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12-year-old girl charged over fatal stabbing in Australia's Melbourne 16 Nov 2023 - 04:01 pm
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South Koreans sit key exam as flights halted to limit distraction 16 Nov 2023 - 01:40 pm
South Korean students wait to take the annual College Scholastic Ability Test, known locally as Suneung, at a school in Seoul on November 16, 2023. Photo by Chung Sung-Jun / POOL / AFP
26 dead, dozens hospitalised in China building fire: state media 16 Nov 2023 - 01:04 pm
Photo credit: Xinhua
Bangladesh to hold general election on January 7: official 15 Nov 2023 - 05:37 pm
Islami Andolan Bangladesh party activists march towards the election commission in Dhaka on November 15, 2023, to protest the announcement of the general election date by the commission in Dhaka. (Photo by Munir uz ZAMAN / AFP)
India contacts Thai cave experts in bid to free trapped tunnel workers 15 Nov 2023 - 04:29 pm
This picture taken on on November 15, 2023, shows a section of the under construction road tunnel that collapsed in Uttarkashi district of India's Uttarakhand state. (Photo by AFP)
Japan monthly tourism numbers return to pre-Covid level  15 Nov 2023 - 11:37 am
This picture taken on November 14, 2023 shows Japan's highest mountain, Mt. Fuji in the background between skyscrapers in Tokyo's Shinjuku area. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP)
Thousands of homes underwater after floods hit Vietnam 15 Nov 2023 - 09:59 am
Flood waters submerge parked cars in Hue city in central Vietnam on November 15, 2023. (Photo by Hai Duong / AFP)
Indian rescuers battle for third day to free 40 trapped tunnel workers 14 Nov 2023 - 11:03 am
Photo taken on November 13, 2023, and released by the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) shows rescue workers at the site after a tunnel collapsed in the Uttarkashi district of India's Uttarakhand state. (Photo by State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) / AFP)
Nepal to ban TikTok as it 'disturbs social harmony' 13 Nov 2023 - 03:58 pm
AFP File photo.
Air pollution rises again in Delhi amid Diwali celebrations 13 Nov 2023 - 03:26 pm
People walk along the Kartavya Path in front of the India Gate amid heavy smoggy conditions in New Delhi on November 13, 2023. Photo by Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP
Chinese health officials warn of high season for respiratory diseases 13 Nov 2023 - 03:19 pm
This photo taken on November 12, 2023 shows a person walking along a lake at Beiling Park in Shenyang, in China's northeastern Liaoning province. Photo by AFP
New Zealand fishers, divers encouraged to share protected species sightings 13 Nov 2023 - 02:03 pm
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Critically endangered Sumatran elephant born in Indonesia 13 Nov 2023 - 01:49 pm
This handout picture taken on November 11, 2023 and provided by Indonesia's Ministry of Environment on November 13, 2023 and Forestry shows a newborn male Sumatran elephant standing next to an adult elephant at the Way Kambas National Park. Photo by Handout / Indonesia's Ministry of Environment and Forestry / AFP
Campaigners demand Thailand act on air pollution 13 Nov 2023 - 12:19 pm
 Vehicles sit in traffic on a busy road amid high levels of air pollution in Bangkok on October 18, 2023. Photo by Alex OGLE / AFP
Philippine court grants bail petition of Duterte critic 13 Nov 2023 - 11:40 am
File photo of ex-President Rodrigo Duterte
All 40 workers in India tunnel collapse 'safe' 13 Nov 2023 - 09:55 am
In this photograph taken on November 12, 2023, rescue workers gather at the site after a tunnel collapsed in the Uttarkashi district of India's Uttarakhand state. Photo by AFP
4 dead in Philippine road crash 13 Nov 2023 - 08:54 am
Peninsula
Over 6,000 Afghan refugees return home in single day 12 Nov 2023 - 06:43 pm
In this file photo, Afghan refugees arrive in trucks from Pakistan at the Afghanistan-Pakistan Torkham border in Nangarhar province on October 30, 2023. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar / AFP)