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World / Asia

Kazakhstan revives Nowruz, issues new format 18 Mar 2025 - 03:24 pm
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'We will preserve them': saving Cambodia's crocodiles 18 Mar 2025 - 11:28 am
This handout photo taken on March 2, 2025 and released on March 18 by conservation group Fauna and Flora shows government officials preparing to release a Siamese crocodile in the water in Virachey National Park at Ta Veng district in Ratanakiri province. (Photo by Pablo Sinovas / Fauna and Flora / AFP)
80% of WHO-supported facilities in Afghanistan could shutdown by June 17 Mar 2025 - 10:31 pm
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Thai authorities arrest UK man for 25 year visa overstay 17 Mar 2025 - 10:19 pm
Photo for representational purposes only. Pic source: Unsplash.
Sri Lanka adjusts train timings to tackle elephant deaths 17 Mar 2025 - 09:50 pm
Elephants return to the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage after taking their daily bath in a river in Pinnawala on February 16, 2025. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)
Malaysian rice porridge a 'trademark' Ramadan tradition 17 Mar 2025 - 08:14 pm
This picture taken on March 5, 2025 shows a Muslim man mixing ingredients to prepare the popular dish 'Bubur Lambuk' at Masjid India during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan in Kuala Lumpur. (Photo by Mohd RASFAN / AFP)
Thailand sees notable decline in cybercrime cases after intensified crackdown 17 Mar 2025 - 07:51 pm
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New Zealand revives long-stalled free trade deal with India 17 Mar 2025 - 01:37 pm
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) shakes hands with his New Zealand’s counterpart Christopher Luxon before their meeting at the Hyderabad House in New Delhi on March 17, 2025. Photo by Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP.
Comic-loving German goalkeeper finds peace, and himself, in Japan 17 Mar 2025 - 09:14 am
Fagiano Okayama's goalkeeper Svend Brodersen looks on during the J-League football match between Urawa Red Diamonds and Fagiano Okayama at Saitama Stadium 2002 in Saitama on March 8, 2025. (Photo by Yuichi Yamazaki / AFP)
China's Baidu releases new AI model to compete with DeepSeek 16 Mar 2025 - 07:08 pm
People walk past a Baidu logo outside the company headquarters in Beijing on February 2, 2024. Photo by Jade GAO / AFP
Chinese animated blockbuster "Ne Zha 2" premieres in Indonesia 15 Mar 2025 - 11:58 pm
People pose for photos in front of a poster of Chinese animated film Ne Zha 2 at CGV Grand Indonesia in Jakarta, Indonesia, March 15, 2025. (Xinhua/Xu Qin)
Indonesia to host OIC high-level parliamentary meeting in May 15 Mar 2025 - 11:27 pm
OIC logo. File photo.
Singapore reports over 1.2 million USD lost in scams impersonating officials, institutions 15 Mar 2025 - 08:37 pm
View of Singapore's financial district. File photo.
3 killed, 13 rescued as boat capsizes in India's Uttar Pradesh 15 Mar 2025 - 07:55 pm
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Indonesia to resume sending migrant workers to Saudi Arabia 15 Mar 2025 - 07:51 pm
Buildings pictured during sunset in Jakarta, Indonesia. AFP file photo.
UN considering humanitarian channel from Bangladesh to Myanmar 15 Mar 2025 - 07:22 pm
United Nations Secretary-General Antَnio Guterres speaks during a press briefing in Dhaka on March 15, 2025. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman  / AFP)
Sri Lanka counts nuisance wildlife in bid to protect crops 15 Mar 2025 - 10:03 am
Monkeys are pictured in an enclosure outside the Mihintale temple at Mihintale village, in Anuradhapura on March 14, 2025. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)
Pakistan's train siege toll climbs to 31: army 14 Mar 2025 - 10:37 pm
People carry the coffins of railwaymen killed by armed militants who ambushed a train in the remote mountainous area of Balochistan province, during their funeral in Quetta on March 13, 2025. (Photo by Banaras KHAN / AFP)