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Thailand launches air strikes against Cambodia in border clash
AFP, Published on 08/12/2025
» BANGKOK - Thailand launched air strikes on its neighbour Cambodia on Monday, the Thai army said, with both sides trading blame for the latest eruption of fighting on their disputed border, which has killed a Thai soldier.
Juan Ponce Enrile, architect of Philippine martial law, dies at 101: daughter
AFP, Published on 13/11/2025
» MANILA - Juan Ponce Enrile, a shrewd political operator who helped usher in the darkest repression of the late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos's rule, died on Thursday at the age of 101, his daughter said.
Vampires, blood and dance: Bollywood horror goes mainstream
AFP, Published on 06/10/2025
» MUMBAI - Long written off as fringe, horror is back in India's Bollywood, reinvented with comedy, mythology and big stars powering a box-office renaissance.
France unveils new government amid political deadlock
AFP, Published on 06/10/2025
» PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron named a new government on Sunday, putting together a team of largely familiar faces under Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu as he struggles to pull the country out of a political crisis.
New Nepal PM vows to follow protesters' demands to 'end corruption'
AFP, Published on 14/09/2025
» KATHMANDU - Nepal's new leader vowed Sunday to follow protesters' demands to "end corruption" as she began work as interim prime minister, after "Gen Z" youth demonstrations ousted her predecessor.
Nepal returns to calm as first woman PM takes charge
AFP, Published on 13/09/2025
» KATHMANDU — Nepal's capital on Saturday took a step back towards normality after deadly anti-corruption protests, as daily life returned with a curfew eased and an interim prime minister sworn into office.
Elon Musk says he has created a new US political party
AFP, Published on 06/07/2025
» WASHINGTON - Elon Musk, an ex-ally of US President Donald Trump, said Saturday he had launched a new political party in the United States to challenge what the tech billionaire described as the country's "one-party system."
Relatives wait for remains after Air India crash
AFP, Published on 16/06/2025
» AHMEDABAD (INDIA) - Indian health officials have begun handing relatives the bodies of their loved ones after one of the world's worst plane crashes in decades, but most families were still waiting Monday for results of DNA testing.
Families hold funerals for Air India crash victims
AFP, Published on 16/06/2025
» AHMEDABAD (INDIA) - Mourners covered white coffins with flowers in India on Sunday as funerals were held for some of the at least 279 people killed in one of the world's worst plane crashes in decades.
Death toll in India plane crash rises to at least 279
AFP, Published on 15/06/2025
» AHMEDABAD (INDIA) - The death toll from the fiery crash of a London-bound passenger jet in an Indian city climbed to 279 on Saturday as officials sought to match the DNA of victims with their grieving relatives.