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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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Sri Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia flood toll crosses 300

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Over 70 shark, ray species win new wildlife trade protections

Friday's decisions move whale sharks, manta rays and devil rays onto Appendix I after countries on Thursday did the same for the critically endangered oceanic whitetip shark.

Death toll in Southeast Asia floods tops 300

Rescuers evacuate a tourist from a hotel through a flooded street in Hat Yai district, in Songkhla province. — Reuters

Hong Kong tower fire toll rises to 128

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Hong Kong tower fire kills 65, dozens missing

Firemen get ready after a major fire swept through several apartment blocks at the Wang Fuk Court residential estate in Hong Kong's Tai Po district. - AFP

South Korea special prosecutor seeks 15-year jail term for ex-PM Han

Former PM Han Duck-soo (C) arrives for closing hearing at the Seoul Central District Court. — Reuters

Thailand airlifts patients, rushes supplies as floods kill 33

Residents are rescued on a boat in flood waters in Hat Yai in Thailand. — AFP

Four dead after fire engulfs residential high-rise buildings in Hong Kong

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Pakistan denies deadly strikes as Afghanistan vows retaliation

Residents remove debris from a damaged house, in Jige Mughalgai, Khost province. — AFP

South Korea's Lee warns of clashes with North

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung

Severe floods displace thousands in Thailand

People wade through a flooded area in Hat Yai district, Songkhla, Thailand, November 22, 2025.

Veteran Indian actor Dharmendra dies

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Vietnam flood death toll rises to 90

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Aftershock rocks Bangladesh as death toll rises

Residents stand in an alley after vacating their house next to a fallen scaffolding following an earthquake in Dhaka, Bangladesh, November 21, 2025. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

Japan local authorities approve restart of world's biggest nuclear plant

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