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Nearly 1,000 families evacuated as Mayon volcano oozes lava 08 Jan 2026 - 12:50 pm
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Video: Viral 'Chinese Trump' wins laughs on both sides of Pacific 08 Jan 2026 - 11:26 am
The photo taken on December 15, 2025 shows Donald Trump's impersonator Ryan Chen speaking as his assistant records a video along the Jialing River, in southwestern China's Chongqing municipality. (Photo by Jade Gao / AFP)
Direct Bangladesh-Pakistan flights to resume after 14 years 08 Jan 2026 - 10:08 am
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6.7-magnitude earthquake hits East Baculin in Philippines 07 Jan 2026 - 03:10 pm
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Indonesia touts 'victory' in achieving rice self-sufficiency 07 Jan 2026 - 02:51 pm
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5.2-magnitude quake hits north of Barishal, Pakistan: USGS 06 Jan 2026 - 11:02 pm
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Traffic deaths in Japan fall to 2,547 in 2025 06 Jan 2026 - 07:25 pm
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Japan nuclear plant operator may have underestimated quake risks 06 Jan 2026 - 05:41 pm
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Malaysia ex-PM Mahathir's hip injury 'serious but not dangerous': daughter 06 Jan 2026 - 05:33 pm
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Indonesia rescuers find sunken tourist boat along with body 06 Jan 2026 - 04:20 pm
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Malaysia's ex-PM Mahathir hospitalised with hip fracture after fall at home 06 Jan 2026 - 02:39 pm
This picture taken on May 5, 2025 shows Malaysia's former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad posing for a picture at his office in Putrajaya. Photo by Mohd RASFAN / AFP
Climate-driven tree deaths speeding up in Australia: study 06 Jan 2026 - 01:25 pm
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14 killed in North Sulawesi floods, Indonesia 06 Jan 2026 - 12:04 pm
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South Korea's Lee snaps Xi selfie with Chinese 'backdoor' phone 06 Jan 2026 - 11:44 am
South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung (L) and his wife Kim Hea Kyung (2nd L) take a selfie with China's President Xi Jinping (2nd R) and his wife Peng Liyuan (R) after a dinner at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on January 5, 2026. (Photo by YONHAP / AFP
Philippines arrests ex-general who called for president's ouster 06 Jan 2026 - 10:56 am
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Cambodia re-proposes to Thailand to convene meeting on border demarcation 05 Jan 2026 - 06:34 pm
Cambodian evacuees return home in Battambang province, Cambodia on Dec. 30, 2025. Some 167,478 Cambodian evacuees have so far returned to their homes, Cambodia's Ministry of Interior said in a press release on Thursday. (Agence Kampuchea Presse/Handout via Xinhua)
South Korea's Lee meets Xi with trade, Pyongyang on the agenda 05 Jan 2026 - 02:58 pm
South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung (L) shakes hands with China's President Xi Jinping (R) during a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on January 5, 2026. Photo by YONHAP / AFP
Malaysia to introduce 10-year term limit for prime minister 05 Jan 2026 - 11:16 am
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