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5.3-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Papua New Guinea 23 Jun 2025 - 01:00 pm
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Tokyo voters punish Japan ruling party ahead of national election 23 Jun 2025 - 12:42 pm
Photo used for representational purposes. Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a speech during a remembrance ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Okinawa, at the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture on June 23, 2025. Photo by JIJI PRESS / AFP.
S. Korea's President orders emergency response system over 'urgent' Mideast situation 23 Jun 2025 - 12:36 pm
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Embattled Thai PM reshuffles cabinet as crisis rages 23 Jun 2025 - 12:18 pm
This handout photo from the Royal Thai Government taken and released on June 20, 2025 shows Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra (C) speaking to troops next to Royal Thai Army Lieutenant General Boonsin Padklang (L) during a visit to Morakot Operations Base in Ubon Ratchathani province. Photo by Handout / ROYAL THAI GOVERNMENT / AFP.
Sri Lanka seizes $76m smuggled drugs this year 23 Jun 2025 - 11:47 am
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More than 250 Air India crash victims identified 22 Jun 2025 - 07:29 pm
An investigation team inspects the wreckage of Air India flight 171 a day after it crashed in a residential area near the airport, in Ahmedabad on June 13, 2025. Photo by Sam PANTHAKY / AFP.
Bangladesh records 36 new COVID-19 cases, 5 more deaths 22 Jun 2025 - 06:52 pm
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Japan's Shinmoedake volcano erupts, alert level remains at 2 22 Jun 2025 - 04:26 pm
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Japan spots Chinese ships near disputed isles for record 216 straight days 22 Jun 2025 - 11:51 am
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India arrests two for harbouring Kashmir attackers 22 Jun 2025 - 11:31 am
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Malaysia's Dayaks mark rice harvest end with colourful parade 21 Jun 2025 - 03:18 pm
Indigenous Bidayuh women take part in a procession during the Gawai Dayak Culture Parade in Kuching, capital of the Malaysian state of Sarawak, on June 21, 2025. (Photo by Mohd RASFAN / AFP)
Aviation regulator orders Air India to remove officials 21 Jun 2025 - 02:09 pm
Crash site of Air India flight that killed all but one of the 242 people on board.
Tesla to build first grid-scale power plant in China 21 Jun 2025 - 11:26 am
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Indonesia President denies G7 snub in Russia visit 20 Jun 2025 - 10:24 pm
Russia's President Vladimir Putin (right) and his Indonesian counterpart Prabowo Subianto attend signing ceremony after their meeting in Saint Peterburg on June 19, 2025. (Photo by Anatoly Maltsev / POOL / AFP)
More than 53,000 evacuated in central China over heavy rain: state media 20 Jun 2025 - 07:36 pm
A man walks through a flooded street in Zhongshan, in China's southern Guangdong province on June 17, 2025. Photo by AFP.
Sri Lanka deports dozens of Chinese cybercrime suspects 20 Jun 2025 - 04:03 pm
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Australian trial says tech for social media teen ban can work 20 Jun 2025 - 01:56 pm
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Philippine Navy seizes $175 million meth haul at sea 20 Jun 2025 - 01:33 pm
This handout photo taken on June 20, 2025 and received from the Philippine Navy shows navy and law enforcement personnel searching a fishing boat after it was intercepted carrying 1.5 tonnes of illegal drugs off the coast of the main island Luzon. Photo by Handout / Philippine Navy / AFP