This picture taken on December 5, 2022 shows activists holding a protest against the new criminal code outside the parliament building in Jakarta. Indonesia's parliament approved on December 6 legislation that would outlaw pre-marital sex while making other sweeping changes to the criminal code -- a move critics deemed as a setback to the country's freedoms. (Photo by ADEK BERRY / AFP)
07 December 2022
Indonesia's parliament approved legislation on Tuesday that would outlaw sex outside...
This picture taken on Oct 6, 2022 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on Oct 10, 2022 shows the North Korean People's Army front-line long-range artillery division and air force squadron during a fire attack training exercise, at an undisclosed location.Photo: AFP
06 December 2022
North Korea fired a barrage of artillery shells into a maritime buffer zone on Monday,...
ecurity guards in personal protective equipments (PPE) are seen at a residential compound under lockdown due to Covid-19 coronavirus restrictions in Beijing on November 24, 2022. Photo: AFP
06 December 2022
Businesses reopened and testing requirements were relaxed in Beijing and other Chinese...
Villagers watch hot smoke from the ground at the Curah Kobokan village following Mount Semeru’s volcanic eruption in Lumajang, East Java on Sunday. Photo: AFP
05 December 2022
Indonesia's Mount Semeru erupted Sunday spewing hot ash clouds a mile high and rivers of...
People sing slogans while gathering on a street in Shanghai on November 27, 2022, where protests against China's zero-Covid policy took place the night before following a deadly fire in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang region. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)
05 December 2022
The World Health Organization has cheered China's loosening of its zero-Covid policy,...
Photo: AFP
05 December 2022
Seventy Rohingya people hiding in a truck transporting ginger were arrested north of...
Photo: CJ
04 December 2022
In commemoration of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on 3 December,...
Police officers block a road during a protest triggered by a fire in Urumqi that killed 10 people in Beijing, China, 27 November 2022. Photo: EPA
04 December 2022
US senators have warned China against cracking down on rare widespread protests, saying...
 Protesters gather at Bicentennial Park during a rally calling for global solidarity for the citizens of Iran, in Sydney, Australia, 19 November 2022. Photo: EPA
04 December 2022
Iran said Saturday it is reviewing a decades-old law that requires women to cover their...
The US Capitol building is illuminated by the rising sun on November 9, 2022 in Washington, DC. Photo: AFP
04 December 2022
The United States on Friday added Cuba, Nicaragua and Russia's Wagner mercenary group to...
 Rohingya refugees rest in a maternity ward during treatment at a medical centre in Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhia. Photo: AFP
04 December 2022
Rohingya cleric Abdur Rashid still believes children are divine gifts, but life in a...
Members of the local Chinese community hold placards at a vigil in support of the protests against Beijing's zero-Covid policy taking place across China, in Melbourne on November 28, 2022. Photo: AFP
03 December 2022
Cities across China further unwound Covid restrictions Friday, loosening testing and...

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