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Bangladesh revokes diplomatic passport of ex-PM Hasina: government 22 Aug 2024 - 06:33 pm
(FILES) Sheikh Hasina speaks as she is sworn in for her fourth spell as Bangladesh's prime minister at the Presidential Palace in Dhaka on January 7, 2019. / AFP / Munir UZ ZAMAN
Floods swamp Bangladesh as nation finds its feet after protests 22 Aug 2024 - 03:49 pm
People carrying umbrellas, wade through a flooded street amid rainfall in Feni on August 22, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
Passenger exits plane in Australia via emergency door 22 Aug 2024 - 12:59 pm
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Laos arrests nearly 800 people over cyber scam network 22 Aug 2024 - 12:22 pm
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Sri Lanka generates 9 bln USD in exports, plans new investment zones in 2024 21 Aug 2024 - 06:22 pm
Clouds loom over the sky of Sri Lanka's capital Colombo on August 20, 2024. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)
Pakistan man faces cyber terror charge over disinformation linked to UK riots 21 Aug 2024 - 05:02 pm
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Australia greenlights world's 'largest' solar hub 21 Aug 2024 - 11:25 am
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Thailand reports suspected case of new mpox strain 21 Aug 2024 - 11:08 am
Thongchai Keeratihattayakorn, head of Thailand's Department of Disease Control, speaks during a press conference following the suspected first case of the new more dangerous strain of mpox in Bangkok on August 21, 2024. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)
20 Pakistanis killed in bus accident in Iran 21 Aug 2024 - 11:02 am
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Crocodile mauls woman to death in Indonesia 21 Aug 2024 - 10:52 am
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Record-breaking Nepali teen eyes final 8,000-metre peak 21 Aug 2024 - 09:50 am
This handout photograph taken on April 12, 2024, and released by 14 Peaks Expedition shows Nepali mountaineer Nima Rinji Sherpa at Mount Annapurna. (Photo by 14 Peaks Expedition / AFP)
Philippines says new mpox case 'not' deadly variant 21 Aug 2024 - 09:16 am
A woman wearing a face mask crosses a street with other people in Manila on August 21, 2024. (Photo by Jam Sta Rosa / AFP)
Cambodian girl dies of H5N1 bird flu health ministry 20 Aug 2024 - 07:29 pm
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Petronas, ADNOC, Storegga team up for offshore carbon capture, storage in Malaysia 20 Aug 2024 - 06:40 pm
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US, Philippines reach new deal to assist Afghan resettlement 20 Aug 2024 - 12:14 am
A woman holds an Afghan passport in Islamabad, Pakistan, in 2023. (Photo by Saiyna Bashir for The Washington Post)
Pakistan suffers internet slowdown as govt denies setting up a national firewall 19 Aug 2024 - 08:53 pm
People work near the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) headquarters building in Islamabad on August 16, 2024. (Photo by Aamir Qureshi / AFP)
Ernesto gains strength as a hurricane over the open Atlantic 19 Aug 2024 - 04:50 pm
This satellite image obtained from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Hurricane Ernesto at 14:50 Zulu on August 17, 2024. Photo by Handout / NOAA/GOES / AFP.
Japan to begin trial removal of nuclear debris from Fukushima reactor 19 Aug 2024 - 03:23 pm
This aerial picture shows storage tanks (bottom) used for storing treated water at TEPCO's crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Okuma, Fukushima prefecture on August 24, 2023. (Photo by JIJI PRESS / AFP)