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A vessel, which is part of the the Global Sumud Flotilla, arrives in Sidi Bou Said, near Tunis, Tunisia September 7, 2025. — Reuters pic

Flotilla for Gaza says drone strike hits boat in Tunisian waters, authorities deny claim

Demonstrators gather near the parliament during a protest against corruption and the government's decision to block several social media platforms, in Kathmandu, Nepal September 8, 2025. — Reuters pic

Nepal ends social media blackout after protests leave 19 dead, minister says

Relatives mourn by the bodies of Layan, 2, and Iman Salem, 5, who were killed in Israeli strikes on their displacement tent in Al-Nasr neighbourhood, at Al-shifa hospital in Gaza City on September 8, 2025. — AFP pic

UN rights chief denounces Israeli ‘genocidal rhetoric’ on Gaza

In this photo taken on July 21, 2025, a man wades through a flooded street after heavy rains in Manila. Philippine construction firms paid off 17 lawmakers to secure government contracts, their owners claimed on September 8 at a hearing on graft in flood control projects. — AFP pic

Philippine contractors allege lawmaker payoffs in flood control scandal

Supertramp rock band's founder, singer and musician Rick Davies has passed away after a decade's battle with blood cancer. — AFP pic

Supertramp co-founder Rick Davies dies at 81

Hakyung Lee was extradited from Seoul in 2022 after the remains of her children, both aged under 10, were discovered in suitcases that had been left at a storage unit in south Auckland. — AFP pic

‘Suitcase Murders’: Trial for South Korean mother accused of killing own children begins in New Zealand

This file picture shows Sri Mulyani Indrawati speaking to media on the sidelines of the 12th Asean Finance Ministers’ and Central Bank Governors’ Meeting (AFMGM) in Kuala Lumpur April 10, 2025. — Bernama pic

Indonesia removes Sri Mulyani as finance minister after weeks of protests

A demonstrator waves a flag as he stands atop a vehicle near the entrance of the Parliament during a protest against corruption and government’s decision to block several social media platforms, in Kathmandu, Nepal September 8, 2025. — Reuters pic

Nepal police fire tear gas as youths storm parliament over social media ban, corruption

Kim Aris told Reuters that his 80-year-old mother, who has been in military custody since a 2021 coup that deposed her government, had requested to see a cardiologist about a month ago. — Reuters pic

'I am extremely worried': Myanmar’s Suu Kyi facing worsening heart problems in military custody, son says

Afghan girls stand near their damaged house following a deadly magnitude-6 earthquake that struck Afghanistan on Sunday, at Lulam village, in Nurgal district, Kunar province, Afghanistan, September 3, 2025. — Reuters pic

‘No female doctors’: WHO urges Taliban to lift curbs as women struggle for care after deadly earthquake

This file picture shows a logo of Hyundai Motor Group on a car outside an automobile showroom in New Delhi, India, September 6, 2024. — Reuters pic

South Korean foreign minister heads to US after immigration raid on US$4.3b Hyundai-LG factory

Wilfred Lalobo, 60, a survivor of the Lukodi massacre on May 19, 2004, in which his daughter and several other relatives were killed, points to familiar names on the commemorative plaque of the Lukodi Memorial Massacre Monument in Lukodi village, Gulu district, on September 4, 2025. — AFP pic

‘We were forced to eat our teachers’: Survivors recall horrors as Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony faces international trial

India now exports defence equipment to more than 100 countries, with the United States, France and Armenia among the top buyers, according to the defence ministry. — AFP pic

India showcases missiles, drones and new defence tech in bid to become global arms exporter

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba bows during a press conference at the prime minister’s office in Tokyo on September 7, 2025. — AFP pic

Japanese lawmakers launch leadership bids after PM resigns, yen sinks on uncertainty

Frédéric Pechier, 53, was working as an anaesthetist at two clinics in Besançon when patients went into cardiac arrest under suspicious circumstances between 2008 and 2017. Twelve did not survive. — Pexels pic

‘I’ve been waiting 17 years’: Families seek justice as ‘star’ French doctor faces murder charges

A police officer investigates at a site following a shootout that occurred near the town of Piopio, located in New Zealand's Waikato region on September 8, 2025. — AFP pic

New Zealand father who kidnapped kids shot dead after four years on run