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Japan braces for double storms, torrential rains

TOKYO/ZHUBEI:  Japan grappled with transport disruptions on Friday while bracing for more torrential rain and risks from two approaching tropical storms that spurred authorities to issue high-level landslide warnings...

The Kamo River, swollen by heavy rain, flows rapidly in Kyoto, Japan June 26, 2026

Pakistan strikes Afghanistan in ‘Open War’

Smoke rises following what Pakistani and Taliban officials say are Pakistani strikes, in Kabul

AI robot monk offers spiritual advice amid shortage of human couterparts

The new machine brings AI and robotics together, offering spiritual advice and holding religious conversations while also performing human-like physical motions.

Indonesia jails two Britons for drug smuggling

British nationals Kial Garth Robinson and Piran Ezra Wilkinson (R) during their trial in Denpasar on the Indonesian resort island of Bali. — AFP

Filipinos protest corruption on anniversary

Demonstrators scuffle with policemen during a protest commemorating the 40th anniversary of the 1986 People Power Revolution that overthrew the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, near the EDSA Shrine, in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, February 25, 2026. REUTERS/Noel Celis

PA slams US offer of consular services in West Bank

An Israeli soldier keeps watch as a Palestinian woman arrives at the Qalandia checkpoint, in Ramallah. — AFP

Nepal's leader says post-uprising polls on track

Election officials inspect ballot boxes before dispatched from the Election Commission office in Kathmandu. — AFP

Filipinos protest corruption on anniversary of Marcos's ouster

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Indian state of Kerala to be renamed

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Bali flooding prompts tourist evacuation

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Thailand, Cambodia dispute exchange of fire at border

Thai military personnel walk near the forested disputed border with Cambodia. — Reuters

Jailed Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan gets eye treatment

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Iran says would respond ‘ferociously’ to any attack

An Iranian woman walks past a huge billboard, in Tehran. — AFP

Nepal bus crash kills 19, including British tourist

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Pakistan says carried out air strikes in Afghanistan

Afghan men gather near a damaged car after an overnight Pakistani air strike, in Bihsud district. — AFP

S Korea protests Japanese event over disputed islands

A view of South Korean and Japanese national flags hoisted, at Tokyo International Airport. — Reuters
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