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Trump heads to Asia and high-stakes meeting with China's Xi 23 Oct 2025 - 10:29 pm
US President Donald Trump delivers remarks in the White House. (Photo by Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post)
ICC rejects claims it is not competent to judge Ex-Philippine leader Duterte 23 Oct 2025 - 09:26 pm
Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is seen on a screen in the courtroom during his first appearance before the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague on March 14, 2025. (Photo by Peter Dejong / POOL / AFP)
Singapore core inflation rises to 0.4 pct in September 23 Oct 2025 - 05:41 pm
File photo of workers assembling a structure near the financial business district in Singapore.
Pakistan urges public to take precautions amid lingering high smog levels 23 Oct 2025 - 05:22 pm
File photo of Gaddafi cricket stadium in Lahore, Pakistan for representational purposes only.
Cambodian police arrest 57 South Koreans accused of cyberscams 23 Oct 2025 - 04:43 pm
This undated handout from Agence Kampuchea Press (AKP) released on October 23, 2025 shows people, suspected of being involved in online scams, gathering during a raid on a scam centre in Phnom Penh. (Photo by Handout / Agence Kampuchea Press (AKP) / AFP)
Bangladesh court to deliver verdict against Hasina on November 13 23 Oct 2025 - 12:52 pm
File photo: Former Bangladesh prime minister, Sheikh Hasina
Myanmar scam centre raid sends hundreds fleeing to Thailand 23 Oct 2025 - 12:26 pm
Aerial photo of the KK Park complex from Mae Sot district in Thailand's border province of Tak. Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha / AFP
North Korea says tested new weapon system 23 Oct 2025 - 08:15 am
A man walks past a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a train station in Seoul on October 22, 2025. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)
Bangladesh court detains army officers for landmark trial 22 Oct 2025 - 11:08 am
Police personnel escort detained army officers to the International Crimes Tribunal court in Dhaka on 22 October 2025. Photo by AFP
Pakistan navy ship seizes drugs worth nearly $1 bn in Arabian Sea 22 Oct 2025 - 08:23 am
Peninsula
UAE welcomes Pakistan-Afghanistan ceasefire, commends Qatar, Turkiye mediation 22 Oct 2025 - 12:00 am
Peninsula
Nepal's 'hidden' mountains draw new wave of climbers 21 Oct 2025 - 08:59 pm
In this handout photograph taken on October 15, 2025, a French mountaineer makes his way near the summit of Jannu East, the first ascent of the 7,468 m peak in eastern Nepal. (Photo by Thibaut Marot / AFP)
Sanae Takaichi elected Japan PM, unveils cabinet lineup 21 Oct 2025 - 06:51 pm
Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 21, 2025. (Eugene Hoshiko/AP/Pool via Xinhua)
Indonesia targets 82.9 mln beneficiaries for free meal program by March 2026 21 Oct 2025 - 06:34 pm
A staff member loads lunch plates on the first day of a free-meal programme at Muhammadiyah high school in Sidoarjo on January 6, 2025. Photo by Juni KRISWANTO / AFP
Over 300,000 migratory birds expected to flock to China's Guangdong 21 Oct 2025 - 01:51 pm
Peninsula
Indonesia to repatriate british grandmother on death row in drug case 21 Oct 2025 - 12:53 pm
British national Lindsay Sandiford, who was later sentenced to death in 2013 on the island of Bali. Photo by Sonny Tumbelaka / AFP
Indian capital chokes after Diwali firework frenzy 21 Oct 2025 - 11:12 am
Photos by Arun Sankar / AFP
EU in 'contact' with Taliban on Afghan migrant returns 20 Oct 2025 - 09:29 pm
Afghan women and children refugees deported from Pakistan wait inside a registration centre upon their arrival at the zero point border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan in the Spin Boldak district of Kandahar province on October 19, 2025. (Photo by Sanaullah Seiam / AFP)