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TAIPEI: A man places a candle at Liberty Square to mark the 36th anniversary of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in 1989, in Taipei on June 4, 2025. – AFP

‘We will never forget Tiananmen Square crackdown’

HONG KONG: Security was tight and activists faced pressure from police in Hong Kong on the 36th anniversary of China’s bloody 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in Tiananmen Square, an event Taiwan’s president and the top US diplomat ...

SEOUL: Lee Jae-myung the presidential candidate for South Korea’s Democratic Party and his wife Kim Hye-gyeong acknowledge supporters as they await the final results of the presidential election in Seoul on June 3, 2025. – AFP

South Korea’s Lee hails voters’ ‘great decision’

SEOUL: South Korea’s Lee Jae-myung hailed voters’ “great decision” and vowed not to disappoint them as he was poised Tuesday to win a snap presidential election by a wide margin, capping months of political chaos. Six months to the day after...

SEOUL: Kim Moon-soo (left), the presidential candidate for South Korea’s conservative People Power Party, poses for pictures after an election campaign event ahead of the upcoming June 3 presidential election in Seoul on June 1, 2025. - AFP

S Korea candidates rally ahead of poll

SEOUL: South Korea’s leading candidates held major campaign events Sunday, two days out from a snap election triggered by the former president’s removal after his disastrous declaration of martial law. The June 3 election is set to cap months of...

IITATE: Workers adding clean top soil to a rice field, part of a government pilot project to add fresh earth to recycled and removed soil taken from areas affected by the 2011 nuclear disaster, in the village of Iitate, Fukushima prefecture, nearly 40 kms northwest of the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. – AFP

Dilemma: Recycling contaminated soil from Fukushima

IITATE: To reduce radiation across Japan’s northern Fukushima region after the 2011 nuclear disaster, authorities scraped a layer of contaminated soil from swathes of land. Now, as young farmers seek to bring life back to the region once known for...

SINGAPORE: US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (left) is greeted by his Singaporean counterpart Chan Chun Sing at a ministerial roundtable during the Shangri-La Dialogue Summit in Singapore on May 31, 2025. — AFP

China preparing to use military force in Asia, Pentagon warns

SINGAPORE: US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth warned on Saturday that China was “credibly preparing” to use military force to upend the balance of power in Asia, vowing the United States was “here to stay” in the region. The Pentagon chief...

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TEHRAN: This handout photo released by Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) official Sepah News Telegram channel on June 13, 2025 shows smoke billowing from a site reportedly targeted by an Israeli strike in the Iranian capital Tehran early in the morning. - AFP

Israel launches strikes on Iran

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This frame grab from a video by @ashlovetea on June 12, 2025 made available on the Eurovision Social Newswire (ESN) platform via AFPTV shows a plume of smoke rising after Air India flight 171 crashed near the airport in Ahmedabad. --AFP

Air India plane with 242 on board crashes at India's Ahmedabad airport

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KUWAIT: Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah chairs Wednesday's Cabinet meeting. — KUNA

Kuwait moves to scrap housing law critics say created unequal access

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Kuwaiti oil tanker Al-Dasma rescues a boat of refugees in the Mediterranean Sea. — KUNA

Kuwaiti oil tanker rescues 40 refugees in the Mediterranean

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Kuwait’s hit smashburger brand HBR expands globally with London launch