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India tunnel mishap shows risk of building up fragile Himalayas 17 Nov 2023 - 05:35 pm
Photo taken on November 13, 2023, and released by the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) shows rescue workers at the site after a tunnel collapsed in the Uttarkashi district of India's Uttarakhand state. (Photo by State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) / AFP)
Two dead as strong quake shakes southern Philippines 17 Nov 2023 - 05:16 pm
This handout photo obtained on November 17, 2023 from the facebook page of Justin Kyle T. Imperial, shows a landslide in Malapatan in Sarangani Province after a strong magnitude 6.7 earthquake shook the southern Philippines. (Photo by Handout / AFP) 
Maldives new leader vows to evict Indian troops 17 Nov 2023 - 04:48 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)
India warns freeing workers trapped for six days will 'take time' 17 Nov 2023 - 01:51 pm
This picture taken on on November 15, 2023, shows a section of the under construction road tunnel that collapsed in Uttarkashi district of India's Uttarakhand state. (Photo by AFP)
China renews orange alert for snowstorms 17 Nov 2023 - 12:31 pm
People walk in snow in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Nov. 16, 2023. (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)
Magnitude 6.7 quake shakes southern Philippines: USGS 17 Nov 2023 - 11:47 am
Handout photos obtained on November 17, 2023 from the Facebook page of Shaira Ann Sandigan-Rodrigo, show a damaged ceiling at a shopping mall in General Santos City in South Cotabato after a strong magnitude 6.7 earthquake shook the southern Philippines. Photo by Handout / Shaira Ann Sandigan-Rodrigo / AFP
Marcos says to meet with Xi to ease South China sea tensions 17 Nov 2023 - 11:39 am
Philippines Presdient Ferdinand Marcos Jr delivers remarks during the Philippines 123 Signing Ceremony during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' Week in San Francisco, California, on November 16, 2023. Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP
12-year-old girl charged over fatal stabbing in Australia's Melbourne 16 Nov 2023 - 04:01 pm
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South Koreans sit key exam as flights halted to limit distraction 16 Nov 2023 - 01:40 pm
South Korean students wait to take the annual College Scholastic Ability Test, known locally as Suneung, at a school in Seoul on November 16, 2023. Photo by Chung Sung-Jun / POOL / AFP
26 dead, dozens hospitalised in China building fire: state media 16 Nov 2023 - 01:04 pm
Photo credit: Xinhua
Bangladesh to hold general election on January 7: official 15 Nov 2023 - 05:37 pm
Islami Andolan Bangladesh party activists march towards the election commission in Dhaka on November 15, 2023, to protest the announcement of the general election date by the commission in Dhaka. (Photo by Munir uz ZAMAN / AFP)
India contacts Thai cave experts in bid to free trapped tunnel workers 15 Nov 2023 - 04:29 pm
This picture taken on on November 15, 2023, shows a section of the under construction road tunnel that collapsed in Uttarkashi district of India's Uttarakhand state. (Photo by AFP)
Japan monthly tourism numbers return to pre-Covid level  15 Nov 2023 - 11:37 am
This picture taken on November 14, 2023 shows Japan's highest mountain, Mt. Fuji in the background between skyscrapers in Tokyo's Shinjuku area. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP)
Thousands of homes underwater after floods hit Vietnam 15 Nov 2023 - 09:59 am
Flood waters submerge parked cars in Hue city in central Vietnam on November 15, 2023. (Photo by Hai Duong / AFP)
Indian rescuers battle for third day to free 40 trapped tunnel workers 14 Nov 2023 - 11:03 am
Photo taken on November 13, 2023, and released by the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) shows rescue workers at the site after a tunnel collapsed in the Uttarkashi district of India's Uttarakhand state. (Photo by State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) / AFP)
Nepal to ban TikTok as it 'disturbs social harmony' 13 Nov 2023 - 03:58 pm
AFP File photo.
Air pollution rises again in Delhi amid Diwali celebrations 13 Nov 2023 - 03:26 pm
People walk along the Kartavya Path in front of the India Gate amid heavy smoggy conditions in New Delhi on November 13, 2023. Photo by Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP
Chinese health officials warn of high season for respiratory diseases 13 Nov 2023 - 03:19 pm
This photo taken on November 12, 2023 shows a person walking along a lake at Beiling Park in Shenyang, in China's northeastern Liaoning province. Photo by AFP