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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

Rescuers comb muddy riverbanks after Japan floods

A man looks on as debris washed away from flooding is seen piled by houses along the Tsukada river, in Wajima city. — AFP

Sri Lanka's new president Dissanayake promises change

Sri Lanka's newly elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake addresses a gathering after taking his oath of office at the Presidential Secretariat, in Colombo. — Reuters

Dissanayake takes oath as Sri Lanka's president

Sri Lanka's president-elect Anura Kumara Dissanayaka

Floods, landslides hit central Japan months after major quake

Firefighters search for missing people, through debris washed up after heavy rains caused flooding, in the city of Wajima. — AFP

Iran blast kills more than 50 mine workers

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Asia's oldest trams see slow death in India

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Marxist Dissanayake leads Sri Lanka presidential vote

Anura Kumara Dissanayake

Japan orders evacuations as heavy rains trigger floods

An aerial view shows a flooded residential area caused by torrential rain in Wajima, Japan. — Reuters

Polls close in Sri Lanka presidential election

Security personnel and election officials

Sri Lanka votes in first poll since economic crisis

People wait in a queue to cast their ballots during voting in Sri Lanka's presidential election

Global unity celebrated at 10th anniversary peace summit

The Seoul Anniversary Peace Summit formed partnership with G7 and the Latin American Parliament.

Sri Lanka to vote in first poll since economic collapse

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North Korea fires ballistic missiles for 2nd time in a week

A man walks past a TV screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a train station in Seoul. - AFP

Japan to formally elect new prime minister on October 1

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Mali says capital attack under control

A plume of smoke is rising in Bamako as shots and detonations were heard. — AFP
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