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Indonesia expands coffee exports with shipment to Saudi Arabia 07 Oct 2025 - 12:12 am
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UN rights council launches probe into violations in Afghanistan 07 Oct 2025 - 12:00 am
An Afghan burqa-clad woman pushes a wheelbarrow loaded with empty water canisters as she walks along a street in the Koshkak area of the Balkh province on October 5, 2025. (Photo by Atif Aryan / AFP)
Snowstorm traps hundreds on Mount Everest 06 Oct 2025 - 10:53 pm
This handout received on October 6 shows a tent buried under deep snow in the Karma Valley of the Tibet Autonomous Region on October 5, 2025. (Photo by Handout / Courtesy of Xiong JinXin / AFP) 
Japan Nobel winner hopes award helps advance patient care 06 Oct 2025 - 04:21 pm
Shimon Sakaguchi, an immunologist and a distinguished professor of Osaka University, attends a press conference after winning the 2025 Nobel Prize in medicine, in Suita, Osaka prefecture on October 6, 2025. Photo by PAUL MILLER / AFP
Death toll from Indonesia school collapse rises to 63 06 Oct 2025 - 04:08 pm
Relatives of missing students watch a live broadcast of the rescue operation near the collapsed Al Khoziny Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java, on October 6, 2025, as recovery efforts continue. Photo by JUNI KRISWANTO / AFP
VIDEO: Drone show sparks chaos in China after malfunction 06 Oct 2025 - 01:15 pm
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Leopard captured after wandering into Indonesian hotel 06 Oct 2025 - 01:04 pm
A tranquilized Javan leopard lies inside a cage at a hotel in Bandung, West Java, on October 6, 2025. (Photo by Timur Matahari / AFP)
Over a dozen wounded in rare Sydney mass shooting 06 Oct 2025 - 08:06 am
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5.4-magnitude quake hits Kyrgyzstan -- GFZ 06 Oct 2025 - 12:02 am
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Bangladesh deploys warships to protect prized hilsa fish 05 Oct 2025 - 08:31 pm
Hilsa - Bangladesh's national fish and a much-loved delicacy / Image: social media
5.3-magnitude quake hits near east coast of Kamchatka -- GFZ 05 Oct 2025 - 07:43 pm
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Bangladesh's dengue fever death toll in 2025 rises to 212 05 Oct 2025 - 06:43 pm
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Death toll from Indonesia school collapse rises to 45 05 Oct 2025 - 04:53 pm
An aerial view shows rescuers searching for victims at the Al Khoziny Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java, on October 5, 2025, after a multi-story building at the school collapsed during prayers. (Photo by Dicky Bisinglasi / AFP)
Indonesia lifts TikTok licence suspension as app shares data 05 Oct 2025 - 03:09 pm
The TikTok logo is displayed on signage outside TikTok social media app company offices in Culver City, California on September 30, 2025. Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP
Hanoi's Old Quarter glows as Mid-Autumn Festival approaches 05 Oct 2025 - 02:21 pm
People shop for the Mid-Autumn Festival at Hang Ma Street in Hanoi, Vietnam, Oct. 3, 2025. Hanoi's Hang Ma Street is brightly decorated with lanterns and festive items for the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival. (Photo by Dang Hong Dung/Xinhua)
5 teenagers arrested after stolen car hits police car in Australia 05 Oct 2025 - 01:48 pm
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Thousands evacuated as Typhoon Matmo lashes southern China 05 Oct 2025 - 01:15 pm
This photo taken on Oct. 5, 2025 shows high waves in a seashore area of Haikou, south China's Hainan Province. Xinhua/Guo Cheng
Boy hospitalized in Thailand after attack by escaped lion 05 Oct 2025 - 12:39 pm
This handout photo taken and released on October 5, 2025 by Thailand's Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) shows a female pet lion chained to a kitchen table before being confiscated by authorities, in western Kanchanaburi province. (Photo by Handout / Thailand's Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) / AFP)