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Floods, landslides kill three in northern Vietnam 09 Oct 2023 - 12:23 pm
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Record October rain brings floods to southern Myanmar 09 Oct 2023 - 12:13 pm
A tractor drives through a flooded street in Hpa Yar Gyi township in Myanmar's Bago region on October 9, 2023. (Photo by Sai Aung Main / AFP)
Hong Kong closes schools, raises warning for Typhoon Koinu 08 Oct 2023 - 11:45 am
A woman and a child struggle with strong winds as Hong Kong hoisted typhoon signal no 8 around noon on October 8, 2023 as typhoon Koinu skirted by after the financial hub was affected again by a super typhoon and historic rainstorm last month. Photo by Peter PARKS / AFP
Death toll from strong earthquakes that shook western Afghanistan rises to over 2,000 08 Oct 2023 - 10:07 am
Afghan residents clear debris from a damaged house after earthquake in Sarbuland village of Zendeh Jan district of Herat province on October 7,2023 (Photo by Mohsen Karimi / AFP)
Magnitude 6.3 earthquake kills 15 in western Afghanistan 07 Oct 2023 - 03:14 pm
People gather on the streets in Herat on October 7, 2023. (Photo by AFP)
Bomb threat sparks security alert at 42 Philippine airports 06 Oct 2023 - 01:14 pm
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India demands Canadian diplomats leave over killing row 05 Oct 2023 - 04:51 pm
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Philippine government pledges action on high food prices 05 Oct 2023 - 11:15 am
People visit a market in Manila on October 5, 2023. (Photo by JAM STA ROSA / AFP)
At least 10 dead, 82 missing in India glacial lake burst 05 Oct 2023 - 11:04 am
This handout picture released by India's Ministry of Defence on October 5, 2023, shows Indian army personnel conduct a search operation for the missing soldiers in north Sikkim. (Photo by India's Ministry of Defence / AFP)
Typhoon Koinu brings record winds, knocks out power in Taiwan 05 Oct 2023 - 10:47 am
A car passes by power lines downed by the high winds from Typhoon Koinu in Taiwan's southern Pingtung County on October 5, 2023. (Photo by Sean Chang / AFP)
Second round of Fukushima wastewater release begins 05 Oct 2023 - 09:59 am
This aerial picture shows storage tanks (bottom) used for storing treated water at TEPCO's crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Okuma, Fukushima prefecture on August 24, 2023. (Photo by JIJI PRESS / AFP)
Humans increasingly settling in high-risk flood zones, study warns 04 Oct 2023 - 06:03 pm
A man walks away from the seafront as high tidal waves hit the coast in Mumbai on June 13, 2023, as cyclone Biparjoy makes its way across the Arabian Sea towards the coastlines of India and Pakistan. (Photo by Punit Paranjpe / AFP)
Imran Khan lawyers in Pakistan oppose closed-door trial over revealing state secrets 04 Oct 2023 - 05:27 pm
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Taiwan cancels flights, shuts schools ahead of typhoon 04 Oct 2023 - 02:32 pm
Fishing boats are moored at Tunggang fishing harbour ahead of the arrival of Typhoon Koinu in Pingtung county on October 4, 2023. Photo by Johnson LIU / AFP
S. Korean migrant's tale to open Asia's biggest film festival 04 Oct 2023 - 02:00 pm
Actor Joo Jong-hyuk speaks during a press conference following the screening of ‘Because I Hate Korea’, the opening film for the 28th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), at the Busan Cinema Center in Busan on October 4, 2023. Photo by Anthony WALLACE / AFP
Marcos lifts cap on Philippines' rice prices 04 Oct 2023 - 11:37 am
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More than 20 Indian soldiers missing after flash floods in northeastern Sikkim state 04 Oct 2023 - 10:00 am
This handout photograph released by the Indian Army and taken on October 4, 2023, shows a flooded street in Lachen Valley, in India's Sikkim state following a flash flood caused by intense rainfall. (Photo by Indian Army / AFP)
Pakistan announces big crackdown on migrants in the country illegally 03 Oct 2023 - 06:28 pm
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