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Thousands attend funeral of Bangladesh student leader

DHAKA: Massive crowds gathered in Bangladesh's capital on Saturday for the funeral of a slain student leader, held under tight security after two days of protests and violence. Tens of thousands of people joined the...

Mourners attend the funeral of the deceased youth leader Sharif Osman Hadi, in Dhaka on December 20, 2025. Tens of thousands of mourners gathered in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on December 20 for the funeral of a student leader, after two days of violent protests over his killing. (Photo by Abdul Goni and Abdul Goni / AFP)

Record floods Vietnam

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Afghani neighbours oppose US retaking Bagram base

Parked vehicles are seen in Bagram US air base, after American troops vacated it, in Parwan province. — Reuters file photo

WHO seeks clarification from India if cough syrup linked to deaths was exported

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Trio win Nobel prize for revealing quantum physics

John Clarke, Michel H Devoret and John M Martinis are announced this year's Nobel Prize winners in Physics, in Stockholm. — Reuters

Death toll rises to 61 as search ends after Indonesia school collapse

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550 trekkers trapped in a blizzard near Everest in Tibet

A screen capture from video shows trekkers leaving their campsite, as unusually heavy snow and rainfall pummeled the Himalayas, in the Tibet Region

Landslides and floods kill 64 in Nepal, India

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Indian states ban cough syrup linked to child deaths

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Hope fades in Indonesia school collapse

A police post-mortem officer takes a DNA sample from a relative of one of the missing students as rescuers search for survivors at the Al Khoziny Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java province, after a multi-storey building at the school collapsed.- AFP

Philippines warns of coastal flood as cyclone approaches

A vehicle partially buried under rubble amid destruction caused by the magnitude 6.9 quake in Bogo, Cebu, Philippines. - Reuters

'Maybe there's hope': Indonesian rescuers race against time to save students trapped under collapsed school

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Rescuers hunt for survivors after Philippines' deadliest quake

A drone view shows rescue workers conducting a rescue operation in Bogo, Cebu, Philippines. — Reuters

Desperate Indonesia parents await news at school collapse

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70 dead in strong central Philippines earthquake

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91 people possibly still under collapsed Indonesian school: official

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