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  • People are seen gathered at Victoria Park during a candlelight vigil held to mark the 24th anniversary of the 1989 crackdown at Tiananmen Square, in Hong Kong on June 4, 2013.
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    Hong Kong’s Tiananmen vigil organizers handed lengthy prison terms
  • In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, firefighters and crews gather near a repair cargo ship after it caught fire at a port in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (Li Aoqiu/Xinhua via AP)
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    At least 25 dead after cargo ship catches fire in Chinese port, state media says
  • This photo provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, shows remains of ferry MV June Aster that caught fire off Palawan province, western Philippines on Thursday Sept. 10, 2026. (Philippine Coast Guard via AP)
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    Five dead and more than 80 missing in Philippine ferry fire
  • Former Wall Street Journal reporter Selina Cheng speaks to reporters outside the Eastern Law Courts in Hong Kong on September 10, 2026.
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    Hong Kong court convicts Wall Street Journal publisher for blocking reporter from union role
  • A satellite image shows a nuclear material production factory, in Yongbyon, North Korea, May 17, 2026.
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    North Korea has built a new uranium enrichment facility, UN’s nuclear watchdog says
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    He was their ‘little miracle.’ What happens when antibiotics stop working
  • North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends the commissioning ceremony of the destroyer "Kang Kon", in North Korea, on September 6, 2026
    KCNA
    Nuclear-capable warship that capsized when launched finally joins North Korea’s fleet
  • Rescue personnel conduct search and rescue operations in the core zone at Gyirong Port in Xizang Autonomous Region of China, on September 2, 2026.
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    On the ground in China’s wiped-out border zone, the fate of hundreds is still unknown
  • Stranded passengers wait at check-in area as Soekarno Hatta International Airport closed its operations due to the eruption of the Mount Anak Krakatau volcano, in Tangerang, near Jakarta, Indonesia.
    Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana/Reuters
    Indonesia’s volcanic eruption halts flights, schools, fishing

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  • <p>In the flood-hit town of Bidur, displaced families are living in makeshift shelters after fleeing the worst-hit area of Rasuwa. But they still don’t feel safe there, and fear more floods will come. CNN’s Will Ripley speaks to a girl who lost 17 members of her family...and to a 13-year-old survivor who nearly got washed away on her school bus when the floods came.</p>
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  • Students review and study as they await to enter to take the annual National College Entrance Examination, known as the Gaokao, at the Beijing Chenjinglun High School on June 7, 2026 in Beijing, China.
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    Asian teens race ahead of US peers for reading, science and math in global rankings
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    Cave fossils in China reveal lives of mysterious human relatives
  • Floor signage for the offices of DeepSeek (C) is seen in Beijing on January 28, 2025.
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    US claims Chinese AI firms are carrying out ‘industrial-scale’ theft of trade secrets
  • A low-angle close-up view shows the corporate Ford Blue Oval logo signage in Santaquin, Utah, on August 30, 2026.
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    The Trump administration slams Ford for its ties to China
  • Trucks near oil storage tanks at a Petrobras refinery in Paulinia, Brazil. Oil exports have risen in the wake of the US-Iran war.
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    Brazil’s oil industry is surging thanks to the war in Iran

India

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    The rapid unraveling of a billionaire diamond dealer to the stars
  • Abhijeet Dipke, founder of the Cockroach Janta Party, speaks during a rally in New Delhi, India, on July 20, 2026.
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    A weeks-old Gen-Z protest group managed to get India’s Modi to blink. What’s next?
  • <p>Celebrations as India's Education Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan resigns after widespread protests. This was the main demand of the Cockroach Janta Party a satirical party turned national movement. CNN Producer Kunal Seghal is at the celebrations in New Delhi.</p>
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    India’s education minister resigns after days of ‘Cockroach’ youth protests over exam paper leaks
  • Security personnel use batons to disperse protesters during a march towards Parliament on July 20, 2026 in New Delhi, India.
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    Why political fury is boiling over on the streets of India’s capital
  • Trinamool Chhatra Parishad (TMCP), Trinamool Youth Congress supporters took out a protest rally against recent rape and murder of a 11 year old girl in Baruipur from Ballygung to Hazra on July 8, 2026 in Kolkata, India.
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    Child’s rape and murder in India sparks mob and police killings
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  • Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on August 7, 2026. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon
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    The bond market rout is global. Here’s what’s driving it
  • A tourist group crosses the street near the Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto.
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    With Japan tightening rules for foreign residents, some wonder if it’s time to say ‘sayonara’
  • Japan is rolling out everything from robotic wolves to AI and drones to manage a rising bear problem
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  • Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama poses for a photograph inside her Infinity Mirrored Room installation titled "The Souls of Millions of Light Years Away" during a media preview of her new exhibition at the David Zwirner gallery in New York November 7, 2013.
    Mike Segar/Reuters
    Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, who filled the world with polka dots, dead at 97
  • This photo taken on November 28, 2024 shows Mount Fuji pictured behind the city of Gotemba, Shizuoka prefecture, some 100 kms southwest of Tokyo. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP) (Photo by RICHARD A. BROOKS/AFP via Getty Images)
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    Man leaves tired 7-year-old son alone on Mount Fuji during family hike

