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World / Asia

Warmbier travel agency stops North Korea trips for Americans 20 Jun 2017 - 07:52 am
A photo taken on July 17, 2016 shows the Yanggakdo International Hotel in Pyongyang, where US student Otto Warmbier was alleged to have removed a political poster from staff quarters. AFP / Ed JONES
India & Afghanistan open air freight corridor 20 Jun 2017 - 01:32 am
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani cutting a ribbon at the opening ceremony for the first Afghan-India air corridor in Kabul, yesterday.
BJP picks up Ram Nath Kovind as presidential candidate 20 Jun 2017 - 01:32 am
Bihar Governor Ram Nath Kovind seeing off Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his departure from Patna, recently.
Gorkhaland to be priority in all-party meeting 20 Jun 2017 - 01:32 am
Peninsula
Myanmar retrieves black box of crashed military plane 19 Jun 2017 - 01:39 pm
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Pakistani woman throws children into well 19 Jun 2017 - 01:26 pm
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Afghan security forces kill 11 ISIS militants in Nangarahr 19 Jun 2017 - 01:10 pm
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Six Thai soldiers killed by bomb in restive south 19 Jun 2017 - 12:58 pm
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US Navy probes destroyer crash that killed seven in Japan 19 Jun 2017 - 12:53 pm
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US citizen living in Afghanistan kidnapped on way to work 19 Jun 2017 - 12:42 pm
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6 killed, 1 injured in North China factory blaze 19 Jun 2017 - 12:36 pm
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Cambodian eatery offers 'Pol Pot' rice porridge 19 Jun 2017 - 12:12 pm
Tuon Tem, 49, holds a bowl with porridge outside of his restaurant in Siem Reap province, Cambodia, June 19, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer.
Mali forces kill five militants involved in resort attack 19 Jun 2017 - 12:08 pm
Flames rise following an attack where gunmen stormed Le Campement Kangaba resort in Dougourakoro, to the east of the capital Bamako, Mali in this still frame taken from video June 18, 2017. REUTERS/ REUTERS TV TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY.
Philippines military says seizes drugs worth millions of dollars in besieged city 19 Jun 2017 - 09:59 am
Government forces display 11kg worth 110 to 250 million pesos ($2.2 to 5 million USD) of high grade Methamphetamine Hydrochloride
As Philippines battle continues, some who fled die in refugee centres 19 Jun 2017 - 09:37 am
Philippine members of Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) patrol a neighborhood where evacuees from Marawi City are temporarily living in Iligan City on June 16, 2017. AFP / NOEL CELIS
Woman delivers baby on a flight to India 18 Jun 2017 - 05:31 pm
Peninsula
Fresh landslides hit Bangladesh, kill four in their homes 18 Jun 2017 - 10:34 am
Bangladeshi firefighters carry a dead body at the site of a landslide in Rangamati on June 15, 2017. AFP
Brothers who brought death and ruin to Philippine city 18 Jun 2017 - 10:23 am
Government soldiers conduct a foot patrol after a security inspection, as they continue their assault against insurgents from the Maute group, who have taken over large parts of Marawi City, Philippines June 17, 2017. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco