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Modi heads for victory in India vote, but no landslide 04 Jun 2024 - 03:16 pm
Supporters of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) watch live vote counting figures for India's general election, displayed on a large screen in Varanasi on June 4, 2024. (Photo by Niharika Kulkarni / AFP)
Philippines says Chinese boats seized supplies airdropped to Filipino outpost 04 Jun 2024 - 02:46 pm
This handout photo taken on May 19, 2024 and received on June 4, 2024 from the Armed Forces of the Philippines shows recovered supplies which were airdropped to a Filipino outpost, on a boat near Second Second Thomas Shoal in disputed waters of the South China Sea. Photo by Handout / ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES / AFP
Hundreds in emergency shelters after Philippine volcano erupts 04 Jun 2024 - 02:36 pm
An elderly evacuee gestures as she speaks about what she saw when Mount Kanlaon volcano erupted, at an evacuation center set up at a school in a village in Canlaon, Negros Occidental province, central Philippines on June 4, 2024. Photo by Ferdinand Edralin / AFP
Seoul fully suspends inter-Korean military pact over trash balloons 04 Jun 2024 - 02:23 pm
This handout photo taken by the South Korean Defence Ministry between the night of June 1 and 2, 2024 and released on June 2, 2024 shows South Korean military officers check unidentified objects believed to be North Korean trash from balloons that crossed the inter-Korea border, on a street in Seoul. Photo by Handout / South Korean Defence Ministry / AFP
Modi eyes triumph as India counts epic vote 04 Jun 2024 - 08:12 am
Electoral officials work at an election vote counting station in Mumbai on June 4, 2024. (Photo by Punit Paranjpe / AFP)
Sri Lanka closes schools as the death toll from floods and mudslides rises to 16 04 Jun 2024 - 12:17 am
Residents wade through a flooded street after heavy rainfall in Kaduwela on the outskirts of Colombo on June 3, 2024. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara / AFP)
Chinese probe lands on ‘dark’ side of the moon to collect rare samples 03 Jun 2024 - 05:43 pm
BEIJING, June 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This image taken from video animation at Beijing Aerospace Control Center (BACC) on June 2, 2024 shows the lander-ascender combination of Chang'e-6 Probe landing on the far side of the moon.
Alert level raised for Philippine volcano after 'explosive eruption': volcanology agency 03 Jun 2024 - 03:49 pm
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India commission says 642 million voted in election 03 Jun 2024 - 10:56 am
Chief Election Commissioner of India, Rajiv Kumar gestures as he speaks during a news conference in New Delhi on June 3, 2024. (Photo by Money Sharma / AFP)
North Korea says it will stop sending trash balloons as South Korea vows strong retaliation 02 Jun 2024 - 10:36 pm
This handout photo taken by the South Korean Defence Ministry between the night of June 1 and 2, 2024 and released on June 2 shows unidentified objects believed to be North Korean trash from balloons that crossed the inter-Korea border, on a street in Seoul. (Photo by Handout / South Korean Defence Ministry / AFP)
Maldives to ban Israelis to protest Gaza war 02 Jun 2024 - 10:25 pm
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Indonesia arrests 'most wanted' Thai fugitive 02 Jun 2024 - 05:42 pm
A monitor shows Thai fugitive Chaowalit Thongduang, who escaped from a hospital in Thailand while serving his sentence in 2023, during a press conference after he was arrested by Indonesian police in Bali, at the National Police Criminal Investigation Agency (BARESKRIM) office in Jakarta on June 2, 2024. Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP.
South Korea vows 'unbearable' retaliation against North Korea over its launch of trash balloons 02 Jun 2024 - 04:20 pm
This handout photo taken by the South Korean Defence Ministry between the night of June 1 and 2, 2024 and released on June 2, 2024 shows South Korean military officers check unidentified objects believed to be North Korean trash from balloons that crossed the inter-Korea border, on a street in Seoul. Photo by Handout / South Korean Defence Ministry / AFP
Sri Lanka issues major flood alert as rains continue 02 Jun 2024 - 04:12 pm
Motorists make their way through a flooded street after heavy rains in Colombo on June 2, 2024. Photo by Ishara S.Kodikara / AFP
India's Modi eyes election victory as top opponent heads to jail 02 Jun 2024 - 03:25 pm
Arvind Kejriwal (C), Chief Minister of the capital Delhi and leader of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), addresses his supporters at the AAP's headquarters on June 2, 2024. (Photo by Arun Sankar / AFP)
India PM Modi appears set to triumph as voting ends in marathon election 01 Jun 2024 - 07:52 pm
A man casts his ballot to vote at a polling station in Amritsar on June 1, 2024, during the seventh and final phase of voting in India's general election. Photo by Narinder NANU / AFP.
Indonesia ready to send peacekeepers, medical staff to Gaza 01 Jun 2024 - 11:24 am
Indonesia's Defence Minister and president-elect Prabowo Subianto speaks during the 21st Shangri-La Dialogue summit in Singapore on June 1, 2024. (Photo by Nhac Nguyen / AFP)
Japan crypto exchange says lost $300 mn bitcoin in 'leak' 01 Jun 2024 - 10:36 am
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