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South Korea tells tourists on holiday island Jeju to behave

August 20, 2025 - 8:55am
The island has issued visitor guidelines for the first time as it sees an increasing number of tourists.
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South Korea tells tourists on holiday island Jeju to behave

August 20, 2025 - 8:55am
The island has issued visitor guidelines for the first time as it sees an increasing number of tourists.
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Family of NZ fugitive on the run with children pleads for return

August 20, 2025 - 4:44am
Tom Phillips and his children have been missing since 2021, in a case that has gripped New Zealand.
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Family of NZ fugitive on the run with children pleads for return

August 20, 2025 - 4:44am
Tom Phillips and his children have been missing since 2021, in a case that has gripped New Zealand.
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Dozens of Afghan deportees from Iran killed in bus crash

August 20, 2025 - 4:31am
At least 17 children were among those killed after the bus crashed and caught fire on its way to Kabul.
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Heavy rain paralyses India's financial capital Mumbai

August 20, 2025 - 2:52am
Nearly 600 people were rescued from a stalled monorail system and 350 others have been shifted to shelters.
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Heavy rain paralyses India's financial capital Mumbai

August 20, 2025 - 2:52am
Nearly 600 people were rescued from a stalled monorail system and 350 others have been shifted to shelters.
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Watch: Moment fireball lights up night sky in Japan

August 20, 2025 - 1:12am
The skies above southern Japan were illuminated late on Tuesday evening after dust or asteroid fragments burnt up in the atmosphere.
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Watch: Moment fireball lights up night sky in Japan

August 20, 2025 - 1:12am
The skies above southern Japan were illuminated late on Tuesday evening after dust or asteroid fragments burnt up in the atmosphere.
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Netanyahu accuses Australian PM of 'betraying' Israel

August 20, 2025 - 1:05am
Relations between the countries have frayed since Australia said it planned to recognise a Palestinian state.
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Chinese man jailed in US for sending weapons to North Korea

August 20, 2025 - 12:12am
Shenghua Wen received around $2m (£1.5m) from North Korean officials to ship weapons from California.
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Chinese man jailed in US for sending weapons to North Korea

August 20, 2025 - 12:12am
Shenghua Wen received around $2m (£1.5m) from North Korean officials to ship weapons from California.
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Dozens of Afghan deportees from Iran killed in bus crash

August 19, 2025 - 10:02pm
At least 17 children were among those killed after the bus crashed and caught fire on its way to Kabul.
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Watch: Competitors walk slackline 400m above Chinese gorge

August 19, 2025 - 9:46pm
Participants walked between two peaks more than a kilometre apart on a slackline just 2cm wide.
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Watch: Competitors walk slackline 400m above Chinese gorge

August 19, 2025 - 9:46pm
Participants walked between two peaks more than a kilometre apart on a slackline just 2cm wide.
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Netanyahu accuses Australian PM of 'betraying' Israel

August 19, 2025 - 7:54pm
Relations between the countries have frayed since Australia said it planned to recognise a Palestinian state.
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'The danger is not over in Pakistan' after flash floods

August 19, 2025 - 5:14pm
Emergency teams searching for the missing are struggling through mud and debris, following flash flooding in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
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'The danger is not over in Pakistan' after flash floods

August 19, 2025 - 5:14pm
Emergency teams searching for the missing are struggling through mud and debris, following flash flooding in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
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'The danger is not over in Pakistan' after flash floods

August 19, 2025 - 5:14pm
Emergency teams searching for the missing are struggling through mud and debris, following flash flooding in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
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Peruvian woman accused of smuggling drugs in sex toy in Bali

August 19, 2025 - 11:22am
The 42-year-old allegedly also concealed drugs in her underwear, police said.
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