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The blood moon rises behind the Saentis Alpstein, Canton of Appenzell, in Switzerland, on July 27, 2018.PHOTO: EPA-EFE

1. BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei Darussalam:
Global experts discuss education issues at Brunei Dialogue 2018

2. PHNOM PENH, Cambodia:
Cambodians start voting in controversial poll

Cambodian Prime Minister and President of the Cambodian People’s Party Hun Sen prepares to cast his vote at a polling station during a general election in Takhmao, Kandal province, on Sunday (Reuters photo)

3. VIENTIANE, Laos:
Laos dam collapse: Struggle to cope with displaced villagers.
Evacuation centres under strain even as search and rescue efforts continue

Relief supplies from all around the world are dropped off by helicopters, which land daily on Sanamxai Secondary School's football field. Above: Members of the Thai rescue team helping flood survivors, including a baby trapped in a remote village, cl — Flood victims receiving food aid from Laotian relief personnel in Sanamxai, Attapeu province, on Thursday.PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESS

4. JAKARTA, Indonesia:
Jokowi Coalition Agrees on VP Candidate; Kalla May Potentially Run for Third Term

Presiden Joko Widodo menunggang kuda Sandelwood yang diberikan masyarakat Sumba Saat mengunjungi Pulau Sumba di Kota Waetabula, Kabupaten Sumba Barat Daya, NTT, Rabu (12/7). Kunjungan Jokowi ke Pulau Sumba, NTT dalam rangka menutup Parade 1001 Kuda Sandelwood serta membuka Festival Tenun Ikat yang dihadiri 2017 penenun dari seluruh daratan pulau Sumba.ANTARA FOTO/Kornelis Kaha/Spt/17.

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo will likely announce the name of his vice-presidential candidate within the next few weeks amid the possibility that the incumbent, Vice President Jusuf Kalla, could qualify to run for a third term. (Antara Photo/Kornelis Kaha)

5. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia:
2,000 attend Kuala Lumpur rally to defend Malay rights

Thousands of people attended the Himpunan Kebangkitan Ummah (Gathering for Muslim Revival) rally, believing that the interest of Malay Muslims was in danger since Pakatan Harapan came into power. PHOTO: THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK

6. YANGON, Myanmar:
State Counsellor visits flooded Kayin

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday visited victims of widespread flooding in Kayin State. The State Counsellor was supposed to hold a peace forum with Kayin youth representatives but the meeting was postponed to mid-August because of the flood. Photo – State Counsellor

7. MANILA, Philippines:
EU, UN hail Rody’s Bangsamoro Law

Ilocos representative Rodolfo Fariñas and Senator Miguel Zubiri with Bangsamoro Transition Commission head Ghazali Jaafar congatulate each other following the ceremonial signing of the Bangsamoro Organic Law during the 28-member bicameral conference committee at the Senate in Pasay City yesterday.

8. SINGAPORE, Singapore:
Cooling measures may keep lid on private home prices: Experts

The vacancy rate for completed private residential units (excluding executive condominiums) fell by 0.3 percentage point to 7.1 per cent at the end of the second quarter. Meanwhile, rents posted a 1 per cent increase, compared with the 0.3 per cent rise in the previous quarter.ST FILE PHOTO

9. NAN, Thailand:
Nan landslide kills eight from one family

Soldiers and rescuers search for people trapped by a mudslide that hit a village in Bo Klue district of Nan on Saturday morning. Eight bodies were recovered, all from one family. (Photo by Rarinthorn Petcharoen)/ WRITER: RARINTHORN PETCHAROEN

10. HƯNG YÊN, Viet Nam:
President visits Hưng Yên on Martyrs’ Day

President Trần Đại Quang visited the northern province of Hưng Yên on Friday to meet local authorities, offer incense and flowers at revolutionary relic sites, and visit a family who greatly contributed to the revolution.— VNA/VNS Photo Nhan Sáng

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