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PERTH: An undated handout photo received from the Western Australia Police Force on July 14, 2025 shows German backpacker Carolina Wilga in a hospital in Perth. -- AFP

Rescued German backpacker details Australia bush ordeal

SYDNEY: A German backpacker who survived 11 nights in the Australian bush described on Monday how she got lost and confused after crashing her car. Carolina Wilga, 26, was found on a scarcely used track in Western Australia late last week miles from...

HONG KONG: Pro-democracy lawmaker Leung Kwok-hung (front center in black), also known as "Long Hair", demonstrates with student protest leader Joshua Wong (left), League of Social Democrats chairman Avery Ng (second left), and pro-democracy lawmaker Nathan Law (front right) in Hong Kong.-- AFP

Hong Kong court hears appeals by jailed campaigners

HONG KONG: A Hong Kong court began hearing appeals on Monday from 12 democracy campaigners jailed for subversion last year during the city’s largest national security trial. They were among 45 opposition figures, including some of Hong Kong’s be...

PYONGYANG: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (right) meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (left) in Wonsan, North Korea. -- AFP

North Korea’s Kim offers support to Russia to resolve Ukraine war

SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told Russia’s top diplomat his country was ready to “unconditionally support” Moscow’s every effort to resolve the conflict in Ukraine, state media reported on Sunday, as the two countries held high-lev...

SYDNEY: French Army Brigadier General General Eric Ozanne (left) stands with Commander of French Forces New Caledonia Major General Yann Latil (right) and French Ambassador to Australia Pierre-André Imbert (center) next to a drone aboard the French patrol vessel Auguste Benebig, which will participate in the annual Talisman Sabre exercise, in Sydney on July 13, 2025. -- AFP

China likely to spy on military drills with US: Australia

SYDNEY: Australia’s government said Sunday it expects China to spy on major military drills it is conducting with the United States and other allies. It also renewed a charge — denounced by Beijing as a “false narrative” — that China wants...

YANGON: A young Buddhist monk looks back as he walks with other novices in Yangon on July 11, 2025. -- AFP

More than 20 civilians killed in Myanmar air strike on monastery

BANGKOK: More than 20 civilians, including children, were killed after a recent air strike on a monastery in central Myanmar, an anti-junta fighter and a resident told AFP Saturday. Myanmar has been consumed by civil war since the military ousted a ...

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