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Seven dead, 75 injured in India firework factory explosion: officials 06 Feb 2024 - 12:06 pm
Rescue personnel and local residents gather near a firecracker plant following an explosion at Harda district in India's Madhya Pradesh state on February 6, 2024. (Photo by Uma Shankar Mishra / AFP)
Hong Kong airport ground worker killed by plane in freak accident 06 Feb 2024 - 11:27 am
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Khan's party navigates Pakistan blackouts to keep campaign alive 04 Feb 2024 - 09:44 pm
Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan's supporter listens to a virtual election campaign on a phone at Khan's PTI office in Islamabad on February 3, 2024. (Photo by Aamir Qureshi / AFP)
Messi, Beckham booed after superstar sits out Hong Kong friendly 04 Feb 2024 - 04:09 pm
Fans react after not seeing Inter Miami's Argentine forward Lionel Messi play on February 4, 2024. (Photo by Peter Parks / AFP)
Afghan authorities capture rare snow leopard after livestock killed 04 Feb 2024 - 04:03 pm
A snow leopard is seen in a cage at the governor's house in Fayzabad on February 4, 2024. (Photo by Omer Abrar / AFP)
Sri Lanka says financial crisis 'gradually' easing 04 Feb 2024 - 10:11 am
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe (L) attends the Sri Lanka's 76th Independence Day celebrations at the Galle Face Green in Colombo on February 4, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
Pakistan court finds ex-PM Khan's marriage illegal 03 Feb 2024 - 03:56 pm
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More than 100 Rohingya flee a Malaysian detention center 02 Feb 2024 - 10:51 am
Immigration officers inspect the area near the immigration detention centre in Bidor in Malaysia's northern Perak state on February 2, 2024, after more than 100 Rohingya refugees escaped the facility. More than 100 Rohingya refugees escaped a detention centre in Malaysia after a riot broke out, with one man killed after being hit by a vehicle on a highway as he fled, police said February 2. (Photo by Mohd RASFAN / AFP)
Indian police released a suspected Chinese spy pigeon after 8 months in bird lockup 01 Feb 2024 - 04:11 pm
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Two dead, at least five hurt in Philippine fireworks factory blast 01 Feb 2024 - 02:13 pm
Firefighters respond as a huge fire engulfs buildings at a crowded neighborhood in Manila on January 31, 2024. (Photo by JAM STA ROSA / AFP)
Sri Lanka price hike after tax rises for IMF bailout 01 Feb 2024 - 11:20 am
A vendor sorts pumpkins as customers buy vegetables in Hambantota on December 22, 2021. (Photo by ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP)
Japanese airliners 'clip wings', no injuries 01 Feb 2024 - 10:54 am
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Fujitsu CFO apologises over UK post office scandal 31 Jan 2024 - 12:54 pm
A customer exits a branch of Post Office in Swindon, western England on January 22, 2024. Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP
Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan and wife get 14 years jail in graft case 31 Jan 2024 - 09:48 am
Policemen escort Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan (C) upon his arrival at the high court in Islamabad on May 12, 2023. (Photo by Aamir Qureshi / AFP)
China executes couple for double child murder that shocked nation 31 Jan 2024 - 09:39 am
People are seen at a subway station in Beijing on January 17, 2024. Photo by Pedro PARDO / AFP
Thai police warn Liverpool fans not to fall for Alonso scam 30 Jan 2024 - 02:39 pm
Bayer Leverkusen's Spanish coach Xabi Alonso looks on ahead the UEFA Europa League Group semi final second leg football match between Bayer Leverkusen and AS Roma in Leverkusen, on May 18, 2023. Photo by INA FASSBENDER / AFP
Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan sentenced to 10 years jail: party 30 Jan 2024 - 10:43 am
A vendor sits at his tuck shop displaying posters of Pakistan's former Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Imran Khan, in Hyderabad on January 29, 2024. (Photo by Akram SHAHID / AFP)
Vietnam, Philippines boost South China Sea ties amid China row 30 Jan 2024 - 10:33 am
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