North Korea

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  • U.S. President Donald Trump walks as he attends to host a back-to-school-themed event to highlight his administration's education policies, in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 24, 2026.
    Jonathan Ernst/Reuters
    Six months on, Trump’s Iran ‘excursion’ risks igniting crises far beyond the Middle East
  • North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin as they attended a ceremony last year to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.
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    North Korea boosts support for Russia to include drone operators, Ukraine says
  • Kim Yo Jong is the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
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    Kim Jong Un’s powerful sister says she is ‘completely unaware’ if he contacted Trump
  • A US Stryker infantry carrier vehicle moves to cross a river over a floating bridge during a South Korea-US joint river-crossing drill as part of the annual Ulchi Freedom Shield military exercise in Yeoju on August 27, 2025.
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    Trump wants South Korea to defend itself. His overtures to Kim Jong Un could delay that
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    Military drills between US and South Korea cut short at Washington’s request

Pakistan

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  • A man consoles a grieving father as his child's coffin is carried after a fire outside the Mother and Child Health (MCH) ward at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital in Islamabad, on August 26.
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    8 officials suspended after probe into Pakistan hospital fire that killed 14 newborns
  • Police officers move past an ambulance outside an intensive care unit after a fire broke out at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) hospital in Islamabad, Pakistan, August 26, 2026.
    Akhtar Soomro/Reuters
    ‘No one can understand the pain:’ Fire in maternity ward kills at least 14 newborn babies in Pakistan’s capital
  • Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan gives a press conference at his home, in Lahore, Pakistan, on May 18, 2023.
    K.M. Chaudary/AP/File
    Pakistan’s former leader Imran Khan taken back to prison after hospital check-up
  • Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif pose after signing a joint defense agreement in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, August 7, 2026.
    Murat Cetinmuhurdar/Turkish Presidential Press Office/Handout/Reuters
    Saudi Arabia turns to Muslim military heavyweights in landmark defense pact as Iran war closes in
  • Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan gestures during an interview with Reuters in Islamabad, Pakistan, June 4, 2021. REUTERS/Saiyna Bashir
    Saiyna Bashir/Reuters
    Sons of jailed Pakistani leader Imran Khan fear for his health

South Korea

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  • South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong, and SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won announcing the government's AI investment plan in Seoul, South Korea on June 29, 2026.
    Kim Min-Hee/Reuters
    South Korea to invest $576 billion in AI chip production with Samsung and SK Hynix
  • A passerby walks down the street with an air conditioner during a heat wave in Tours, France on June 21, 2026.
    Alexis Jumeau/Abaca Press/Sipa USA/AP
    European heat wave brings in cool cash for Asian air-conditioner makers as sales surge
  • Soccer Football - FIFA World Cup 2026 - Group D - United States v Australia - Seattle Stadium, Seattle, Washington, U.S. - June 19, 2026 Alex Freeman of the U.S. celebrates scoring their second goal with Cristian Roldan and Alex Zendejas (Albert Gea/Reuters)
    Albert Gea/Reuters
    Everything you need to know as the World Cup – including Team USA – sprints toward the knockout rounds
  • North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the commissioning of the country's first 5,000-ton naval destroyer, the Choe Hyon, on Tuesday, after the vessel underwent 14 months of operations, North Korean state-run media outlet Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Wednesday.

Kim attended the commissioning ceremony, but his daughter, believed to be named Ju Ae, who has previously attended military and political events with her father, does not appear to have participated in this event, based on photos released by KCNA. The commissioning ceremony took place at Nampho Port on June 23, KCNA reported.
    KCNA
    North Korea jump-starts naval buildup by commissioning its largest-ever warship
  • Currency dealers monitor exchange rates as a screen shows South Korea's benchmark stock index (KOSPI) in a foreign exchange dealing room at the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul on Tuesday.
    Jade Gao/AFP/Getty Images
    Wall Street is getting trampled by an AI sell-off. South Korean market plunges 10%

Southeast Asia

  • Rebels in Indonesia's Papua say they have killed an American pilot and burned his plane.
    TPNPB/Reuters
    American pilot killed by rebels in Papua, says Indonesian military
  • This photograph released by the Phu Manorom temple shows monks who were slightly injured from a crash in Mukdahan province taking rest at Phu Manorom temple in Mukdahan province, Thailand, Thursday, July 2, 2026. (Phu Manorom temple via AP)
    Phu Manorom Temple/AP
    11-year-old boy driving pickup truck crashes into group of Thai monks, killing 8
  • The remains of American pilot 1st Lt. Franklin McKinney, whose aircraft crashed in Lampang during a 1944 reconnaissance mission, were honoured in a ceremony before being repatriated to the United States.
    US Embassy Bangkok
    Downed by lightning eight decades ago, a US airman is finally coming home
  • Rescue workers recover a suitcase from a grassy area near a railway track, in which police later found the body of a 17-year-old Thai girl, in Pattaya City, Thailand, on June 27, 2026.
    Teerasak Suttativong/Reuters
    Australian man arrested after Thai teen girl found dead in suitcase
  • Two officers on the maritime safety administration watch boats sailing in a port in Qingdao in east China's Shandong province Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022.
    Yu Fangping/Feature China/Future Publishing/Getty Images
    ‘Salami slicing’: How China is trying to increase control in the Pacific

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