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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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Air India B787 crash probe enters final stages

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Families claim bodies of Bangkok fatal fire

Relatives mourn victims killed in a club fire at the Police General Hospital in Bangkok. — AFP

South Korea court sentences ex-president to 2 years

A woman walks in front of a TV screen broadcasting a news report on the sentencing trial of South Korean former president Yoon Suk Yeol. — Reuters

Flood death toll increases to 51 in Bangladesh

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Typhoon ‘Bavi’ Triggers Evacuation of 1.7 million

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North Korea condemns Nato summit over denuclearisation

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during the second plenary meeting of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), in Pyongyang, North Korea. — Reuters file photo

Japan braces for Typhoon Bavi

A fisherman handles a rope near a fishing boat as waves crash over a breakwater in Yilan as Typhoon Bavi moves towards northeastern Taiwan. — AFP

China successfully tests sea-based rocket booster recovery system

People watch as a Long March 10B carrier rocket takes off from Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site, in Hainan province, China. — Reuters

China floods death toll hits 39 as cleanup begins

A drone view shows rescue workers conducting relief operations in flood-affected Maling town, after the Liulan reservoir dam breach, following heavy rainfall brought by typhoon Maysak, in Hengzhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. — Reuters

Top court upholds South Korean ex-president Yoon's 7-year jail sentence

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol answers a reporter's question during a press conference at the Presidential Office in Seoul on November 7, 2024. South Korea's highest court on July 9, 2026 upheld ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol's seven year prison sentence over crimes tied to his botched 2024 martial law declaration and its chaotic aftermath.

Australia, India ink uranium pact during Modi visit

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend the Melbourne Meets Modi community event at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne, Australia. — Reuters

Death toll from south China floods rises to 39

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Rescuers search for survivors of China storms as super typhoon nears

Rescue workers evacuate flood-affected residents in China's southern Guangxi region. — AFP

Pakistan searches for cargo plane missing off Karachi

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Death toll from China storms rises to 17

Flooded shops along a submerged riverside walk are seen by the overflowing Yongjiang river in Nanning, in China’s southern Guangxi region on July 7, 2026. The death toll from devastating storms in parts of China rose to 15 on July 7, with hundreds more injured and tens of thousands evacuated, state media reported, as President Xi Jinping urged "all out" rescue efforts.
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