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Philippine president's lawmaker cousin arrested over flood control scandal 07 Sep 2026 - 04:31 pm
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Malaysia cancels haze emergency, but warns problems remain 07 Sep 2026 - 10:26 am
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5-magnitude earthquake strikes Kermadec Islands off New Zealand coast 07 Sep 2026 - 10:09 am
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Yuichiro Tamaki wins Japan's DPP leadership election for 3rd term 07 Sep 2026 - 06:00 am
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Afghanistan initiates $87m nationwide, 3,229 project development push 07 Sep 2026 - 05:00 am
General view of a street in Kabul, Afghanistan. Reuters file photo for representational purposes only.
Australia housing affordability plunges to all-time low in 2026 07 Sep 2026 - 01:00 am
View of Canberra, Australia. Representational file photo.
Indonesia's main airport suspends operations after volcanic eruption 06 Sep 2026 - 06:20 pm
Stranded passengers gather as they wait at Soekarno-Hatta Airport in Tangerang on September 6, 2026. The Airport has been temporarily closed to all flight operations due to ash spewing from the Anak Krakatoa volcano. (Photo by Syarief Akbar / AFP)
Four dead as mudslides and landslides strike China's Jiangxi 06 Sep 2026 - 06:15 pm
Excavators work to clear the road at Mingkeng Village, Suichuan County of east China's Jiangxi Province, Sept. 6, 2026. (Xinhua/Wan Xiang)
Multi-storey building collapse in Delhi kills 2, injures 7 06 Sep 2026 - 06:06 pm
Bulldozers clear debris as rescue personnel conduct a search operation at the site following a building collapse in the Satya Niketan area in New Delhi on September 6, 2026. (Photo by Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP)
Nepali rescuers buoyed by miracle finds but tough conditions persist 06 Sep 2026 - 11:17 am
A helicopter takes off from a temporary relief camp in the aftermath of flash floods at Trishuli Bazar, Nepal's Nuwakot district, on September 6, 2026. (Photo by Prakash MATHEMA / AFP)
Indonesia suspends operations at 6 airports after volcano erupts: Minister 06 Sep 2026 - 11:03 am
Airplanes sit on the tarmac at Iskandar Muda airport in Blang Bintang on September 6, 2026. Indonesia halted operations at its main international airport outside Jakarta on September 6, after ash spewed from the Anak Krakatoa volcano more than 150 kilometres away, impacting thousands of passengers. (Photo by CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN / AFP)
Haze emergency grips Malaysian Borneo town 06 Sep 2026 - 09:50 am
(COMBO) A combination image of two photographs created on September 5, 2026 shows the Sarawak Legislative Assembly building in Kuching, capital of the Malaysian state of Sarawak on the island of Borneo on June 17, 2025 (top), and the same building shrouded in haze on September 5, 2026 (bottom). Indonesia has for weeks been fighting wildfires blanketing parts of Borneo and Sumatra with smog, with haze also contributing to air pollution in Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines. (Photo by Mohd Rasfan / AFP)
Cambodia's int'l visitors down 46 pct in first 7 months 06 Sep 2026 - 05:00 am
Workers pour hot water into coffee drip filters at a coffee stall in Phnom Penh on September 4, 2026. (Photo by TANG CHHIN Sothy / AFP)
China says providing Nepal satellite monitoring support following mudslide disaster 06 Sep 2026 - 03:00 am
Rescuers transfer a worker rescued alive in Rasuwa district, Nepal, Sept. 4, 2026. (RSS via Xinhua)
Over 115,000 affected as El Niño brings severe dry weather to Sri Lanka 06 Sep 2026 - 02:00 am
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Over 599 thousand evacuated due to east China torrential rain 05 Sep 2026 - 03:21 pm
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64-year-old Nepali woman rescued 10 days after mudslide 05 Sep 2026 - 01:05 pm
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Nepal-China flood death toll rises to 1,375 05 Sep 2026 - 12:41 pm
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