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  • <p>A suicide bomber kills at least 31 in Islamabad mosque attack. </p>
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    Suicide bomber kills dozens in Pakistan mosque
  • A woman holding up her baby is silhouetted against the backdrop of N Seoul Tower, commonly known as Namsan Tower, in Seoul, South Korea, on October 2, 2018.
    Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters
    South Korea is finally having more babies. But can it last?
  • Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks at an LDP election rally in Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, on February 3, 2026.
    Soichiro Koriyama/Bloomberg/Getty Images
    Japan’s conservative leader bets big on Takaichi mania with snap election. Will her gamble pay off?
  • Indian spiritual guru who calls himself Saint Dr. Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Ji Insan, center, greets followers as he arrives for a press conference ahead of the release of his new movie "MSG: The Warrior Lion Heart," in New Delhi, India, on October 5, 2016.
    Tsering Topgyal/AP
    A spiritual guru was jailed for rape and murder. He’s out on parole for the 15th time
  • A worker rests in his cabin alongside ship containers at Panama Canal's Port of Balboa, managed by CK Hutchison Holdings, in Panama City, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026.
    Matias Delacroix/AP
    The US wants to push China out of Latin America. The Panama Canal is the latest test
  • The Dalai Lama addresses journalists at his hotel in London on May 23, 2008. Prime Minister Gordon Brown held "very warm and constructive" talks with the Dalai Lama Friday, his office said, pledging Britain's full support towards a rapprochement between Tibet and China. The 25-minute meeting -- held at the Archbishop of Canterbury's official residence on the south bank of the River Thames in London -- was the most contentious part of an 11-day visit by the Tibetan spiritual leader. AFP PHOTO/CARL DE SOUZA (Photo credit should read CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images)
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    Dalai Lama Fast Facts
  • A man walks past the main entrance to Rod Laver Arena, home of the Australia Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on October 27, 2021, after the Victoria state premier stated unvaccinated players would not get special dispensation for the Australian Open Open planned for January. (Photo by William WEST / AFP) (Photo by WILLIAM WEST/AFP via Getty Images)
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    Australian Open Fast Facts
  • Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito arrives at Hotel national des Invalides in the French capital Paris welcomed by the French Minister for the Territorial Cohesion on September 11, 2018.
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    Emperor Naruhito Fast Facts
  • Hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of copper, 22,000 tons, was last year dug out of this crater –– the Muhammad Khel Copper Mine –– and hauled off to China; a nation with a seemingly insatiable appetite for metals and minerals.
    Javed Iqbal/CNN
    The US wants these critical minerals, but militants with American weapons stand in the way

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    Video China birth rate at record low. This is why it matters 0:58
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    Video Why China is making condoms and birth control pills more expensive 1:22
  • Flight officer Rayan Gharazeddine scans the water in the southern Indian Ocean off Australia from a Royal Australian Air Force AP-3C Orion during a search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 on March 22, 2014.
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    Video New search begins more than ten years after flight MH370 went missing 1:57
  • Wildlife conservation photographer Sebastian Kennerknecht in Malaysia
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    Video The conservation couple chasing every wild cat on Earth 3:27
  • <p>A police officer hailed as a hero for shooting dead one of the attackers responsible for the Bondi Beach massacre has been identified by Australian media as Detective Senior Constable Cesar Barraza. He is believed to have shot dead Sajid Akram, 50, according to the Sydney Morning Herald and CNN affiliates 9News and 7News.</p>
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    Video Police officer hailed as a hero for shooting dead one of the Bondi Beach attackers 2:40
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    Video What we know about the victims of the Bondi Beach massacre 2:38
  • Funeral of Bondi Beach attack victim
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    Video Funerals underway as Sydney’s Jewish community confronts rising antisemitism 3:26
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  • Land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles are seen at the V-Day military parade at Tian'anmen Square in Beijing, China, on September 3, 2025.
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    US accuses China of secret nuclear test as Trump admin calls for broader nuclear weapons agreement
  • Fears of nuclear arms race rise as US-Russia treaty expires
  • From child actor to Olympic champion: Meet snowboarding superstar Su Yiming
  • A Harry Potter villain is now an unlikely new-year mascot in China
  • China reveals its plan to challenge the US dollar for dominance. Could it ever work?

India

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  • Activists pulled items from the polluted Yamuna River, including statues of idols, on January 25, 2026, as high levels of ammonia made the water was too toxic to treat.
    Esha Mitra/CNN
    Millions of Delhi residents lost water for days. Some say it’s still toxic
  • Deputy chief minister of India’s Maharashtra state among 5 dead in air charter crash
  • In India, door deliveries can come in under 10 minutes. But many drivers are fed up
  • Half a billion voters. One list. Just seven weeks to clean it up
  • A Bollywood film is turning India’s monument to love into a symbol of division
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Japan

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  • A lift carrying Nagano Prefecture Police for the searching operation is seen at Tsugaike Mountain Resort, Japan, on January 30, 2023.
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    Australian snowboarder dies after becoming caught on ski lift in Japan
  • Crowds bid farewell to Japan’s last pandas before return to China amid souring ties
  • Trump’s Greenland saga has left lasting uncertainty on Wall Street
  • Japan’s hottest souvenir? A $2 pair of striped socks from a convenience store
  • Man who assassinated former Japan leader Abe with homemade gun sentenced to life in prison

North Korea

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    Sex, death and betrayal: This North Korean movie shows things audiences have never seen before
  • North Korea’s Kim fires vice premier, calls him ‘a goat yoked to pull an ox cart’
  • Can two North Korean defectors take a new K-pop boy band to global superstardom?
  • Good news: World records longest ever lull in nuclear tests. Bad news: It’s on shaky ground
  • Pyongyang fires ballistic missiles as South Korean President Lee Jae-Myung makes state visit to China

Pakistan

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  • People walk past the site of Saturday's suicide bombing, in Quetta, Pakistan on February 1, 2026.
    Arshad Butt/AP
    More than 120 people dead after multiple attacks in southwest Pakistan
  • Dozens missing, 21 killed after massive Pakistan mall fire
  • Pakistan and Afghanistan trade fire along the border but no casualties are reported
  • A trade deal with Washington and a warm welcome for Putin: Can India have it both ways?
  • ‘Enemy KIA’: Trump revives playbook from Afghanistan for campaign targeting alleged drug boats

South Korea

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  • Gold and silver, considered havens amid uncertainty, have experienced enormous volatility this year.
    Oscar Del Pozo/AFP/Getty Images
    It’s been a weird few days on Wall Street
  • Her agency crushed her K-pop idol dreams. Her reinvention brought them back to life – and won her a Grammy
  • How a love of luxury brought down South Korea’s former first lady
  • Trump says he’s raising tariffs on South Korea because it’s ‘not living up’ to trade agreement
  • How a guilt-ridden cyberscammer escaped his Cambodian compound – and teamed up with the people it ruined

Southeast Asia

  • The lying malayan tiger roars in the tropical nature.
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    How a royal tiger reserve is protecting the last of Malaysia’s big cats
  • The horrors of conflict still haunt America’s largest World War II cemetery
  • At least 18 killed and hundreds rescued in Philippines ferry disaster
  • Discovered: An outline of a hand that’s at least 67,800 years old
  • How cocoa substitutes could tackle ‘chocflation’
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