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  • Jagtar Singh Johal, in a blue turban and red polo shirt, walks outside after release on bail

    British Sikh activist released from Delhi jail after nine-year detention

    Indian government issued with warning it would be in contempt of court if it failed to release Jagtar Singh Johal
  • Jaan Roose, an Estonian aerial athlete and three-time slackline world champion, crossed the highline in South Korea’s first high-altitude slackline performance

    Jaan Roose amazes crowds with 120 metre-high slackline walk above Seoul - video

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  • Jaan Roose balances on a highline rope high above the sea, raising his fist and smiling

    Daredevil Jaan Roose completes slackline walk high above central Seoul

  • A protester holds up a placard saying: 'Protect your daughter, educate your son'

    ‘We want justice’: series of rapes trigger mass protests at Indian universities

  • Inside a luxury apartment-like cell found at an Indonesian prison - video

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  • Rival guard posts beside barbed wire topped metal border fence

    South Korea calls for apology from North Korea after mine injures three soldiers

  • A policeman walks in front of buses in Kuala Lumpur carrying Myanmar nationals being repatriated from Malaysia despite concerns for their safety in the war-torn country.

    Malaysia begins Myanmar repatriations despite warnings from UN and rights groups

  • Volodymyr Zelenskyy looks on, with the Ukrainian flag's colours in background

    South Korea
    Why is South Korea so angry with Ukraine over two North Korean prisoners of war?

  • Tran Hiep

    Cambodia
    Vietnamese government accused of abducting human rights activists

  • A general view of people sitting by the water in Suva City on April 29, 2026 in Suva, Fiji.

    Fiji
    ‘Children are dying’: Fiji hopes declaring an HIV emergency will help it tackle crisis

  • Taiwanese soldiers use a variant of the US-made Abrams tanks during drills in July 2025.

    China
    Trump asked Xi Jinping if China would like to buy US weapons, American ambassador says

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    Film
    The Last First: Winter K2 review – race up second highest mountain reveals fatal cost of human ambition

  • A composite image of three soldiers imposed over a line of refugees with a satellite image of a fenced camp

    Global development
    ‘They showed no mercy’: mapping the Rohingya villages being erased by rebel forces

  • Two Nepali women sitting on the ground caring for a baby wrapped in a pink towel

    Global development
    ‘I do not know if the doctor survived’: young mothers recall ‘living hell’ of Nepal’s floods

  • A woman's solemn face appears behind a "Stop Violence Against Women" sign, lit by candlelight

    This Is India
    From Jamui to Delhi, the burden of safety from sexual assault cannot fall on women

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  • People wade through flood waters near a petrol station in Bangkok on Saturday

    Bangkok’s flood disaster – in pictures

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