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Explosion in Taiwan department store injures at least 12 13 Feb 2025 - 08:55 am
This picture taken and released by Taiwan’s Central News Agency (CNA) on February 13, 2025 shows the scene after an explosion at a department store in Taichung.  (Photo by CNA / AFP)
Indonesian villages told to evacuate as volcano alert hits highest level 13 Feb 2025 - 08:13 am
Peninsula
Modi seeks to dodge Trump’s trade wrath in White House summit 12 Feb 2025 - 06:17 pm
Narendra Modi. Prakash Singh/Bloomberg
Singapore seniors hoof it to horse therapy 11 Feb 2025 - 03:54 pm
A senior participants interacts with a therapy miniature horse during the launch of Singapore's first equine-assisted program at NTUC Health Active Ageing Centre in Singapore on February 11, 2025. (Photo by Roslan RAHMAN / AFP)
Duterte's future in balance as Philippine election season kicks off 11 Feb 2025 - 12:32 am
Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte gives a statement on impeachment complaints filed against her at her office in Mandaluyong, Metro Manila on February 7, 2025. (Photo by JAM STA ROSA / AFP)
Saudi, Pakistani FMs discuss latest regional developments 10 Feb 2025 - 09:33 pm
Peninsula
New freight train route links China's Chongqing with Afghanistan 10 Feb 2025 - 03:08 pm
 A drone photo shows a cargo train before departure at the Tuanjiecun Station in Chongqing, southwest China, Feb. 10, 2025. (Xinhua/Tang Yi)
Indonesia launches free health check-up programme 10 Feb 2025 - 02:00 pm
People wait at a community health centre during the opening day of the nationwide free health check-up (PKG) programme in Surabaya on February 10, 2025. (Photo by JUNI KRISWANTO / AFP)
Video: Indian police shut down Ed Sheeran's street gig 10 Feb 2025 - 01:45 pm
File photo used for representational purposes.
Overflowing sewage stops Bryan Adams concert in Australia 10 Feb 2025 - 12:52 pm
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Bangladesh arrests 1,300 in ex-regime loyalist crackdown 10 Feb 2025 - 12:33 pm
Onlookers gather after protesters stormed Bangabandhu Memorial Museum, the residence of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, independent Bangladesh's first president and father of the country's ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, at Dhanmondi 32 in Dhaka on February 6, 2025. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman / AFP)
Experts call for regulation to avoid 'loss of control' over AI 09 Feb 2025 - 06:53 pm
A general view shows the exhibitors' lounge during a cultural weekend in conjunction with the Summit for Action on Artificial Intelligence at the BNF (Bibliothèque natvionale François Miterrand) in Paris, on February 8, 2025. (Photo by Thibaud MORITZ / AFP)
Hong Kong to ban vaping in public by mid-2026 09 Feb 2025 - 05:44 pm
People cross an intersection in the Central business district of Hong Kong on February 27, 2024 on February 28. (Photo by Peter PARKS / AFP)
One dead, dozens missing in China landslide 09 Feb 2025 - 01:43 pm
Rescuers work at the site of a landslide in Jinping village in the city of Yibin, in China's southwest Sichuan province on February 9, 2025. Photo by CNS / AFP
Sri Lankan monkey causes nationwide blackout 09 Feb 2025 - 12:45 pm
Peninsula
As Pakistan and India spar over basmati rice, some fear for its survival 08 Feb 2025 - 09:26 pm
Basmati rice before it is refined. Saiyna Bashir for The Washington Post
Nuclear disarmament not on table for US talks: North Korea 08 Feb 2025 - 08:49 pm
A North Korea flag flutters next to concertina wire at the North Korean embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia March 9, 2017. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo
102 venomous snakes caught in a backyard in Australia 08 Feb 2025 - 07:53 pm
Screengrab from a video posted by Cory Kerewaro on Facebook