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Indonesian children are living at a temporary shelter in the village of Balaroa in Palu following the earthquake and tsunami in September 2018. Photo: AFP
Tens of thousands homeless a year after Indonesia quake: Red Cross
Nearly 60,000 people are still living in makeshift accommodation nearly a year after a devastating earthquake and tsunami pounded the Indonesian city...
At 700,000 square metres (173 acres) the new Beijing Daxing International Airport will be one of the world's largest airport terminals. Photo: AFP
Beijing opens glitzy airport ahead of China’s 70th anniversary
A futuristic airport that resembles a giant starfish opened in Beijing Wednesday, as China unveils another massive infrastructure project just days...
People were panicking as they fled their homes. Photo: AFP
Strong 6.5 magnitude quake strikes eastern Indonesia: USGS
A strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake hit off the remote Maluku islands in eastern Indonesia Thursday, US seismologists said, but no tsunami warning was...
(FILE) Balukhali refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, in Bangladesh. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
Bangladesh to fence refugee camps in further crackdown
Bangladesh is set to erect barbed-wire fencing, guard towers and cameras around Rohingya camps, the home minister said Thursday citing security...
Mae La, the largest Myanmar refugee camp in Thailand. Photo: Mizzima
US to further slash refugee resettlement program, citing ‘crisis’
The United States plans to dramatically lower the ceiling on a decades-old refugee resettlement program to 18,000 people, officials said Thursday,...
US President Donald Trump (L). Photo: EPA
Democrats’ move to impeach Trump picks up pace
Democrats charged aggressively into an impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump on Friday, ordering Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to turn...
This photograph taken on September 22, 2019 shows Myanmar information technology volunteers assisting mobile phone users switching from the old Zawgyi font to the unicode font in Yangon. Photo: Sai Aung Main/AFP
Code War: Myanmar's final digital battle ends
Accessing everything from Wikipedia to Google Maps in Myanmar is about to get a lot easier when it finally adopts the universal code underpinning...
Chinese troops march past Tiananmen Square during a military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, in Beijing, China, 01 October 2019. Photo: EPA
China celebrates 70 years as Hong Kong unrest looms large
China celebrates 70 years of Communist Party supremacy Tuesday with a parade of tanks, missiles and troops, a muscular display of its rising...
State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) personnel rescue a emn from the flood-affected area of Bahadurpur following heavy rainfalls in Patna in the Indian state of Bihar on September 30, 2019. Photo: AFP
Late monsoon fury kills 100 in north India
At least 100 people have died in northern India over the last three days in unusually heavy late monsoon rains which have submerged streets, hospital...
A salesman sells onions to a customer at Kawran Bazaar wholesale market in Dhaka on October 2, 2019. Photo: Munir Uz Zaman/AFP
Soaring onion prices spark anger in Bangladesh after India ban
A ban on onion exports by India has caused shortages, soaring prices and widespread anger in neighbouring Bangladesh, where the pungent bulb is used...

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