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ODDAR MEANCHEY: An aerial view shows people, who fled their homes near the border area between Cambodia and Thailand, taking shelter near a pagoda in Oddar Meanchey province on July 26, 2025. – AFP

Thai-Cambodia clashes spread along frontier

SAMRAONG: Thailand and Cambodia pounded each other with heavy artillery fire for a third day on Saturday, as a border conflict that killed at least 33 people and displaced more than 150,000 from their homes spread across the frontier. Clashes broke ...

TAIPEI: A woman reacts as he awaits the results of the recall election in Taipei on July 26, 2025. Taiwanese voters turned out at schools, churches and community centres on July 26, to cast their ballot in a high-stakes recall election that could give President Lai Ching-te’s party control of the parliament. – AFP

Taiwanese voters reject attempt to recall opposition lawmakers

TAIPEI: Taiwanese voters rejected on Saturday an attempt to oust 24 opposition lawmakers, an official tally showed, dealing a blow to President Lai Ching-te’s party and its hopes for taking control of parliament. Civic groups backed by Lai’s Dem...

MANILA: Residents wade through a flooded street after heavy rains in Dagupan City, Pangasinan province, north of Manila on July 24, 2025. --AFP

Philippines shuts schools, scraps flights as Typhoon Co-May nears

MANILA: The Philippines shut down schools and cancelled flights Thursday as typhoon-driven rains pounded the northern island of Luzon, a situation President Ferdinand Marcos called “the new normal”. Typhoon Co-May, upgraded from a tropical storm...

BUSAN: Choi Mal-ja (center), who was convicted 61 years ago for biting off the tongue of her attempted rapist, reacts after her retrial hearing at the Busan District Court in Busan on July 23, 2025. -- AFP

Retrial opens for South Korean woman who bit off rapist’s tongue

SEOUL: A South Korean court reopened a decades-old case on Wednesday after the country’s #MeToo movement inspired a woman to challenge her conviction for defending herself against sexual violence 61 years ago. Choi Mal-ja was 19 when she was attac...

TOKYO: Japan's Prime Minister and Liberal Democratic Party President Shigeru Ishiba reacts during a debate with leaders of other political parties at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo.-- AFP

Speculation swirls about Japan PM’s future

TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba denied discussing his resignation with party elders on Wednesday, as media speculation about his future intensified after a weekend election debacle. Ishiba’s coalition lost its majority in the upper h...

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PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron (left) welcomes Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas prior to their meeting at the Elysee Palace in this file photo. French President said his country would formally recognize a Palestinian state during a UN meeting in September, the most powerful European nation to announce such a move. – AFP

Gulf countries welcome France’s recognition of Palestinian state