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A Taliban health ministry spokesperson appealed for international assistance to support victims of a powerful earthquake that has killed more than 800 and injured at least 2,500. ‘We urgently call on humanitarian organizations to step in and provide im…
A magnitude-6 earthquake hit eastern Afghanistan at about midnight on Sunday, triggering landslides and flooding. Searches for survivors were hampered as roads to affected areas were destroyed or blocked by rubble in a region where the terrain is steep…
Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province was dealing with the biggest flood in its history, a senior official said on Sunday, as river water levels rose to all-time highs. More than 1,400 villages were flooded after three large rivers – the Sutlej, Chenab an…
Cities in Indonesia have been rocked by protests after footage spread of a motorcycle taxi driver being run over by a police tactical vehicleFire kills three people in Indonesia after protesters storm council buildings after driver’s death Continue rea…
Seventy-eight people have died in western Afghanistan in a collision between a bus carrying Afghans who had recently been deported from Iran and two other vehicles At least 78 people killed as bus collides with fuel truck in western Afghanistan Continu…
More than 200 fatalities were reported in the Buner district of the north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province after heavy rainfall triggered devastating floods. According to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s provincial disaster management authority, the fatalities …
More than 320 people have died in north-west Pakistan after two days of torrential rains triggered flash floods, landslides and lightning strikes. Provincial authorities have declared an emergency in the worst-hit regions, deploying military and civili…
China is hosting the inaugural three-day World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing as it looks to showcase its advances in artificial intelligence and robotics. In total, 280 teams from 16 countries are taking part in the event, where humanoids compete in …
At least 34 people died and more than 200 were missing after heavy rain caused a flash flood in Indian Kashmir, officials said on Thursday. The incident occurred in the town of Chashoti in Kishtwar district, a stopover point on a pilgrimage rout up to …
Blazes broke out on two of eight barges being used to launch fireworks, according to police and coastguard officials cited by broadcaster NHK.Authorities are investigating the cause of the fire while the event organiser told police that a firework…
A powerful 8.8-magnitude earthquake triggered a series of tsunami warnings and evacuation orders stretching across Japan, the US west coast and parts of the Pacific, after the shallow quake hit near Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on Wednesday, with repor…
The neighbouring countries have agreed to an ‘immediate and unconditional’ ceasefire, the Malaysian prime minister has announced after holding peace talks. Anwar Ibrahim, who hosted leaders from both countries, said the ceasefire would start at midnigh…
People have fled villages and towns on the Cambodian-Thailand border after clashes between the two countries broke out on Thursday, with Thailand’s leader saying it could develop into war. Footage from Cambodia showed people sheltering at a remote Budd…
Thailand and Cambodia fought in their most deadly border clashes in more than a decade on Thursday, and Thai officials said 11 civilians and a Thai soldier were killed in rocket and artillery attacks. Clashes broke out on Thursday morning after weeks o…
Footage shows firefighters battling to extinguish a blaze at a petrol station in Kantharalak district, in Thailand’s border region. A Thai F-16 fighter jet bombed targets in Cambodia overnight as weeks of tensions over a border dispute escalated into c…