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  • A drone view shows mud covering buildings and property following a flash flood in Trishuli, Nuwakot district, Nepal, August 27, 2026.
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  • Excavators and loaders in action as rescue workers repair a road leading to Gyirong Port after a mudslide, in Gyirong county, Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China August 28, 2026. cnsphoto via REUTERS   ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. CHINA OUT.
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    Live Updates4 min ago August 29, 2026 — Death toll rises, thousands missing in Nepal-China floods
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  • Residents carry their belongings as they walk to safer areas, in the aftermath of flash floods in Devighat, in Nepal's Nuwakot district, on Thursday, August 27.
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  • Rescue workers repair a damaged road leading to Tibet's Gyirong port on August 27.
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  • A Republic of China Navy Kang Ding-class (La Fayette-class) frigate navigates the coastal waters off Kaohsiung during naval manoeuvres on the first day of the annual Han Kuang military exercise in Kaohsiung, Taiwan on August 5, 2026.
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  • 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.
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  • Russian President Vladimir Putin, second left, shakes hands with Sakhalin Region Governor Valery Limarenko at an airport in Kurilsk on the Iturup Island, the largest of the Kuril Islands of Russia's fareast, on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
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North Korea

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  • U.S. President Donald Trump walks as he attends to host a back-to-school-themed event to highlight his administration's education policies, in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 24, 2026.
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    Kim Jong Un’s powerful sister says she is ‘completely unaware’ if he contacted Trump
  • A US Stryker infantry carrier vehicle moves to cross a river over a floating bridge during a South Korea-US joint river-crossing drill as part of the annual Ulchi Freedom Shield military exercise in Yeoju on August 27, 2025.
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  • Police officers move past an ambulance outside an intensive care unit after a fire broke out at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) hospital in Islamabad, Pakistan, August 26, 2026.
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    ‘No one can understand the pain:’ Fire in maternity ward kills at least 14 newborn babies in Pakistan’s capital
  • Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan gives a press conference at his home, in Lahore, Pakistan, on May 18, 2023.
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    Pakistan’s former leader Imran Khan taken back to prison after hospital check-up
  • Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif pose after signing a joint defense agreement in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, August 7, 2026.
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    Saudi Arabia turns to Muslim military heavyweights in landmark defense pact as Iran war closes in
  • Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan gestures during an interview with Reuters in Islamabad, Pakistan, June 4, 2021. REUTERS/Saiyna Bashir
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    Sons of jailed Pakistani leader Imran Khan fear for his health
  • 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

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
  • 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
  • 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.
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    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.
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    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.
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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 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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    ‘Salami slicing’: How China is trying to increase control in the Pacific

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