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Fast-moving fires torch national parks in southeast Australia 28 Jan 2025 - 02:35 pm
A handout photo from VicEmergency/state control centre taken and released on January 27, 2025 shows a fire truck arriving to battle bushfires in Little Desert National Park in the Australian state of Victoria. (Photo by Handout / VicEmergency/state control centre / AFP)
Japanese truck driver stuck in sinkhole 28 Jan 2025 - 12:55 pm
Firefighters work to rescue a truck driver after his vehicle was swallowed up by a sinkhole at a prefectural road intersection, in the city of Yashio, Saitama Prefecture on January 28, 2025. Photo by JIJI Press / AFP
Nepal resumes rescue helicopter flights to Mount Everest 28 Jan 2025 - 11:55 am
Peninsula
India says agreed with China to resume direct flights after 5 years 27 Jan 2025 - 05:53 pm
Peninsula
China urges US to stop politicisation of COVID-19 origins-tracing 27 Jan 2025 - 05:42 pm
File photo: People walk on a street in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province, on January 21, 2023. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)
Bird feathers and bloodstains found in Jeju jet engines: report 27 Jan 2025 - 04:22 pm
Firefighters and recovery teams work at the scene where a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 series aircraft crashed and burst into flames at Muan International Airport in Muan, some 288 kilometres southwest of Seoul on December 30, 2024. Photo by JUNG YEON-JE / AFP
Chinese lion dance troupe shrugs off patriarchal past 27 Jan 2025 - 03:36 pm
Lin Xinmeng (C) holding a female lion dancer during a practice session at an ancestral temple in Shantou, in southern China's Guangdong province. (Photo by Jade Gao / AFP)
Western France put on high flood alert after storm 'Herminia' 27 Jan 2025 - 02:13 pm
This photograph shows cars in a street following exceptional floodin of the Ille river in Rennes, western France on January 27, 2025. (Photo by Damien Meyer / AFP)
Singapore to trial self-driving public buses from mid-2026 27 Jan 2025 - 01:38 pm
People walk as a cruise boat moves along the water at Marina Bay in Singapore on January 27, 2025. (Photo by Roslan RAHMAN and ROSLAN RAHMAN / AFP)
Japan police arrest man over train station stabbing 27 Jan 2025 - 12:13 am
File photo for representational purposes only. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS
Thailand detains British husband in 'Lady of the Hills' mystery 26 Jan 2025 - 02:42 pm
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In Photos: India shows military might and diversity at Republic Day parade 26 Jan 2025 - 02:26 pm
A soldier salutes next to an Akash missile system during country's 76th Republic Day parade in New Delhi on January 26, 2025. (Photo by Sajjad Hussain / AFP)
South Korean president indicted as 'ringleader of an insurrection' 26 Jan 2025 - 01:43 pm
South Korea's impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol arrives to attend the fourth hearing of his impeachment trial over his short-lived imposition of martial law at the Constitutional Court in Seoul on January 23, 2025. Photo by JEON HEON-KYUN / POOL / AFP
Mbappe treble helps Liga leaders Real Madrid down Valladolid 26 Jan 2025 - 12:19 pm
Real Madrid's French forward #09 Kylian Mbappe celebrates his team's second goal during the Spanish league football match between Real Valladolid FC and Real Madrid CF at the Jose Zorrilla stadium in Valladolid on January 25, 2025. (Photo by Cesar Manso / AFP)
India's forex reserves further decline to USD623.98 billion 25 Jan 2025 - 04:58 pm
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) logo is seen at the RBI headquarters in Mumbai on August 10, 2023. (Photo by Indranil Mukherjee / AFP)
Ousted South Korean President's defense team demands immediate release 25 Jan 2025 - 04:28 pm
South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol (L) speaks to his lawyers as he attends the fourth hearing of his impeachment trial over his short-lived imposition of martial law at the Constitutional Court in Seoul on January 23, 2025. (Photo by JEON HEON-KYUN / POOL / AFP)
Seoul court rejects second request to extend Yoon detention 25 Jan 2025 - 04:08 pm
South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol (C) attends the fourth hearing of his impeachment trial over his short-lived imposition of martial law at the Constitutional Court in Seoul on January 23, 2025. (Photo by JEON HEON-KYUN / POOL / AFP)
Black box of South Korea's crashed plane stops recording after bird strike warning 25 Jan 2025 - 03:16 pm
File: Firefighters and rescue personnel work near the scene where a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 series aircraft crashed and burst into flames at Muan International Airport in South Jeolla Province, some 288 kilometers southwest of Seoul on December 29, 2024. (Photo by Yonhap / AFP)