Southeast Asia
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Afghan cricket star Rashid Khan’s surreal wedding photos without bride go viral
Afghanistan cricketer Rashid Khan got married in Kabul on Thursday and while congratulatory messages poured in from his colleagues, many…
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Pope appeals for Aung San Suu Kyi’s release and says she can stay with him at the Vatican
Pope Francis has appealed for the release of Myanmar’s jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi and even offered to…
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Typhoon Yagi death toll soars to 143 as whole village swallowed by landslide in Vietnam
Thousands of residents in Vietnam’s capital Hanoi were evacuated on Wednesday as floodwaters from the swollen Red River inundated streets,…
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Race to rescue foreign workers trapped in collapsed tunnel in Thailand
Rescuers in Thailand are racing against time to save three workers trapped in a tunnel that collapsed over the weekend…
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Paetongtarn Shinawatra becomes Thailand’s youngest PM after winning parliament vote
Paetongtarn Shinawatra was elected as Thailand’s next prime minister after she won the majority of votes in the House of…
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Thai court dissolves reformist Move Forward party that won election
A court in Thailand has ordered the dissolution of the progressive Move Forward Party for violating the constitution by proposing…
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Mystery as six tourists found dead in luxury Bangkok hotel
Six people have been found dead at an upmarket hotel in Bangkok, including at least one American national of Vietnamese…
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‘Man-eating’ tigers blamed for four deaths as Malaysia sounds alarm
Authorities in Malaysia have captured two critically endangered Malayan tigers after they were blamed for an unprecedented spree of deaths…
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Prominent journalist shot dead during live broadcast in the Philippines
A prominent journalist in the Philippines was shot dead on Sunday during a live broadcast of his show. The National…
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Aung San Suu Kyi pardoned for five offences – but doubts remain over whether she will ever be released
Myanmar’s military junta has reduced the prison sentence for Aung San Suu Kyi, having been pardoned of five legal charges…
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