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A bus carrying young students with their teachers caught fire in suburban Bangkok on Tuesday, with more than 20 of those on board feared dead, officials and rescuers said.

Massive rains from powerful Hurricane Helene left people stranded, without shelter in the US, while deadly flooding and landslides have rocked Nepal.

Experts said the public firing of a missile that could reach the US mainland was a warning to the country and its allies.

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Heavy rain saw 16 rivers burst their banks in a region still reeling from a deadly quake earlier this year.

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South Korea has for decades been known as the world's largest "baby exporter" – sending hundreds of thousands of children overseas after the country was ravaged by war and many mothers left destitute.

Nearly 200 people have died in Vietnam in the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi and 128 are missing as flash floods and landslides take their toll.

The crowd in Timor-Leste, population 1.3 million, was believed to represent the biggest turnout for a papal event ever, in terms of the proportion of the national population.

Timor-Leste was invaded just nine days after declaring independence. Years later, the country gets its "reward".

The airline's entire Airbus A350 fleet will undergo inspection after a mid-air component failure.

The laws, unveiled last week, forbid women from having uncovered faces or speaking in public.

A mother is on a heartbreaking quest after a scooter crash left her son in a coma and wracking up tens of thousands of dollars in medical bills.

Thailand's parliament voted on Friday for Paetongtarn Shinawatra to be the country's next prime minister, thrusting another member of the kingdom's most famed and divisive political dynasty into the top job.

Amid the growing superpower rivalry between the United States and China, the self-governing island of Taiwan has become one of the thorniest issues, with the ripples felt in Australia.

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After 15 years in charge, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled the country by helicopter amid street violence.

Japan's stock market suffered its biggest ever one-day loss on Monday as a global sell-off intensified following weak US jobs data.

The government has imposed a curfew and cut off internet services as it blamed political opponents for the violence.

North Korea’s No. 2 diplomat in Cuba, finally decided to flee to South Korea in frustration over his highly repressive, corrupt homeland in November.

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The pilot is the sole survivor after crashing at an airport known for its challenging conditions.

Internet and mobile services were cut off in Bangladesh on Friday, following days of violent protests.

It's believed the killer could be linked a 30-year-old woman also found dead in the hotel room beside the couple.

The Perth grandmother spends 23 hours a day in a prison cell in Tokyo and is yet to face trial. Prison rules stop her daughter from visiting.

What it's like aboard the eerily-named Ghostrider during live fire drills in Korean airspace.

The warning by Kim Yo Jong came after South Korea performed firing exercises in its tense land and sea borders with North Korea in the past two weeks.

A team of Sherpas is working to dig up dead bodies and clear some of the 50 tons of garbage left behind by climbers.

Russia's southernmost province has announced a temporary ban on the wearing of niqabs as a security measure following deadly attacks by gunmen last month.

Another two men are fighting for life after drinking the liquid they found in the ocean in Sri Lanka.

Japanese prosecutors have charged a US Air Force member with allegedly kidnapping and raping an underage girl just before Christmas last year, Okinawa police confirmed to CNN on Wednesday.

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Putin, making his first trip to North Korea in 24 years, said the countries would continue to "resolutely oppose" the West.

Supporters of pro-democracy writer Dr Yang Hengjun have called on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to demand the Australian citizen's release from detention on a suspended death sentence.

The move is certain to anger Pyongyang and could trigger retaliatory military steps as tensions between the war-divided rivals rise.

It took authorities 55 days to complete the annual clean up of the mountain.

But the main opposition Congress party said the election had been a "moral and political loss" for Modi.

Summer is yet to peak for India, but the mercury has already nudged 50 degrees.

He also reiterated China's call for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state,

Foreign Minister Penny Wong says Australia is "deeply concerned" by the conviction of an Australian-Hong Kong dual national and 13 others.

After examining the plane's black box, investigators said SQ321 was a normal flight until a "slight vibration" just seconds before disaster struck.

Thai prosecutors said on Wednesday former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will be indicted for defaming the monarchy.

The UN human rights office warned of “frightening and disturbing reports” about the impact of new violence in Myanmar's western state of Rakhine, pointing to new attacks on Rohingya civilians by the military and an ethnic armed group fighting it.

The changes include suspending both hot beverage and meal services when the seatbelt sign is on.

Taiwan scrambled jets and put missile, naval and land units on alert over Chinese military exercises being conducted around the self-governing island democracy where a new president took office this week.

The boiling summer of 2023 was the hottest in the northern hemisphere in more than 2,000 years, a new study found.

The rogue state sent a message to the US and its allies, specifically mentioning Australia twice.

The near-catastrophic incident in the Yellow Sea off South Korea on Saturday has caused tension between Australia and its biggest trading partner.