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World / Asia

Taliban celebrate 3 years since Afghanistan takeover with military show 14 Aug 2024 - 09:58 pm
A convoy of Taliban security personnel seen moving along the streets as they celebrate the third anniversary of Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, in Herat on August 14, 2024. (Photo by Mohsen KarimI / AFP)
Pumps dry as Myanmar's Yangon hit by fresh fuel shortage 14 Aug 2024 - 07:34 pm
A trishaw driver smokes as he waits for passengers in Yangon on August 13, 2024. (Photo by Saiaung Main / AFP)
Nepal approves long-delayed war crimes bill 14 Aug 2024 - 06:27 pm
Peninsula
Unpopular Japan PM Kishida to step down 14 Aug 2024 - 05:50 pm
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida prepares to leave at the end of a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on August 14, 2024. (Photo by Philip FONG / POOL / AFP)
Typhoon Ampil to hit Japan on Friday 14 Aug 2024 - 02:25 pm
A worker walks in a flooded road in the wake of
Chinese tech giant Tencent says net profits soar in second quarter 14 Aug 2024 - 12:49 pm
This photo taken on July 10, 2022 shows the Tencent headquarters in Shenzhen, China's southern Guangdong province. (Photo by Jade GAO / AFP)
Pakistan rewards javelin champion Nadeem with $897,000 for record-breaking throw at Paris Olympics 13 Aug 2024 - 10:43 pm
Arshad Nadeem (R), Pakistan's javelin gold medallist at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, hugs his mother Raziah Parveen upon his arrival at his hometown in Mian Channu on August 11, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
Bangladesh ex-Premier Hasina calls for probe into killings during unrest that led to her ouster 13 Aug 2024 - 07:37 pm
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
North Korea reports 'fierce' heat as peninsula bakes 13 Aug 2024 - 06:19 pm
A woman uses an umbrella as she walks along the Mirae Scientists Street in Pyongyang during high temperatures on August 13, 2024. (Photo by KIM Won Jin / AFP)
Filipino gymnast with 2 Olympic golds in Paris gets hero's welcome, free buffets for life 13 Aug 2024 - 05:34 pm
Philippines' Carlos Yulo (L), Paris 2024 Olympic Games double gold medalist in gymnastics shakes hands with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. upon his arrival at the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila on August 13, 2024. (Photo by Basilio H SEPE / POOL / AFP)
Pilot crashed helicopter into Australian hotel after farewell party 13 Aug 2024 - 03:05 pm
This frame grab taken from video footage provided by Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) on August 12, 2024, via AFPTV shows a piece of the helicopter lying on a roadside after a helicopter crashed into the roof of a Hilton hotel in Cairns on August 12, 2024, killing the pilot and igniting a blaze on the building's roof. (Photo by Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) / AFP)
South Korean sniffer dog searches for post-Olympic bedbugs 13 Aug 2024 - 02:27 pm
This photo taken on August 8, 2024 shows a sniffer dog from hygiene services company CESCO taking part in a demonstration of bed bug detection in passengers' luggage at Incheon International Airport's Terminal 2 in Incheon. (Photo by YONHAP / AFP)
Thousands cancel trips in Japan after megaquake alert 13 Aug 2024 - 02:19 pm
Pedestrians cross an intersection in the Shinjuku area of central Tokyo on August 13, 2024. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP)
Death toll mounting from South Asia's devastating monsoon 13 Aug 2024 - 01:43 pm
This handout photograph taken on August 1, 2024 and released by Humane Society International, India, shows an aerial view of the tea plantations after landslides in Wayanad. Photo by Hemanth Byatroy / Humane Society International, India / AFP
4.9 magnitude earthquake hits Eastern Indonesia 13 Aug 2024 - 10:23 am
Peninsula
UN slams surge in violence in Myanmar 12 Aug 2024 - 10:07 pm
This photo taken on August 10, 2024 shows destroyed and damaged buildings in Lashio in Myanmar's northern Shan State, following fighting between Myanmar's military and Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) in the region. (Photo by AFP)
Tropical storm Maria Disrupts air, travel in Northeastern Japan 12 Aug 2024 - 07:59 pm
Peninsula
Bangladesh interim leader Yunus says resignations of officials close to the ousted Hasina are legal 12 Aug 2024 - 06:57 pm
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus (C) speaks during a press conference upon his arrival at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on August 8, 2024. 
 (Photo by Munir UZ ZAMAN / AFP)