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Typhoon Narra wreaks havoc in China, Vietnam

BEIJING/HANOI: Floods and landslides triggered by Typhoon Narra battered northern ​Vietnam and China's southern ​region of Guangxi, as accompanying heavy rains damaged infrastructure and crops. Rising...

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87 bodies recovered after Iranian warship sinks off Sri Lanka

An injured Iranian sailor receives treatment at the Karapitiya hospital in Galle. — AFP

India says developments in the Gulf cause 'great anxiety'

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Pakistani and Afghan troops clash, UN says 42 Afghan civilians killed

Ali Nawaz, a resident of Bannu, receives medical treatment at the Lady Reading Hospital after being injured in a cross-border attack

25 killed at Pakistan's pro-Iran protests

Security personnel fire tear gas as protesters gather outside the US consulate in Karachi. — AFP

Pakistan bombs Kabul in 'open war' on Taliban government

Residents gather to offer Friday prayers inside a mosque damaged during overnight cross-border fighting between Pakistan and Afghanistan in Bajaur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. — AFP

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
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