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2 separate bus crashes in Pakistan leave at least 36 people dead, officials say 25 Aug 2024 - 04:56 pm
Rescue personnel inspect the site of a bus accident that killed 23 people after it plunged into a ravine at Soon village near Kahuta, Punjab province on August 25, 2024. Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP.
China says it rescued 'personnel' after Philippines collision 25 Aug 2024 - 02:37 pm
This frame grab from handout video footage taken and released on August 25, 2024 by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) shows a Chinese coast Guard ship (R) in a collision with the Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) vessel BRP Datu Sanday, near Sabina Shoal in disputed waters of the South China Sea. Photo by Handout / Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) / AFP
Bangladesh metro back on track after protest closure 25 Aug 2024 - 02:30 pm
Passengers arrive at a metro train station in Dhaka on August 25, 2024. Photo by Rahman ASAD / AFP
Flash flood on Indonesia's eastern Ternate Island sweeps away buildings, leaves 13 dead 25 Aug 2024 - 01:50 pm
This aerial view shows rescue teams and residents searching for victims buried in mud after a flashflood hit the village of Rua located at the foot of Mount Gamalama, in Ternate, North Maluku on August 25, 2024. (Photo by AZZAM RISQULLAH / AFP)
44 dead in two Pakistan bus accidents: rescue officials 25 Aug 2024 - 11:48 am
People move the body of a bus accident victim from a hospial in Kahuta, Punjab province on August 25, 2024. (Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP)
Floods ease in Bangladesh but 300,000 still in shelters 25 Aug 2024 - 11:23 am
A man looks out from the porch of a bank partially submerged in floodwaters at Feni on August 24, 2024. (Photo by Munir UZ ZAMAN / AFP)
Shop fire leads to 6 dead in East China 24 Aug 2024 - 05:33 pm
Peninsula
Philippines says China fired flares at its South China Sea plane 24 Aug 2024 - 01:25 pm
This screengrab from the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) handout video taken on August 19, 2024, and received on August 24, 2024, shows a Chinese air force fighter jet deploying flares near a Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) plane that was conducting a maritime domain awareness flight near China-controlled Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. Photo by Handout / Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) / AFP.
Nearly 300,000 Bangladeshis in emergency shelters after floods 24 Aug 2024 - 12:28 pm
People carrying relief materials wade through flood waters in Feni, in south-eastern Bangladesh, on August 24, 2024. Photo by Munir Uz Zaman / AFP.
Death toll in Thai holiday island landslide jumps to 10 24 Aug 2024 - 12:00 pm
A vendor pushes his cart as he crosses a street in Bangkok on August 23, 2024. (Photo by MANAN VATSYAYANA / AFP)
Car crash in S. Korea kills 5, at least 1 Chinese national included 24 Aug 2024 - 08:43 am
Peninsula
'Avoid Read Sea', Philippine govt tells mariners a day after rescue of 23 Filipinos 23 Aug 2024 - 09:38 pm
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As more floods batter Bangladesh and India, death toll rises to 30 23 Aug 2024 - 08:12 pm
A man carrying his belongings wades through flood waters in Feni, in south-eastern Bangladesh, on August 23, 2024. Photo by MUNIR UZ ZAMAN / AFP.
Indian Prime Minister Modi offers to help 'as a friend' to bring peace to Ukraine 23 Aug 2024 - 08:10 pm
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (R) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shake hands after their talks in Mariinskyi Palace in Kyiv, on August 23, 2024. (Photo by Sergei Supinsky / AFP)
Flood deluge worsens in Bangladesh with millions affected 23 Aug 2024 - 08:02 pm
Volunteers rescue flood-affected residents in Feni, in south-eastern Bangladesh, on August 23, 2024. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman / AFP)
Bus with 40 on board plunges into Nepal river, most rescued 23 Aug 2024 - 12:39 pm
Rescue personnel gather at the site after a bus carrying Indian passengers plunged into the Marsyangdi river in Nepal's Tanahun district on August 23, 2024. (Photo by SHANKHAR ADHIKARI / AFP)
China launches new communications satellite 22 Aug 2024 - 11:36 pm
Peninsula
Nepal lifts its ban on TikTok imposed for disrupting social harmony 22 Aug 2024 - 11:06 pm
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