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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
Peninsula
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
Tokyo police care for lost umbrellas, keys, flying squirrels 23 Nov 2024 - 08:59 am
Items - all organised from where and when they were lost, sitting on shelves at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Centre in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP)
COP29 braces for new deal after poorer nations reject climate offer 23 Nov 2024 - 08:27 am
Fierce bargaining at UN climate talks in Azerbaijan dragged into Saturday after a $250 billion a year offer from rich nations was flatly refused by developing countries hardest hit by Earth's rapid warming.
Second Australian dies after suspected Laos poisoning 22 Nov 2024 - 03:24 pm
This photo shows the logo of the Bangkok Hospital in Bangkok on November 21, 2024. Photo by Chanakarn Laosarakham / AFP