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Two North Korean soldiers captured by Ukrainian forces early last year have been transferred to Seoul

Impact to be seen

What we know about the North Korean POW dispute

'The work starts today'

Morocco names Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri first woman PM

North Korea and South Korea played last week at the stadium in Shizuoka

Still 'aiming for full stadiums'

Asian Games crowds in spotlight as 998 see hosts in 50,000 stadium

Trier stabbing investigation

Motive behind fatal Trier student stabbing remains unknown

Rising Thai teen rock Nene Royal put in a brief appearance in Bangkok on September 30, days after winning the 2026 edition of "America's Got Talent"

'America's Got Talent'

Thai teen rocker Nene aims to tour, write music... and return to school

Fridman sanctions case

Luxembourg’s role in Fridman delisting sparks international debate

People watch a 3.5-metre shark trapped in an artificial waterway in the southeastern port city of Busan

Unlikely celebrity

Lost shark becomes viral star in South Korea

Cleaners enter a temporary container hut during a press tour in Nagoya

Over 17,000 athletes

Nagoya mayor says sorry for Asian Games 'inconveniences'

North Korea faces a slew of international sanctions over its weapons and nuclear programs, which ban its citizens from being issued work visas abroad among a litany of other restrictions

North Korean leader 'extremely obese': Seoul spy agency

US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer is hosting counterparts from G20 countries in Milwaukee for two days of talks

'Unfairly targeted'

G20 trade officials meet under shadow of tariffs, overcapacity

Mahathir Mohamad looks at the casket of his wife, Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali, during her funeral ceremony on September 28

Malaysia's ex-PM Mahathir in hospital for observation

The "Fat Dogs of Delhi" contest, in the style of Alaska's annual Fat Bear Week, has turned Instagram into a virtual polling booth, attracting nearly 100,000 followers

India's fat dog vote goes viral

This handout photo from the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) shows Oaka, undergoing training to become Australia’s next koala detection dog

Saved over 100 koalas

Paw-fect candidate: Australia finds new koala rescue dog

Kenya's Sabastian Sawe defended his London Marathon title in a new world-record time of 1hr 59min 30sec

Under two hours

'No limits': Marathon world record holder Sawe chasing history

South Africa have been drawn in a pretty easy pool as they bid for a third successive Rugby World Cup title in 2027

12 months to go

Countdown begins to biggest-ever Rugby World Cup

Long known as a tourist hotspot, South Pacific nation Fiji has in recent years emerged as a major cog in the international drug trade.

Ongoing investigation

Thieves swipe drugs under nose of Fiji police, swap with flour

Dhaka University students walking across campus in the Bangladesh capital. Women are securing a shrinking share of public sector jobs in the Muslim-majority nation of 170 million people.

'Can't continue'

Bangladesh women lose ground after quota reform

A North Korean guard post on the North side of the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) dividing the two Koreas, is seen from the border city of Paju

Following recent incident

South Korea demands North apologise for DMZ mine blasts

The Red River flows against the backdrop of a residential area in Hanoi

'If they want to do it, they will do it'

Vietnam admits 'differing opinions' on Hanoi development

Principal Madhav Lamichhane instructs students during a class at Neelakantha Secondary School following the August 26 flash flood. Each morning teachers are served a painful reminder of the disaster as they call out names of children who never came back

Over 5,000 still missing

In Nepal's flood zone, teachers mourn students who never returned

Des policiers montent la garde près d'un avion transportant des migrants expulsés des États-Unis, à l'aéroport international Roberts de Harbel, près de Monrovia, le 20 août 2026 au Liberia

US Supreme Court lifts limits on third-country deportations

In free-trade deal

New Zealand denies breaching climate commitments to EU

Lonely path: Minas, one of only two primary school pupils left on the Greek island of Thymaina

Island of Thymaina

Pirate island's plunging population shows Greece's demographic decline

This year's ozone pollution was fuelled in part by record-breaking heatwaves and wildfires

Ozone pollution

One third of world population exposed to harmful air pollution: monitor

Election candidates canvassed at a harvest festival in eastern Latvia

'This is a separate culture'

With elections ahead, Latvia's Russian-speakers reject Moscow's help

Flamengo, the reigning Libertadores and Brasileirao champion, has the biggest sponsorship deal in South American football history with Betano, worth $46 million

Brazil football clubs face massive sponsorship blow from betting ban

A Palestinian man sits on the rooftop of his house as he looks at a newly established Israeli settler outpost in Burqah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank

'Hilltop Youth'

West Bank's violent settlers part of a new generation fuelled by ideology

US President Donald Trump says tech bosses have signed a non-legally binding agreement to regulate themselves on AI

Calls for stronger industry oversight

Trump touts AI boss pledge to self-regulate

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