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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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India learns to live with hotter summers

This photograph taken on May 29, 2026 shows herdsman Sawai Singh Bhati (C) sitting with his son under the shade of a tree in 44 degrees Celsius temperatures, near his house in Sanwata village on the outskirts of Rajasthan's Jaisalmer city. In India's hot plains, scorching summers have become increasingly harder to endure, requiring adaptations and forcing life into the hours of dark before the sun turns punishing. Temperatures in Singh's Sanwata village hit 45C in early June, as is often during the summer with the highest temperature recorded in the area as 49C.

Afghanistan bans smartphones for govt employees

Exemptions could only be granted by the supreme leader.

G7 leaders applaud Iran opportunity, host AI dons dons chiefs

French President Emmanuel Macron meets with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains on Wednesday. — Reuters

India curbs Telegram use over medical exam fraud concerns

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Magnitude 6.7 earthquake strikes central Indonesia

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Deadly Philippine quake raised seabed by up to two metres

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India FM calls Rubio over Gulf ship attacks

Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz near the beach of Bandar Abbas, Iran. — Reuters

Woman seriously injured in shark attack at Sydney beach

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US, South Korea hold nuclear deterrence talks

A man watches a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of the 2019 meeting between China's President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, at a train station in Seoul. - AFP

Military helicopter crash in Pakistani Kashmir killed 22, security sources say

Smoke billows from the site following a crash of a Pakistan military helicopter in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir on June 10

India monsoon slows; below-average rain seen over next two weeks

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Who were the two pilots who flew the Air India jet that crashed?

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Philippines earthquake death toll climbs to 45

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Pakistan, Lebanon army chiefs meet for peace talks

A security guard patrols outside the Aiwan e Sadr (Presidential Palace) in Islamabad, Pakistan. — Reuters file photo

Tsunami warning after strong earthquake hits southern Philippines

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