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Floods displace 122,000 people in Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR: More than 122,000 people have been forced out of their homes as massive floods caused by relentless rains swept through Malaysia's northern states, disaster management officials said on Saturday. The number...

Residents are transported on boats through flood waters after days of heavy rain in Tumpat in Malaysia's Kelantan state. — AFP

Myanmar junta takes census despite conflict

Census enumerators collect information during a national census in Naypyidaw. — AFP

School bus fire in Thailand kills at least 23

Rescue workers extinguish a burning bus carrying teachers and students from Wat Khao Phraya school, on the outskirts of Bangkok. — Reuters

S Korean president warns North of 'regime end'

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol delivers his speech during a celebration to mark 76th anniversary of Korea Armed Forces Day in Seongnam on October 1, 2024. (Photo by KIM HONG-JI / POOL / AFP)

Multiple deaths in school bus fire in Thailand: PM

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Japan's next PM aims for snap election

Shigeru Ishiba takes part in a press conference at his party's headquarters in Tokyo. — AFP

Nepal begins to assess floods damage

People walk along the damaged houses along the bank of Roshi River, Nepal. — Reuters

Nepal flooding and landslides kill 170 people

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Nepal deaths from heavy rains hit 151

People stranded at the Tribhuwan Highway look on as rescue personnel work to retrieve the bodies of the victims from a landslide triggered by heavy rainfall in Dhading, Nepal. — Reuters

101 dead in Nepal floods after relentless monsoon rains

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Former defence minister Ishiba to be Japan's PM

Shigeru Ishiba, the newly elected leader of Japan's ruling party

46 people drown during Hindu festival in India

46 people drown during Hindu festival in India

Japan court acquits longest-serving death row inmate

Japan court acquits longest-serving death row inmate

How a Leftist delivered Sri Lanka’s biggest political jolt in decades

Protesters celebrate after taking control of the prime ministers office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on July 13, 2022. A wave of discontent crested in 2022 with a popular uprising over an economic collapse. (Atul Loke for The New York Times)

PM vows to defend Japan airspace after Russian 'violation'

Prime Minister of Japan Fumio Kishida speaks during the high-level meeting at UN headquarters in New York City. — AFP

Sri Lanka's new leader appoints cabinet

A supporter of Sri Lanka's newly elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake waves the country's national flag, in Colombo. — AFP
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