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Thai police bust $187 million online scam gang 18 Feb 2025 - 01:40 pm
This photo taken on May 14, 2024 shows the skyline in the backdrop of the Bangkok Port as seen from the Mahanakhon Tower Observation deck in Bangkok. Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP
Kazakhstan mine collapse traps seven 17 Feb 2025 - 10:30 pm
This photograph taken on October 28, 2023, shows a view of the Kostyenko coal mine, in Karaganda. (Photo by STRINGER / AFP)
Mainland spokesperson urges US to stop sending wrong signals to "Taiwan independence" separatist forces 17 Feb 2025 - 05:59 pm
Zhu Fenglian, spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, gestures at a regular press conference in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 12, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Yehua)
Indonesia mandates natural resource exporters retain forex revenues domestically for one year 17 Feb 2025 - 05:15 pm
A man smells a local durian at a durian market in Randulanang village in Klaten Regency, Central Java, Indonesia, Feb. 16, 2025. (Photo by Bram Selo/Xinhua)
Sri Lanka budget banks on car taxes to boost coffers 17 Feb 2025 - 02:37 pm
People buy vegetables at a market in Colombo on February 17, 2025. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)
DeepSeek removed from South Korea app stores pending privacy review 17 Feb 2025 - 12:09 pm
This photo illustration taken on February 17, 2025 in Goyang shows screens displaying web pages of the Chinese AI DeepSeek. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)
In Photos: End of the road for Kolkata's beloved yellow taxis 17 Feb 2025 - 11:24 am
This photograph taken on February 1, 2025 shows Hindustan Ambassador yellow taxis parked along a roadside in Kolkata. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar / AFP)
India capital shaken by 4.0-magnitude quake 17 Feb 2025 - 11:22 am
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Fruit feast as Sri Lanka's first jumbo orphanage marks golden jubilee 16 Feb 2025 - 05:22 pm
Elephants return to the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage after taking their daily bath in a river in Pinnawala on February 16, 2025. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)
South Korean actor Kim Sae-ron found dead at home: police 16 Feb 2025 - 05:11 pm
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11 killed, 7 injured in road accidents in Pakistan's Punjab 16 Feb 2025 - 05:04 pm
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Global stars eye India, but show needs fine-tuning 16 Feb 2025 - 03:04 pm
(Files) Chris Martin (L) of the British rock band Coldplay performs onstage during a concert, at the DY Patil stadium in Navi Mumbai on January 18, 2025. (Photo by Sujit Jaiswal / AFP)
China winter sports sector zooms along despite climate risk ahead 16 Feb 2025 - 02:45 pm
China's Wu Shaotong competes in the women's snowboard halfpipe qualification during the Harbin 2025 Asian Winter Games in Yabuli, Northeast China's Heilongjian province on February 12, 2025. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)
18 dead in India stampede to catch trains to Hindu mega-festival 16 Feb 2025 - 07:58 am
A general view shows passengers standing outside the New Delhi railway station in the early morning hours in New Delhi on February 16, 2025. (Photo by Sajjad Hussain / AFP)
Wild poliovirus detected in 8 districts of Pakistan 15 Feb 2025 - 09:55 pm
People walk on a bridge as a full moon is seen over Islamabad, Pakistan, on Feb. 12, 2025. (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)
Indonesia to launch 15 downstream megaprojects this year 15 Feb 2025 - 06:41 pm
Indonesia's Defence Minister and president-elect Prabowo Subianto speaks during the 21st Shangri-La Dialogue summit in Singapore on June 1, 2024. (Photo by Nhac Nguyen / AFP)
Philippines' Marcos puts China at centre of poll campaign 15 Feb 2025 - 04:35 pm
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Raid on Pakistan fort kills at least four soldiers 15 Feb 2025 - 04:25 pm
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