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Indonesia races to contain fires as haze spreads across region

JAKARTA: Indonesia is stepping up efforts to contain forest and land fires across six priority provinces, deploying cloud-seeding aircraft to induce rain as it works to slow the haze now spreading across the region,...

A drone view shows boats docked at the Musi river as smog covers it due to recent wildfires in Palembang, South Sumatra province, Indonesia. — Reuters

Mired in economic trouble, Bangladesh pins hopes on election boost

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Starmer hails 'good progress' after meeting Xi

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Chinese Premier Li Qiang after a signing ceremony held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. - Reuters

India reports two Nipah virus infections as Thai, Malaysia step up screening

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Top Indian politician killed in plane crash

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India says two Nipah virus cases, but situation contained

Employees in personal protective equipment (PPE) suits in Mundra, India.

North Korea fires missiles towards Sea of Japan

People sit in front of a television screen showing file footage of a North Korean missile test, in Seoul. — AFP

Ferry sinking kills 18, leaves 10 missing in south Philippines

A crew member who survived the sinking disembarks from a Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) vessel at the Port of Manila. — Reuters

Fifteen dead, 28 missing as ferry sinks in the Philippines

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Indonesia resumes search for dozens missing

Rescuers search for landslide victims in Pasirlangu village, Bandung, West Java on January 25, 2026, after the disaster killed 16 people and left around 80 missing. (Photo by Timur Matahari / AFP)

Snow, heavy rain kill 61 in Afghanistan

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Indonesia landslide: More than 80 missing

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Australian 12-year-old bitten by a shark dies

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South Korean law to regulate AI takes effect

AI images created by Carat, a South Korean generative AI service, and its webpage. - AFP

Japan restarts world's biggest nuclear plant

An aerial view of Tokyo Electric Power Company Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant in Kashiwazaki City, Niigata Prefecture. — AFP

Gunman jailed for life in killing of Japan ex-PM Abe

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