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Laos hostel staff detained after backpackers' deaths 26 Nov 2024 - 05:02 pm
Tourists look at the surroundings from Namxay Viewpoint in Vang Vieng on November 24, 2024. Photo by AFP
Filipino fugitive wanted for $68 mn scam arrested in Indonesia 26 Nov 2024 - 03:22 pm
Indonesian immigration officers escort Filipino fugitive Hector Aldwin Liao Pantollana (R) during a press conference in Jakarta on November 26, 2024. Photo by BAY ISMOYO / AFP
Four Pakistan security forces killed as ex-PM Khan supporters flood capital 26 Nov 2024 - 01:33 pm
Policemen fire tear gas shells to disperse supporters of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party during a protest to demand the release of former prime minister Imran Khan, in Islamabad on November 26, 2024. (Photo by Aamir Qureshi / AFP)
S. Korean puts on 20 kg in bid to eat his way out of draft 26 Nov 2024 - 12:20 pm
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Sri Lanka probes Adani projects after US charges 26 Nov 2024 - 11:58 am
A member of the Indian Youth Congress (IYC) wearing a face cutout of Indian industrialist Gautam Adani takes part in a protest against the businessman, in New Delhi on November 25, 2024. (Photo by Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP)
Pakistan police fire tear gas, rubber bullets at ex-PM Khan supporters 26 Nov 2024 - 08:07 am
Policemen fire tear gas shells to disperse supporters of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party during a protest to demand the release of former prime minister Imran Khan, in Islamabad on November 26, 2024. (Photo by Aamir Qureshi / AFP)
Pro-Khan protestors defy police to reach Pakistan capital 25 Nov 2024 - 10:43 pm
Supporters of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party shout slogans as they march towards Islamabad after clearing shipping containers placed by authorities during a demonstration demanding Khan's release, in Hasan Abdal in Punjab province on November 25, 2024. (Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP)
Fire destroys more than 1,000 homes in Philippine shantytown 25 Nov 2024 - 05:51 pm
 A man watches houses on fire at Tondo in Manila on November 24, 2024. Photo by JAM STA ROSA / AFP
Deep divisions on display at plastic pollution treaty talks 25 Nov 2024 - 05:37 pm
An art installation depicting the inside of a whale lined with plastic waste is seen in Busan on November 25, 2024, before the opening of the Fifth session of UN Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution (INC-5). (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP)
Bangladesh protesters besiege key newspaper demanding closure 25 Nov 2024 - 03:55 pm
Bangladesh Army personnel stand guard as protesters stage a demonstration in front of the Bangla newspaper Prothom Alo's office in Dhaka on November 25, 2024. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman / AFP)
Over 15,000 people affected by rain-related disasters in Sri Lanka 24 Nov 2024 - 10:49 pm
A woman holding a child in her arm wades through floodwater on a waterlogged road in Gampaha, Sri Lanka, on November 20, 2024. (Photo by Gayan Sameera/Xinhua)
COP29: Developing nations slam 'paltry' $300 billion climate deal 24 Nov 2024 - 09:27 pm
COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev speaks at a first closing plenary of the COP29 Climate Conference in Baku on November 23, 2024. (Photo by STRINGER / AFP)
Fire rips through slum area in Philippine capital 24 Nov 2024 - 12:54 pm
A Philippine Air Force helicopter drops water over houses on fire at Tondo in Manila on November 24, 2024. (Photo by Jam Sta Rosa / AFP)
Wounded Bangladesh protesters receive robotic helping hand 24 Nov 2024 - 10:41 am
(Files) A protester who lost his arm in July's students' revolution holds a prosthetic arm manufactured by Robolife Technologies in Dhaka on November 21, 2024. (Photo by Abdul Goni / AFP)
EU, China close to agreement on EV tariffs 23 Nov 2024 - 04:58 pm
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32 killed in new sectarian violence in Pakistan 23 Nov 2024 - 02:18 pm
Men walk past a market closed by traders during a strike against sectarian attacks in Kurram district. (Photo by Dilawer Khan / AFP)
Indian teen admits to 'some nerves' in bid for world chess crown 23 Nov 2024 - 01:22 pm
India's chess grandmaster Gukesh Dommaraju attends a press conference ahead of the FIDE World Chess Championship in Singapore on November 23, 2023. (Photo by Roslan Rahman / AFP)
Philippine VP made 'active threat' on Marcos' life: palace 23 Nov 2024 - 10:19 am
File photo of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos