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  • A bajan clubbing event in Mumbai, on February 8, 2026.
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    These Gen Zers are into a new kind of clubbing and it’s more prayer than party
  • Rebels in Indonesia's Papua say they have killed an American pilot and burned his plane.
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    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)
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    11-year-old boy driving pickup truck crashes into group of Thai monks, killing 8
  • The Citic Tower in Beijing, China, showing damage after it was struck by a small aircraft on June 26.
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    Authorities say man who flew plane into Beijing skyscraper previously expressed suicidal thoughts
  • Delegates in ethnic minority costumes hold documents as they leave following the closing session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on March 12, 2026.
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    China tells its ethnic minorities to integrate or face consequences with sweeping new unity law
  • 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
  • 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
  • In this courtroom sketch, Guo Wengui, Chinese business tycoon, makes his sentencing statement at Manhattan federal court in New York, Monday, June 29, 2026.
    Elizabeth Williams/AP
    Self-exiled Chinese billionaire gets 30 years in US jail for ‘astonishing’ fraud
  • 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

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  • A man identified by Voice of Tibet as Tibetan activist Lobga Rangzen walks carrying a Tibetan flag near the United Nations headquarters in New York, on Thursday, July 2.
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    Man with Tibetan flag dies after setting himself on fire in front of UN’s New York headquarters
  • Peter Thiel speaks during an Aspen Ideas Festival event on June 30, 2026.
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    Peter Thiel in Aspen: The pope is ‘working for the Chinese Communists’
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    International desserts: 50 famous desserts around the world
  • A visitor poses in front of a billboard showing a humanoid robot in the AI section at the Chinese International Supply Chain Expo (CISCE) on June 26, 2026 in Beijing.
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    China’s humanoid robots have captivated the world. A rental market is exposing their limits
  • The Citic Tower, also known as the Zun Tower after a small plane crashed into the city's tallest building, in Beijing, China, on June 26, 2026.
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    A small plane slammed into the tallest skyscraper in China’s capital. Hours later, it was like nothing had happened.

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  • Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke along with his supporters continue their protest for the second consecutive day at Jantar Mantar, demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the NEET examination controversy, on June 21, 2026 in New Delhi, India. Protesters staged an overnight sit-in, raised slogans, and beat thalis and spoons while alleging disruption of basic facilities at the protest site.
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    India’s viral youth movement has moved from memes to the streets. Their leader tells CNN why
  • ABVP members clash with security forces during protest against the National Testing Agency (NTA) over alleged NEET Paper leak at NTA office on May 13, 2026 in New Delhi, India. The protest follows the high-stakes cancellation of the NEET-UG 2026 medical entrance examination, which was originally held on May 3. The government scrapped the exam on Tuesday evening after credible evidence of a widespread paper leak and systematic irregularities surfaced.(Photo by Sanchit Khanna/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
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    India’s youth are fuming. A Boston University graduate wants to fix that
  • The author is initiated into the Zoroastrian faith by a Parsi priest in Mumbai, December, 1993.
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    A century-old rule shuts my daughter out of her own community. A court case could change that
  • India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump
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    Fury in India as its sailors become collateral damage in Trump’s war with Iran
  • Maoist rebels exercise at a temporary base in the Abujh Marh forests, in the central Indian state of Chattisgarh, India, on April 13, 2007 file photo,
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    Some of the world’s last Maoist rebels are in India. Their decades-long rebellion is in its death throes
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  • Electronic boards display the foreign exchange rate of the Japanese yen against the US dollar at a foreign exchange brokerage in Tokyo on June 30, 2026.
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    The Japanese yen is at a 40-year low. Here’s why that matters
  • Paraguay celebrates after winning a penalty shootout against Germany on Monday.
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    Paraguay shocks Germany and everything else you need to know from a dramatic day of World Cup action
  • MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA - JUNE 24: Vinicius Junior #7 of Brazil celebrates scoring his team's second goal during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Group C match between Scotland and Brazil at Miami Stadium on June 24, 2026 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images)
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    The first Round of 32 in World Cup history is here. There’s a real debate over whether it will be good for the tournament
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    Japan is adding a new luxury bullet train upgrade
  • A passerby walks down the street with an air conditioner during a heat wave in Tours, France on June 21, 2026.
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    European heat wave brings in cool cash for Asian air-conditioner makers as sales surge

North Korea

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  • 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
  • In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shake hands for a photo at Kumsusan State Guesthouse in Pyongyang, Monday, June 8, 2026. (Xie Huanchi/Xinhua via AP)
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    China’s Xi Jinping calls for strengthened ‘strategic cooperation’ with North Korea in rare summit with Kim Jong Un
  • Korth Korea's leader Kim Jong Un meets with U-17 Asian champions in Pyongyang, North Korea on June 1, 2026.
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    Kim Jong Un is loving North Korean women’s soccer. What drives its remarkable success?

Pakistan

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  • 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.
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    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
  • US President Donald Trump delivers a speech at Rockland Community College Fieldhouse in New York on Friday.
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    Trump says agreement with Iran has ‘been largely negotiated’ and Strait of Hormuz will be opened
  • People cross a street near a billboard on the facade of a building depicting the Strait of Hormuz with a caption in Persian reading "Forever in Iran's Hand", at Vanak Square in Tehran on May 6, 2026.
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    US and Iran closing in on agreement aimed at ending war, source says
  • President Donald Trump listens to speeches before signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House, Saturday, April 18, 2026, in Washington.
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    Why President Trump extended his ceasefire with Iran

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.
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    South Korea to invest $576 billion in AI chip production with Samsung and SK Hynix
  • 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
  • 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.
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    Wall Street is getting trampled by an AI sell-off. South Korean market plunges 10%
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    Idol devotion: Inside Seoul’s ‘birthday cafés,’ where fans gather to celebrate their favorite stars
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    You’ve heard of glass skin. Now, it’s time for glass hair

Southeast Asia

  • 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.
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    ‘Salami slicing’: How China is trying to increase control in the Pacific
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    Sunken wreck of WWII ‘hell ship’ used to transport POWs discovered after more than 80 years
  • Vietnamese real estate tycoon Truong My Lan attends trial in an appeal she filed against her death sentence in a financial fraud case in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on December 3, 2024.
    Tran Quynh/AP
    A jailed billionaire’s Birkin bags are going on sale. It won’t be enough to repay her victims
  • Family and friends record as Tao indigenous rowers paddle a traditional wooden canoe named Ovayan, or "Golden Friendship," to the Philippines' Batanes Islands, on Orchid Island, Taiwan, June 15, 2026.
    Ann Wang/Reuters
    Using the stars and paddles, indigenous Taiwanese recreate risky sea journey of Great Pacific Migration
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    How a British antiquities dealer made millions from an international looting network
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