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This aerial photo shows a vehicle sitting on a damaged road in Tohoku town, Aomori prefecture, northern Japan Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, following a powerful earthquake on late Monday. Photo: Kyodo News via AP

Magnitude 7.5 quake in northern Japan injures 23 people and triggers a 2-foot tsunami

Magnitude 7.5 quake in northern Japan injures 23 people and triggers a 2-foot tsunami

A powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck off northern Japan late Monday, injuring 23 people and triggering a tsunami in Pacific coast communities, officials said.
A powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck off northern Japan late Monday, injuring 23 people and triggering a tsunami in Pacific coast communities, officials said.
World 09 Dec, 2025
In this photo released by Agence Kampuchea Press (AKP), Cambodian villagers sit on tractors as they flee from the home in Preah Vihear province, Cambodia.

New fighting along the Thai-Cambodian border is rooted in a longstanding territorial dispute

New fighting along the Thai-Cambodian border is rooted in a longstanding territorial...

Thailand and Cambodia have a history of enmity over centuries and experience periodic tensions along their land border of more than 800 kilometers (500 miles).
Thailand and Cambodia have a history of enmity over centuries and experience periodic tensions along their land border of more than 800 kilometers (500 miles).
World 08 Dec, 2025
A man holds a chicken as he walks on log used as a makeshift bridge at a village affected by a flash flood in Batang Toru, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Photo: AP

More than 1,300 dead from floods in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand as rescue efforts intensify

More than 1,300 dead from floods in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand as rescue...

In Indonesia, the hardest-hit nation, rescuers struggled to access villages on Sumatra island, where roads have been washed out and bridges collapsed.
In Indonesia, the hardest-hit nation, rescuers struggled to access villages on Sumatra island, where roads have been washed out and bridges collapsed.
World 02 Dec, 2025
FILE- Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina speaks during a press conference in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Photo: AP

Bangladesh's ex-leader Hasina and niece, British lawmaker Tulip Siddiq, found guilty of corruption

Bangladesh's ex-leader Hasina and niece, British lawmaker Tulip Siddiq, found guilty...

A court in Bangladesh’s capital on Monday sentenced ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to five years in prison and her niece, British Labour Party lawmaker Tulip Siddiq, to two years in prison for corruption involving a government land project.
A court in Bangladesh’s capital on Monday sentenced ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to five years in prison and her niece, British Labour Party lawmaker Tulip Siddiq, to two years in prison for corruption involving a government land project.
World 01 Dec, 2025
A man walks past charred buildings burnt after a deadly fire that started Wednesday at Wang Fuk Court, a residential estate in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong's New Territories. Photo: AP

Death toll rises to 128 in Hong Kong residential fire as 8 more arrested over towers' renovation

Death toll rises to 128 in Hong Kong residential fire as 8 more arrested over towers'...

The blaze jumped rapidly from one building to the next as foam panels and bamboo scaffolding covered in netting apparently installed by a construction company caught fire.
The blaze jumped rapidly from one building to the next as foam panels and bamboo scaffolding covered in netting apparently installed by a construction company caught fire.
World 28 Nov, 2025

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