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Pakistan hosts Saudi, Turkiye, Egypt for talks on Mideast war 29 Mar 2026 - 01:51 pm
This handout photograph taken and released by Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on March 29, 2026 shows Pakistan's Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar (R) shaking hand with his Egyptian counterpart Badr Abdelatty at Foreign Ministry office in Islamabad. (Photo by Handout / Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs / AFP)
Laos issues heat warning as temperatures to reach 40 degrees Celsius 29 Mar 2026 - 01:24 pm
A man fishes along the Mekong River in Vientiane, Laos, March 22, 2026. (Photo by Kaikeo Saiyasane/Xinhua)
World's first hepatitis D monoclonal antibody drug administered in Beijing 29 Mar 2026 - 01:21 pm
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Nepal's former energy minister arrested in money laundering probe 29 Mar 2026 - 01:05 pm
Police stand guard while Nepali former prime minister KP Sharma Oli's supporters protest against his arrest in Kathmandu on March 29, 2026. (Photo by Prakash Mathema / AFP)
Stranded whale freed from sandbank off German coast 29 Mar 2026 - 11:15 am
This aerial handout photo taken and released on March 28, 2026 by non-governmental environmental organisation Greenpeace Germany shows a humpback whale stranded off the coast of Wismar, northern Germany. (Photo by Florian Manz / Greenpeace / AFP)
Large Australian LNG plant remains out after cyclone 29 Mar 2026 - 10:59 am
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Nepal's former PM arrested over alleged role in protest crackdown 28 Mar 2026 - 03:59 pm
Nepal's former prime minister KP Sharma Oli (C) is escorted by police as he is brought to the hospital following his arrest in Kathmandu on March 28, 2026. (Photo by Prakash Mathema / AFP)
Indonesia begins enforcing social media ban for under-16s 28 Mar 2026 - 01:38 pm
15-year-old girls use their smartphones on a street in Jakarta on March 26, 2026. (Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP)
India opens second international airport in capital 28 Mar 2026 - 01:22 pm
Noida International Airport.
Pakistan to host Saudi, Turkiye, Egypt for talks on Mideast war 28 Mar 2026 - 11:40 am
Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar attends the consultative ministrial meeting in Riyadh, on March 19, 2026. Photo by Fayez Nureldine / AFP
Singapore seizes record Asian pangolin scales disguised as 'dried fish skin' 28 Mar 2026 - 10:32 am
This undated handout received on March 28, 2026 from Singapore's National Parks Board and Immigration and Checkpoints Authority shows Pangolin scales being examined following their seizure in Singapore on December 29, 2025. (Photo by Handout / Singapore's National Parks Board and Immigration & Checkpoints Authority / AFP)
Indonesian kids brace themselves for social media ban 27 Mar 2026 - 03:06 pm
Children play online games against each other on smartphones and tablets along an alley in Jakarta on March 26, 2026. Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP
India slashes fuel taxes due to Mideast conflict shortages: finance minister 27 Mar 2026 - 12:50 pm
People rush to refuel their vehicles at a fuel station in Amritsar on March 26, 2026 following import disruptions caused by the Middle East conflict. Photo by Narinder NANU / AFP
LuLu’s Yusuffali briefs Indian PM on continuous food supplies to GCC 27 Mar 2026 - 10:59 am
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meeting Chairman of LuLu Group Yusuffali M A.
Korean Air to buy 103 Boeing planes for $36 bn 26 Mar 2026 - 02:58 pm
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Sri Lanka to launch cargo clearance at Hambantota Port in May 26 Mar 2026 - 01:02 pm
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Indians panic-buying fuel despite government assurances 26 Mar 2026 - 12:49 pm
A delivery man transports liquid petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders in Amritsar on March 24, 2026. Photo by Narinder Nanu / AFP
China bans runner after mid-marathon splits goes viral 26 Mar 2026 - 10:07 am
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