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Funeral for late Thai king Bhumibol draws to a close 29 Oct 2017 - 04:22 pm
A mourner pray for the late Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej during the procession transferring the relics and his ashes from the Grand Palace to a local temple in Bangkok on October 29, 2017. AFP / YE AUNG THU
Sri Lanka scraps private medical college amid protests 29 Oct 2017 - 02:12 pm
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Pakistan frees 68 Indian fishermen held for trespassing 29 Oct 2017 - 01:59 pm
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Australian former governor-general and peacemaker Ninian Stephen dies at 94 29 Oct 2017 - 12:06 pm
A file photo of Ninian Stephen, a judge and former governor-general of Australia, gestures during a news conferece in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, November 17, 1998. REUTERS/Stringer.
Brexit hastens Pakistani Kashmir's economic break with Britain 29 Oct 2017 - 10:26 am
A file photo of a Pakistani Kashmiri foreign currency dealer counting British pound notes at a remittance shop in the Pakistani Kashmir city of Mirpur, which is known as
Bangladesh arrests three militants 29 Oct 2017 - 10:25 am
A file photo of security personnel blocking a road near the site of a police operation on militants on the outskirts Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 26, 2016. Reuters/Mohammad Ponir Hossain.
Xi ally Li Qiang named Shanghai party boss 29 Oct 2017 - 09:14 am
A file photo of Communist Party Secretary of Jiangsu, Li Qiang,speaks during the Jiangsu delegation's group discussion during the National People's Congress (NPC), in Beijing, China March 7, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer
Afghan deputy governor 'abducted' in northwest Pakistan 28 Oct 2017 - 07:11 pm
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Rohingya hacks to death Bangladeshi amid rising tensions 28 Oct 2017 - 06:16 pm
Rohingya refugee sell clothes at Kutupalong refugee camp in the Bangladeshi district of Ukhia on October 28, 2017. AFP / TAUSEEF MUSTAFA
US threatens North Korea with ‘massive’ military action 28 Oct 2017 - 01:18 pm
US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis (L) and South Korea's Defence Minister Song Young-Moo hold a joint press conference after the Security Consultative Meeting (SCM) at the Defence Ministry in Seoul on October 28, 2017. AFP / pool / JUNG Yeon-Je
19 Killed after Bus Plunges into River in Nepal 28 Oct 2017 - 12:39 pm
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Philippines kick off $96.5 million Marawi rehab 28 Oct 2017 - 12:31 pm
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Taliban kill 9 police in eastern Afghanistan 28 Oct 2017 - 12:29 pm
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Australian PM puts foreign minister in charge amid government crisis 28 Oct 2017 - 12:09 pm
File photo: Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull watches as Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop reacts after an official ceremony for the swearing in of the federal government in Canberra, Australia, July 19, 2016. Reuters/David Gray/File Photo
Myanmar detains Turkish journalists for flying drone over capital 28 Oct 2017 - 11:33 am
Representational image of a drone.
Cambodia deports 61 telecom extortion scam suspects 28 Oct 2017 - 10:22 am
A file photo of Chinese nationals (in orange vests) who were arrested over a suspected internet scam, are escorted by Chinese police officers before they were deported at Phnom Penh International Airport, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, October 12, 2017. REUTERS
Myanmar govt to harvest fields abandoned by Rohingya 28 Oct 2017 - 10:06 am
A file photo of a market ruins seen at a Rohingya village outside Maugndaw in Rakhine state, Myanmar October 27, 2016. Reuters/archive
Mattis warns 'massive' response to North Korea nuclear weapon use 28 Oct 2017 - 09:36 am
US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis speaks during a joint press conference with South Korea's Defence Minister Song Young-Moo after the Security Consultative Meeting (SCM) at the Defence Ministry in Seoul on October 28, 2017. / AFP / pool / JUNG Yeon-Je

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File photo UK PM Starmer 'takes responsibility' for Labour election losses
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nstitute holding a container used to diagnose the Andes hantavirus, which contains RNA from the Andes virus as part of the detection process, in Buenos Aires on May 6, 2026. Argentina has seen an increase in hantavirus cases but not an outbreak, an expert told AFP on May 6, as infections aboard a cruise ship have provoked a global health scare. The MV Hondius set sail from Ushuaia in southern Argentina on April 1 and is currently anchored off the coast of Cape Verde after three passengers died, possibly of hantavirus. (Photo by Handout / ARGENTINE HEALTH MINISTRY / AFP) WHO says good cooperation with US on hantavirus, despite withdrawal
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