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  • US President Donald Trump walks through Zhongnanhai Garden with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing, China, on May 15.
    Evan Vucci/Reuters
    China hits US with sanctions, drone export curbs ahead of Xi visit
  • A closed Starbucks store seen with its logo displayed.
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    South Korean police raid Starbucks Korea headquarters in latest twist over disastrous ad campaign
  • Myanmar's detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi shakes hands with Myanmar's Resident Representative and Head of Delegation for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Arnaude de Baecque, in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, on August 3, 2026.
    Khine Khine Soe/Myanmar Government/Reuters
    Aung San Suu Kyi meets Red Cross official, after mounting demands the military prove she is still alive
  • Rescuers have located the body of famed Nepalese climber Nirmal Purja who died after an avalanche struck his expedition in Pakistan last week.
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    World-renowned mountaineer Nirmal Purja among 10 killed in Pakistan avalanche
  • A copy of Japan's latest defence white paper with an anime-style cover in Tokyo, Japan, August 4, 2026.
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    Japan outlines its military build-up plan, citing threats from China, Russia and North Korea
  • The lion Mugi at Tama Zoological Park in Japan, pictured on May 28, 2025.
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    Three lions die in Tokyo as record-breaking temperatures hit East Asia
  • A general view of the Beehive and Parliament House in Wellington, New Zealand, on March 6, 2024
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    New Zealand has a new official language — English
  • Police officials inspect the site following a suicide bombing during a protest in Pakistan's Swat district on August 2, 2026.
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    Suicide bomber strikes antimilitant rally in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 14
  • <p>At least five people were killed and 41 were still missing on Sunday (August 2) after a ferry caught fire off Indonesia's Madura island, the country's search and rescue agency said in a statement. The ferry was carrying 271 passengers and crew members, 225 of whom have been rescued, agency data showed on Sunday afternoon. A search and rescue operation was still ongoing, it added. The ferry was heading from Surabaya in East Java province to Makassar city in South Sulawesi. It was unclear how the ferry caught fire, but the incident occurred on Sunday morning, the statement said.</p>
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    Blaze engulfs Indonesian passenger ferry off Java, leaving at least five dead

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    Saint-Tropez? No thanks. China’s top leaders will be vacationing in this humble seaside town
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    A young Tibetan flees his homeland – and reveals how China is eroding his culture
  • Workers prepare a tanker truck to unload a delivery of gasoline at a Costco gas station in Hawthorne, California, on March 18.
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    Trump predicted an oil catastrophe if the war didn’t end. The clock is ticking
  • Xinhua Hospital is pictured in Shanghai, China on November 26, 2021, Shanghai, China.
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    Girl’s undisclosed death in gene-editing trial raises red flags in booming Chinese industry
  • People use umbrellas and a fan for shade amid a red heatwave alert near the Louvre in Paris, Ile-de-France, France, July 12, 2026.
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    In record heat, a warming world has come to rely on China to stay cool

India

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  • 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.
    Samir Jana/Hindustan Times/Getty Images
    Child’s rape and murder in India sparks mob and police killings
  • A bajan clubbing event in Mumbai, on February 8, 2026.
    Ayushi Shah/CNN
    These Gen Zers are into a new kind of clubbing and it’s more prayer than party
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  • A notepad in front of US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent reads "To Do Buy Japanese Yen $5-10 bil" as he participates in a cabinet meeting at Camp David, Maryland, on July 31, 2026.
    Daniel Heuer/Reuters
    The US has stepped in to buy Japanese yen. Why?
  • Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks to the media at her official residence in Tokyo, Japan May 25, 2026.
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    Japan is launching its first centralized intelligence agency since WWII. Here’s why
  • A collapsed house in Hikawa, Kumamoto Prefecture, a day after a powerful earthquake hit the southwestern Japan prefecture.
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    Death toll rises in Japan. Why does the country experience so many large earthquakes?
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    Tracking the impact of the Japan earthquake in maps and charts
  • An aerial view shows the damaged Aeon Mall shopping centre after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 struck Japan's southern Kumamoto prefecture, on Tuesday.
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    Several feared trapped in collapsed shopping mall after Japan quake

North Korea

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  • This undated photograph shows American seismologist Dr. Youlin Chen.
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    US expert on underground nuclear tests detained in China for 18 months
  • Smoke rises from explosions at an unknown location, following what US Central Command (CENTCOM) said were strikes on Iranian military targets, in this screen grab from a video released on July 8, 2026.
    U.S. Central Command/Reuters
    Iran war heats up while US weapon stocks remain depleted, risking military’s ability to fight future wars
  • 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.
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    North Korea jump-starts naval buildup by commissioning its largest-ever warship
  • Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol attends his criminal trial on insurrection charges at a courtroom of the Seoul Central District Court on April 21, 2025.
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    Ex-South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol sentenced to 30 years in jail over Pyongyang drone plot
  • A large screen in Beijing shows Chinese leader Xi Jinping and his North Korean counterpart Kim Jong Un shaking hands in Pyongyang on June 8.
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    Why China’s Xi wants a ‘brighter’ future with North Korea

Pakistan

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  • Geis, from San Antonio, Texas, was among those whose remains were recovered from Broad Peak on Friday.
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    She closed her Pilates studio to chase a mountaineering dream, then tragedy struck
  • Nirmal Purja attends the German Sustainability Award at Maritim Hotel on November 24, 2023 in Duesseldorf, Germany. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)
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    Avalanche kills four, search continues for others including famed mountaineer Nirmal Purja
  • Relatives mourn the deceased children before their burial in Lahore on July 1, 2026, after the roof of a tutoring centre collapsed the previous day. A roof collapse at a tutoring centre in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore killed at least 14 children and injured five on June 30, officials said.
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    Roof of tutoring center collapses in eastern Pakistan, killing at least 14 children, police say
  • Women and girls in Punjab, Pakistan, queue at a health unit in August, 2025. The government is set to abolish the so-called "period tax," a reform that could make sanitary products more accessible.
    Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty Images
    Pakistan moves to slash period tax, after legal challenge by two young lawyers
  • Police officers and volunteers recover an injured person from an overturned train coach on a railway track at the site of a bomb explosion in Quetta, Pakistan, on May 24, 2026.
    Arshad Butt/AP
    Bomb attack near railway station in southwest Pakistan kills at least 23

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)
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    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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