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Kabul hails Saudi decision to resume activities at Afghanistan embassy 23 Dec 2024 - 11:25 am
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3 people injured in explosion at military base in South Korea 23 Dec 2024 - 10:29 am
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Afghan bread, the humble centrepiece of every meal 23 Dec 2024 - 09:59 am
Afghan baker Jamil Ghafori (L) preparing traditional flatbreads locally known as Naan, at a bakery in Kabul. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar / AFP)
Bangladesh receives $900mn World Bank financing to improve climate resilience 23 Dec 2024 - 12:00 am
People celebrate Victory Day in front of the parliament house complex in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on December 16, 2024. (Xinhua)
Large earthquake hits battered Vanuatu 22 Dec 2024 - 04:49 pm
A handout photo from the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, dated December 22, 2024, shows Australian disaster response team members operating a station to support local authorities in Port Vila after a powerful earthquake struck Vanuatu's capital on December 17. Photo by Niki Kuatonga / AUSTRALIA'S DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE / AFP
India's architecture fans guard Mumbai's Art Deco past 22 Dec 2024 - 01:07 pm
Pedestrians walk past the Eros Cinema, a UNESCO-designated Art Deco cinema theatre in the Cambata Building at Churchgate in Mumbai. (Photo by Indranil Mukherjee / AFP)
'Finally, we made it!': Ho Chi Minh City celebrates first metro 22 Dec 2024 - 12:48 pm
People wait to board a train at a metro station in Ho Chi Minh City on December 22, 2024. (Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP)
Pakistan military courts convict 25 of pro-Khan unrest 21 Dec 2024 - 05:53 pm
Policemen fire tear gas shells to disperse supporters of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party during a protest in Islamabad on October 5, 2024. (Photo by FAROOQ NAEEM / AFP)
Sri Lanka president to visit key lender China 21 Dec 2024 - 01:39 pm
Sri Lanka's President Anura Kumara Dissanayake walks during his ceremonial reception at India's presidential palace Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on December 16, 2024. (Photo by Sajjad Hussain / AFP)
Indonesians embrace return of plundered treasure from the Dutch 21 Dec 2024 - 12:50 pm
In this photo taken on October 11, 2024, the statue of Ganesha is displayed during the reopening ceremony ahead of the public opening at the National Museum of Indonesia in Jakarta. (Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP)
Imposing pickup trucks symbolise Pakistan's power gulf 21 Dec 2024 - 12:00 pm
This photograph taken on November 12, 2024 shows car enthusiast Zohaib Khan driving a Toyota Tundra pick-up truck locally known as 'Dala', along a street in Karachi. (Photo by Asif Hassan / AFP)
Rescuers extend search for Vanuatu quake survivors 20 Dec 2024 - 01:42 pm
This handout photo taken and released on December 20, 2024 by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) shows Australian rescue workers at the site of a collapsed building after an earthquake struck Port Vila, the capital city of Vanuatu. Photo by Handout / AUSTRALIAN DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE / AFP
South Korea probe team issues Christmas Day summons for Yoon 20 Dec 2024 - 01:04 pm
This handout photo taken on December 14, 2024 and released by the South Korean Presidential Office shows President Yoon Suk Yeol giving a public address from his official residence in Seoul. Photo by Handout / South Korean Presidential Office / AFP
Sydney New Year's fireworks threatened with cancellation 20 Dec 2024 - 12:48 pm
Shoppers are seen in the central business district in the run up to Christmas and New Year's Eve in Sydney on December 20, 2024. (Photo by Saeed KHAN / AFP)
China lifts rock lobster ban, bringing end to Australian trade barriers 20 Dec 2024 - 12:34 pm
A woman looks at a giant lobster in a Chinese seafood restaurant's aquarium in Hong Kong on December 19, 2024. (Photo by Mladen ANTONOV / AFP)
Japan inspects US air base over chemical spill 20 Dec 2024 - 11:15 am
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Malaysia to resume search for missing MH370 plane: transport minister 20 Dec 2024 - 11:07 am
This handout photo taken and released on April 9, 2014 by the Australian Defence shows a Royal Australian Air Force AP-3C Orion flying past Australian Defence Vessel Ocean Shield on a mission to drop sonar buoys to assist in the acoustic search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean. Photo by LSIS BRADLEY DARVILL / AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE / AFP
Bangladesh, Pakistan leaders agree to boost ties 19 Dec 2024 - 10:14 pm
In this handout photo released by Pakistan's Press Information Department (PID), Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (left) shakes hands with Bangladesh's interim leader Muhammad Yunus during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the D-8 summit in Cairo on December 19, 2024. (Photo by Pakistan's Press Information Department (PID) / AFP)