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Foreign delegations meet in Afghan capital after bloody week 06 Jun 2017 - 12:01 pm
Foreign delegation members listen as Afghan President Ashraf Ghani delivers a speech during a peace and security cooperation conference in Kabul, Afghanistan June 6, 2017. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani.
Man charged over Australia flight scare 06 Jun 2017 - 11:54 am
File Photo: AFP.
Heavy explosion heard in Kabul 06 Jun 2017 - 11:36 am
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Thais jail Singapore bank 'note' robber for 14 months 06 Jun 2017 - 11:01 am
Bank robberies are extremely rare in Singapore, whose zero-tolerance stance to crime has made it one of Asia's safest cities (AFP Photo/Mohammed HUWAIS).
Toll in last week's Kabul truck bomb now over 150: Ghani 06 Jun 2017 - 10:38 am
Afghan president Ashraf Ghani (C) attends a peace and security cooperation conference in Kabul, Afghanistan June 6, 2017. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
Australian PM says Melbourne siege 'a terrorist attack' 06 Jun 2017 - 08:59 am
Australian police carry a box as they search what is believed to be the home of gunman Yacqub Khayre, who was shot dead by police on Monday after he shot a man dead and held a woman hostage, in the Melbourne suburb of Roxburgh Park in Australia, June 6, 2
Indian spy agency raids homes of Kashmiri activists 06 Jun 2017 - 01:36 am
Kashmiri students walking past Indian government forces standing guard in central Srinagar, yesterday. Indian paramilitary forces killed four suspected suicide attackers who tried to storm their camp in the Kashmir region, yesterday.
22 charred to death in UP bus accident 06 Jun 2017 - 01:36 am
Indian recovery personnel douse a bus involved in a collision in Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh, yesterday.
China rejects US remarks on South China Sea 06 Jun 2017 - 01:36 am
Chinese paramilitary police officers who serve on the border between Hong Kong and Guangdong province taking part in anti-riot training exercises in Shenzhen, in China's Guangdong province, yesterday.
India's powerful rocket launches satellite into orbit 06 Jun 2017 - 01:08 am
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) communication satellite GSAT-19, carried onboard the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-mark III), during its launch in Sriharikota yesterday.
Indian investigators launch fraud probe into leading news channel 05 Jun 2017 - 03:19 pm
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Blasts at funeral ceremony kills 6 in Afghan capital 05 Jun 2017 - 02:28 pm
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Police kill hostage-taker in Australia 05 Jun 2017 - 12:38 pm
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Weary Afghan army fights on as U.S. weighs troop increase 05 Jun 2017 - 11:54 am
Afghan National Army (ANA) keep watch at a check post in Chaparhar district of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan May 24, 2017. Picture taken on May 24, 2017. REUTERS/Parwiz.
Bangladesh seizes half-tonne of gold from top jeweller 04 Jun 2017 - 02:55 pm
This picture taken on May 24, 2017 shows salesmen waiting for customers at a gold jewelry shop in Dhaka
Fresh battle ends bid to free civilians in war-torn Philippine city 04 Jun 2017 - 02:19 pm
Most people have fled the city of Marawi, which normally has a population of 200,000, but authorities fear that hundreds remain trapped in areas controlled by the militants (AFP Photo/RODY).
Two Indian Soldiers Killed in Kashmir 04 Jun 2017 - 10:58 am
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Dozens in Kabul Blast 04 Jun 2017 - 10:55 am
Smoke rises from the site of a suicide attack after a blast in Kabul