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December 03, 2025

British women stranded by landslides in Sri Lankan mountains running out of food and water, daughter says

Friends Melanie Watters and Janine Reid have been trapped in Pussellawa since ThursdayTwo British women stranded by landslides in Sri Lanka’s tea...

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December 03, 2025

Global heating and other human activity are making Asia’s floods more lethal

Much improved response systems are struggling to cope with ever more powerful and destructive storms

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December 01, 2025

Sri Lanka and Indonesia deploy militaries as Asia flood toll nears 1,000

Separate weather systems brought torrential rainfall to Sri Lanka and large parts of Indonesia’s Sumatra, southern Thailand and northern Malaysia

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December 01, 2025

Death toll passes 1,000 in devastating floods across Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Thailand – latest updates

Hundreds remain missing in Indonesia and Sri Lanka as rescue efforts continue after Cyclone Ditwah

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November 30, 2025

Death toll passes 900 in Indonesia, Thailand and Sri Lanka floods

Officials in Indonesia say more than 442 people have died, while Sri Lanka suffers worst natural disaster since 2004 tsunami Authorities in Sri...

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November 17, 2025

Pakistani parliament votes to give army chief new powers and legal immunity

Critics say constitutional amendment, which will also limit supreme court’s independence, is ‘funeral for democracy’Pakistan’s parliament has passed...

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November 17, 2025

India confirms deadly Delhi car blast being treated as terror incident

Cabinet says explosion near Red Fort that killed 12 is suspected to have been perpetrated by ‘anti-national forces’India has confirmed it is treating...

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November 17, 2025

Blast from confiscated explosives at police station in Indian-controlled Kashmir kills nine

The accidental explosion comes days after a deadly car blast in New Delhi which killed at least eight people near the city’s historic Red FortAt...

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November 05, 2025

Dick Cheney, vice-president and giant of Republican politics, dies aged 84

Cheney, who served under presidents from Nixon to George W Bush, will be remembered for controversial role after 9/11

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November 02, 2025

Thousands detained as Myanmar military raids notorious KK park scam compound

Myanmar's military moved in to tackle a major online scam operation near the Thailand border, state media reportedMyanmar’s military has raided a...

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