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  • The iron ore mine at Pivdennyi Quarry, Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, in August 2022.

    Rare earths: another reason we mustn’t allow Russia to win in Ukraine

  • The crashed plane in a field. The area is taped off

    Azerbaijan Airlines says there was ‘external interference’ before plane crashed

    Carrier suspends flights to five Russian airports after early findings of investigation into crash on Christmas Day
  • Kim Jong-un meets soldiers in March 2024.

    Injured North Korean soldier captured by Ukraine has died, says South Korea

    First of Kim Jong-un’s soldiers to be taken was detained in Kursk region of Russia, according to Ukrainian reports

  • South Korea’s second impeachment in two weeks is latest twist in political saga

  • South Korea lawmakers vote to impeach acting president two weeks after impeaching president – as it happened

  • South Korean lawmakers chant during vote to impeach acting president – video

  • Japan’s ‘cat island’ falls victim to demographic crisis

  • South Korean lawmakers impeach acting president Han Duck-soo

  • ‘I thought it was fake news’: secrecy around North Koreans fighting in Kursk

  • Yoon Suk Yeol impeachment: court hearings to begin in South Korea over president’s martial law crisis

Asia Pacific

  • A woman cuts a pie in half on a plate

    New Zealand
    The pāua and the glory: cafe’s creation sparks pie mania in New Zealand

  • A mourner in a headscarf scatters flower petals at the Ulee Lheue mass grave

    Indian Ocean tsunami 2004
    Ceremonies held across Asia to mark 20 years since Boxing Day tsunami

  • Han Duck-soo on the phone.

    South Korea
    South Korea opposition moves to impeach acting president in new political twist

  • Sun Chanthy, the president of the Nation Power party, was found guilty of the charge at a court in Phnom Penh.

    Cambodia
    Cambodian opposition leader jailed after conviction for inciting disorder

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South & central Asia

  • Donald Trump and Elon Musk

    Opinion
    The Guardian view on digital media: the case for better regulation must be made

  • Manmohan Singh

    India
    Former Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh dies aged 92

  • A wrecked plane fuselage surrounded by emergency services

    Kazakhstan
    Officials report 29 survivors and 38 killed as plane crashes in Kazakhstan

  • Emergency specialists work at the crash site of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet near the western Kazakh city of Aktau on December 25.

    Kazakhstan
    Russian anti-aircraft system may have struck Azerbaijan Airlines plane, says US

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Pictures & video

  • The surroundings of the Casino Lisboa with pawn shops and restaurants

    Macau: a city of contrasts – in pictures

  • Yoon Suk Yeol vowed to 'step aside' after the national assembly voted to remove him from office

    1:01

    'I will never give up': South Korean president reacts to impeachment – video

    Yoon Suk Yeol vowed to 'step aside' after the national assembly voted to remove him from office
  • Thousands celebrated outside parliament as the motion was announced.

    1:07

    South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol impeached – video

    Thousands celebrated outside parliament as the motion was announced.
  • Speech comes hours before the main liberal opposition Democratic party submits a new impeachment motion against Yoon

    2:22

    'Act of governance': South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol defends martial law attempt – video

  • Walkout by People Power party meant national assembly did not have 200 votes needed to begin process of forcing out president after he declared martial law this week

    1:31

    Vote to impeach South Korea's president fails after ruling party boycott – video

  • South Korea's president Yoon Suk Yeol gave a brief televised address to apologise for his surprise decision to declare martial law

    0:42

    South Korean president apologises for declaring martial law – video

  • Head of the People Power party claims there is a significant risk that president could order ‘extreme actions’

    1:14

    ‘Great danger’ to South Korea unless President Yoon suspended, says ruling party leader – video

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