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HONG KONG: The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy formation, Type 075 amphibious assault ship, Hainan is seen docked at China Merchants Wharf in Hong Kong on November 21, 2024. - AFP

Advanced Chinese warship showcased in Hong Kong

HONG KONG: An advanced Chinese warship thought to play a key role in the country’s South China Sea and Taiwan strategies sailed into Hong Kong on Thursday, part of a publicity campaign showcasing Beijing’s increasingly sophisticated military for...

TAUNGGYI: A vendor prepares her stall as she waits for customer at a street market in Taunggyi, Myanmar’s northeast Shan State. - AFP

Nearly 40% of 3.4 million displaced in Myanmar are kids

WASHINGTON: Children made up nearly 40 percent of the more than 3.4 million people in Myanmar displaced by civil war and climate change-driven extreme weather, the UN agency for children said Thursday. Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military ...

TALOQAN: Afghan men at seen at bookshops along a street in Taloqan, capital of Takhar province. Checking imported books, removing texts from libraries and distributing lists of banned titles—Taleban authorities are working to remove ‘un-Islamic’ and anti-government literature from circulation. - AFP

Taleban clearing ‘un-Islamic’ books from the shelves

KABUL: Checking imported books, removing texts from libraries and distributing lists of banned titles - Taleban authorities are working to remove “un-Islamic” and anti-government literature from circulation. The efforts are led by a commission e...

MANTONG: A member of Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) handles a Myanmar military's unexploded landmine in Mantong town, northern Shan State.- AFP

Myanmar led world in landmine victims in 2023: Monitor

BANGKOK: Landmines and unexploded munitions claimed more victims in Myanmar than in any other country last year, a monitor said on Wednesday, warning the true toll could be double or triple its estimate of 1,000 people killed or wounded. Decades of ...

ALIAGA, Philippines: Residents using battery operated hooks and improvised inflatable bouys made from car tyre tubes fish along a swollen river in Aliaga, Nueva Ecija province on November 19, 2024, days after Super Typhoon Man-yi hit the area. - AFP

Burst dike leaves Filipino farmers under water

ALIAGA: Filipino farmer Ferdinand Pascua faces financial ruin after heavy rain brought by Typhoon Man-yi sent torrents of water down a river near his shanty, bursting through an earthen dike and inundating land he has tilled for a decade. Man-yi was...

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