lanka issues severe lightning warning 02 Mar 2025 - 08:13 pm
Citizens take a walk inside the Jaffna Fort in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, on February 23, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Dongshu)
Japan PM touts "cute" Japan at fashion show 02 Mar 2025 - 06:34 pm
Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba stands with Myaku-Myaku, the mascot for the 2025 Osaka World Expo, during a visit to the Tokyo Girls Collection fashion event in the Shibuya district of Tokyo on March 1, 2025. (Photo by Jiji Press / AFP)
Seven dead in India avalanche as survivors recall rescue 02 Mar 2025 - 02:44 pm
In this handout photograph taken on March 1, 2025 and released by the Department of Information and Public Relations (DIPR) Uttarakhand, security personnel carry a victim onto a helicopter during a rescue operation, a day after an avalanche hit a Border Roads Organisation (BRO) construction camp, as workers remain trapped under snow and debris near Mana village in the Chamoli district of India's Uttarakhand state. Photo by Department of Information and Public Relations (DIPR) Uttarakhand / AFP
Pakistani astronaut to enter Chinese space station, first for a foreign astronaut 01 Mar 2025 - 08:51 pm
Muhammad Yousuf Khan (L), chairman of the Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO), and Lin Xiqiang (R), deputy director of the China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO), pose for a photo with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif during the exchange of cooperation agreement on the spaceflight of Pakistani astronaut to the Chinese space station in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan on Feb. 28, 2025. (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)
Philippines tallies more hand, foot and mouth disease cases 01 Mar 2025 - 08:41 pm
File photo for representational purposes showing a child's hand after being diagnosed with hand, mouth, and foot disease.
China's landmark trade corridor sees surge in goods transport 01 Mar 2025 - 08:37 pm
File photo for representational purposes only.
33 injured in bus accident in eastern Sri Lanka 01 Mar 2025 - 08:28 pm
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In Photos: Four dead from India avalanche, five still missing: army 01 Mar 2025 - 07:13 pm
In this handout photograph taken on March 1, 2025 and released by the Department of Information and Public Relations (DIPR) Uttarakhand, security personnel conduct a rescue operation. (Photo by DIPR Uttarakhand / AFP)
Hong Kong opens sports park with 50,000-seat stadium 01 Mar 2025 - 04:43 pm
The crowd watches the opening ceremony of the Kai Tak Sports stadium on March 1, 2025. (Photo by Peter Parks / AFP)
Delhi bans old cars from refuelling to help tackle city's pollution 01 Mar 2025 - 03:33 pm
File photo used for representation
Cyclone death toll rises to four on La Reunion 01 Mar 2025 - 02:52 pm
This photograph shows the passage of rain and wind across a road in Saint-Paul de La Reunion, on the French overseas Indian Ocean island of La Reunion, on February 28, 2025. Photo by Richard BOUHET / AFP.