Asia
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Gulf-Asian partnership key to economic, investment coop, says Al-Budaiwi
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretary-General Jassem Al-Budaiwi said on Wednesday that the economic partnership between GCC countries and Asian nations…
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Pakistan ends issuing MRPs from Oct 15: What travelers need to know
Pakistan will stop issuing machine-readable passports (MRPs) from October 15, 2026, as it completes its transition to e-passports for new…
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Philippines ferry fire death toll rises to 35, search for missing continues
Philippine firefighters on Friday entered the smoldering remains of a ferry off the coast of Coron island to search for…
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6.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Indonesian island of Java
The German Research Centre for Geosciences reported that a 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck Java Island in Indonesia on Saturday. The…
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Volcano eruption triggers flight suspensions at Indonesia’s main airport
A volcanic eruption has halted hundreds of flights at Indonesia’s main international airport, stranding tens of thousands of passengers. Authorities…
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Rescuers blast through mountains in desperate search for trapped Nepal hydropower workers
Rescue teams in Nepal are using explosives to break through mountainsides and reach hundreds of hydropower workers believed to be…
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Climate change puts Himalayan region at greater risk, says Nepal PM, calls for int’l action
Nepal Prime Minister Balendra Shah has urged international action on climate change, warning that rising climate risks are increasingly threatening…
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Nepal flood death toll rises to 903, more than 4,200 missing
Nepal’s disaster management agency announced on Monday that the death toll from flash floods that struck the country last week…
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Nepal-Tibet flood tragedy deepens as 633 die and nearly 3,000 remain missing
Rescue teams in Nepal and China’s autonomous region of Tibet are racing against time to find nearly 3,000 people still…
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Nepal-China flood rescue on hold as lake breaks banks
A new lake formed by a landslide on the Nepal-China border began overflowing on Friday, raising fears of another devastating…
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