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Philippines says China fired flares at its South China Sea plane 24 Aug 2024 - 01:25 pm
This screengrab from the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) handout video taken on August 19, 2024, and received on August 24, 2024, shows a Chinese air force fighter jet deploying flares near a Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) plane that was conducting a maritime domain awareness flight near China-controlled Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. Photo by Handout / Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) / AFP.
Nearly 300,000 Bangladeshis in emergency shelters after floods 24 Aug 2024 - 12:28 pm
People carrying relief materials wade through flood waters in Feni, in south-eastern Bangladesh, on August 24, 2024. Photo by Munir Uz Zaman / AFP.
Death toll in Thai holiday island landslide jumps to 10 24 Aug 2024 - 12:00 pm
A vendor pushes his cart as he crosses a street in Bangkok on August 23, 2024. (Photo by MANAN VATSYAYANA / AFP)
Car crash in S. Korea kills 5, at least 1 Chinese national included 24 Aug 2024 - 08:43 am
Peninsula
'Avoid Read Sea', Philippine govt tells mariners a day after rescue of 23 Filipinos 23 Aug 2024 - 09:38 pm
File photo: Philippine President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr
As more floods batter Bangladesh and India, death toll rises to 30 23 Aug 2024 - 08:12 pm
A man carrying his belongings wades through flood waters in Feni, in south-eastern Bangladesh, on August 23, 2024. Photo by MUNIR UZ ZAMAN / AFP.
Indian Prime Minister Modi offers to help 'as a friend' to bring peace to Ukraine 23 Aug 2024 - 08:10 pm
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (R) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shake hands after their talks in Mariinskyi Palace in Kyiv, on August 23, 2024. (Photo by Sergei Supinsky / AFP)
Flood deluge worsens in Bangladesh with millions affected 23 Aug 2024 - 08:02 pm
Volunteers rescue flood-affected residents in Feni, in south-eastern Bangladesh, on August 23, 2024. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman / AFP)
Bus with 40 on board plunges into Nepal river, most rescued 23 Aug 2024 - 12:39 pm
Rescue personnel gather at the site after a bus carrying Indian passengers plunged into the Marsyangdi river in Nepal's Tanahun district on August 23, 2024. (Photo by SHANKHAR ADHIKARI / AFP)
China launches new communications satellite 22 Aug 2024 - 11:36 pm
Peninsula
Nepal lifts its ban on TikTok imposed for disrupting social harmony 22 Aug 2024 - 11:06 pm
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Bangladesh revokes diplomatic passport of ex-PM Hasina: government 22 Aug 2024 - 06:33 pm
(FILES) Sheikh Hasina speaks as she is sworn in for her fourth spell as Bangladesh's prime minister at the Presidential Palace in Dhaka on January 7, 2019. / AFP / Munir UZ ZAMAN
Floods swamp Bangladesh as nation finds its feet after protests 22 Aug 2024 - 03:49 pm
People carrying umbrellas, wade through a flooded street amid rainfall in Feni on August 22, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
Passenger exits plane in Australia via emergency door 22 Aug 2024 - 12:59 pm
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Laos arrests nearly 800 people over cyber scam network 22 Aug 2024 - 12:22 pm
Peninsula
Sri Lanka generates 9 bln USD in exports, plans new investment zones in 2024 21 Aug 2024 - 06:22 pm
Clouds loom over the sky of Sri Lanka's capital Colombo on August 20, 2024. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)
Pakistan man faces cyber terror charge over disinformation linked to UK riots 21 Aug 2024 - 05:02 pm
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Australia greenlights world's 'largest' solar hub 21 Aug 2024 - 11:25 am
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