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Asia-Pacific

'Second life': Nepal hydropower tunnel survivor recalls ordeal

Asia / Pacific

Spoiler alert: AI in cinema 'just a tool, won’t replace actors and human beings'

Culture

UN ditches Mercator map to adopt more accurate one reflecting Africa's true size

Earth

FRANCE 24 in Nepal: The unbearable wait for missing relatives

Asia / Pacific

FRANCE 24 in Nepal: In Bharatpur, authorities begin burying unidentified bodies

Asia / Pacific

'Glaciers in Himalayas retreating': Nepal floods triggered by 'glacier collapse & massive landslide'

Asia / Pacific
Spotlight

'Sea change: Much of the world's economic GDP has moved to the Asia-Pacific region'

Asia / Pacific

Nepal floods 'unprecedented', requires new 'engineering approaches, risk-sensitive urban planning'

Asia / Pacific

Nepal deadly floods: FRANCE 24 report – on the ground with survivors

On the ground
Asia / Pacific

UN, Nepal warn of climate threat after flood death toll tops 680

Asia / Pacific

Nepal: 'Region has hundreds of high-altitude lakes prone to unleashing enormous volumes of water'

Nepal flash floods: 'Very challenging' for survivors who have lost their homes and their families

Asia / Pacific

Red Cross mobilises in Nepal following natural disaster: 'Entire villages & communities washed out'

Asia / Pacific

Glacier collapse may have caused Nepal-Tibet landslides, experts say

Asia / Pacific

Nepal-Tibet deadly floods: Thousands missing, including hundreds of foreign tourists

Asia / Pacific

Japan: 1,800 people pull 360-tonne Hirosaki Castle keep by hand

JAPAN

Singapore’s seniors turn to parkour to boost balance and strength

Sport

Indonesian mother recounts emergency birth during 7.7-magnitude quake

Asia / Pacific

Trump orders Pentagon to cut back military drills with Seoul hours before start

Asia / Pacific

More than 12,000 await aid after deadly Indonesian quake

Asia / Pacific

French father and two children rescued after 16 hours adrift off Thai island

Asia / Pacific

Indonesia hit by second powerful earthquake in one day as death toll rises to 47

Asia / Pacific

India protesters face online backlash

Access Asia

Thailand: Gunman killed grandparents before school attack

Asia / Pacific

Powerful quake hits southern Japan

Asia / Pacific
Access Asia

Family of detained US scientist breaks silence after quiet diplomacy stalls

Access Asia

China's Xi arrives in North Korea for rare visit

Asia / Pacific

'Once Trump accepted Iranian 14-point proposal as basis of talks, he gave Iran political initiative'

Middle East

'Democratic backsliding': Armenia's 'extreme polarisation, hate speech, stigmatization' mar election

Asia / Pacific

5 people trapped in Laos cave found alive, 2 still missing

Asia / Pacific

Coal mine explosion in China kills 90 people, state media say

Asia / Pacific

Deadliest coal mine explosion in China in years kills 90 people, state media say

Asia / Pacific

Ukrainian PM Lisa Yasko asserts: Any country trading with Russia is on 'the wrong side of history'

Europe

'Your only friend right now is Mr. Xi: Normal practice for Putin to go to China every year'

Asia / Pacific

Is a Chinese invasion of Taiwan imminent?

Asia / Pacific

Scientists have identified a massive new dinosaur in Thailand

Europe

US-China priority is 'economic relationship': Trump 'heavily prioritising trade and investment'

china

China's 'key priorities': Open Hormuz, get oil flowing, avoid 'getting dragged into conflicts'

Asia / Pacific

Opaque nature of US-Iran shadow war: Are they 'dancing their way out of a minefield' towards a deal?

Middle East

Foreign minister signals new era for Armenia: Peace, EU ambitions, trade, 'huge' infrastructure plan

Asia / Pacific

'Trump's high-stakes political theatre: US winning conventional war, Iran winning asymmetrical war'

Middle East

'We cannot let Iran be our spokesperson': Lebanon charts own path in talks with Israel

Middle East

IRGC asserting themselves as Iran 'responds to Trump’s method of conducting diplomacy in kind'

Middle East

Ghassan Salamé: Lebanon negotiating with Israel 'to give serenity, prosperity to fellow countrymen'

Middle East

'Hierarchy of sovereignty': Israel claims authority over 'which Lebanese areas are inhabitable'

Middle East

'US military leverage a risky tactic': Bombs, military escalation will not bring Iran 'to the table'

Middle East

Tale of two truces: Lebanon 'steps up' alongside Israel as Tehran, Washington edge towards deal

Middle East

Elusive wolf in South Korea recaptured after nine days on the run

Irfan Nooruddin: 'Much to be gained by having more women in India's highest parliamentary body'

Asia / Pacific

Iran believes they hold the cards amid 'dysfunction & chaos in US national security decision-making'

Middle East

US war on Iran: Trump pressures allies in war effort but offers 'no role in strategy'

Middle East
The Debate

When the oil runs dry: What next for globalisation as Asia bears the brunt of the Iran war?

Asia / Pacific

Air China resumes flights to North Korea after six-year pause

Asia / Pacific

‘Transnational repression’: Iranian diaspora faces harassment, death threats, pressure on families

Middle East

'New phenomenon of dangerous rhetoric': World leaders embrace proud disregard for international law

Middle East

US, Israeli war goals 'not realistic': Regime change in Iran 'can't be achieved' by airstrikes

Middle East

As 'war of choice' escalates into international crisis, Miller says Trump has 'no strategy'

Middle East

'Tehran assumes war is behind them: Iran will not capitulate, Trump has it all wrong'

Middle East

Iraq caught between US and Iran, facing attacks from both warring sides & Iran-aligned actors within

India's historic haveli homes caught between revival and ruin

Asia / Pacific

Once seeking de-escalation, Saudi Arabia now sees ‘no coexistence’ with hardline Iran

Middle East

US goals shift: 'At the beginning of the Iran war, the US and Israel were on the same page'

Middle East

War on Iran: 'Fought on faulty assumptions, notion of externally delivered regime change delusional'

Middle East

'We do not have a single war on Iran: We have an Israeli war and an American war'

Middle East

Myth of liberation: As war rages, trapped Iranians 'curse' the regime, the Americans & the Israelis

Middle East

'Volatile: Oil market much more resilient than in 1970s' as conflict speculation drives price swings

Middle East
Access Asia

Asia holds its breath as Iran war drags on

Asia / Pacific
Tête à tête

'We have to avoid acts of provocation' with Cambodia, Thai FM says

Asia / Pacific
Entre Nous

Firing up the Lunar New Year spirit: All you need to know

France
Spotlight

From heavy metal drummer to Japan's PM: The rise of Sanae Takaichi

JAPAN

Thailand prepares for general election

Asia / Pacific

UK's Starmer seeks fresh start with China as Trump shakes up global relations

Asia / Pacific