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Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 2, 2025 - Survivors of one of Hong Kong's deadliest maritime disasters and victims' families who spent 13 years in a legal and bureaucratic maze seeking answers will have to wait a little longer for a coroner's ruling to shed light on the tragedy.
Dec 2, 2025
Jakarta (AFP) Dec 2, 2025 - The deadly flooding that has killed hundreds in Indonesia was largely the result of monsoon rains and a rare tropical storm. But something else may have played a role: deforestation.
Dec 2, 2025
Tehran (AFP) Dec 2, 2025 - Reservoirs in and around the drought-hit Iranian capital Tehran are holding 55 percent less water compared to the same date last year, state media reported Tuesday.
Dec 2, 2025
Abuja (AFP) Dec 2, 2025 - Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday nominated former top military commander General Christopher Musa as new minister of defence as the country grapples with a wave of mass kidnappings.
Dec 2, 2025
Banda Aceh, Indonesia (AFP) Dec 2, 2025 - Governments and aid groups in Indonesia and Sri Lanka worked Tuesday to rush aid to hundreds of thousands stranded by deadly flooding that has killed more than 1,300 people in four countries.
Dec 2, 2025
Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka (AFP) Dec 2, 2025 - In the mist-draped mountains of Sri Lanka's tea country, rescuers were still plucking bodies from the reddish-brown mud on Tuesday after last week's cyclone, the island's worst natural disaster in decades.
Dec 2, 2025
Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 2, 2025 - Hong Kong's leader said on Tuesday that an independent committee will investigate the causes of the city's deadliest fire in decades, as some residents expressed doubt about getting clear answers and people demanding accountability were questioned by police.
Dec 2, 2025
Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 1, 2025 - Hong Kong has arrested 14 suspects in a probe into the city's deadliest fire in decades, finding substandard netting on building exteriors that failed to halt flames from spreading, authorities said Monday.
Dec 1, 2025
Dushanbe, Tajikistan (AFP) Dec 1, 2025 - Tajikistan on Monday said two more Chinese citizens died in new attacks on the border with Afghanistan last week, as it urged Kabul to ensure security in the region.
Dec 1, 2025
Tokyo (AFP) Dec 1, 2025 - Oysters in Japan are dying en masse in parts of the country's top production area, likely due to warmer sea temperatures, officials said Monday.
Dec 1, 2025
Geneva (AFP) Nov 30, 2025 - Swiss voters on Sunday resoundingly rejected a proposal to replace the current men-only military conscription with a compulsory civic duty for all and another on taxing the super-rich to fund the climate fight.
Nov 30, 2025
Washington (AFP) Nov 29, 2025 - The US military conducted a follow-up strike on a boat in the Caribbean that it believed to be ferrying drugs, killing survivors of an initial missile attack, US media reported Friday.
Nov 29, 2025
Beijing (AFP) Nov 29, 2025 - China has launched a campaign against fire hazards in high-rise buildings, state media reported Saturday, after at least 128 people were killed in one of Hong Kong's deadliest blazes.
Nov 29, 2025
Athens (AFP) Nov 29, 2025 - Greece has put the greater Athens area and two islands on a water emergency footing, to speed up infrastructure works and address the mounting threat of chronic drought.
Nov 29, 2025
Tehran (AFP) Nov 29, 2025 - Iranian authorities on Saturday stopped electricity production at one of the country's biggest dams due to a marked decrease in the reservoir's water levels, state media reported.
Nov 29, 2025
Pidie, Indonesia, Indonesia (AFP) Nov 29, 2025 - The death toll from devastating floods and landslides in Southeast Asia climbed past 400 on Saturday as clean-up and search-and-rescue operations got underway in Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia.
Nov 29, 2025
