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Modi picks hardliner to lead India’s most populous state 18 Mar 2017 - 07:21 pm
India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Yogi Adityanath (C) is greeted after he was elected as Chief Minister of India’s most populous state of Uttar Pradesh, during the party lawmakers' meeting in Lucknow, India March 18, 2017. (REUTERS/Pawan
Islamic State claims Friday suicide bombing in Bangladesh elite forces camp 18 Mar 2017 - 03:16 pm
Crime Scene Unit works on the spot where police shot dead a suspected militant who tried to enter a security checkpost on a motorcycle armed with explosives in Khilgaon, outskirt of Dhaka, Bangladesh, March 18, 2017. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain
China to shut down 117 small coal mines in Xinjiang 18 Mar 2017 - 01:58 pm
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Indian Muslim clerics go missing in Pakistan 18 Mar 2017 - 01:39 pm
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S. Koreans protest against US missile defence system 18 Mar 2017 - 11:56 am
South Korean anti-war activists rally in Seoul against the planned deployment of the US-built Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-ballistic missile system AFP/JUNG Yeon-Je.
Bangladeshi forces kill militant carrying explosives 18 Mar 2017 - 11:52 am
Security personnel block the road where police shot dead a suspected militant who tried to enter a security checkpost on a motorcycle armed with explosives in Khilgaon, outskirt of Dhaka, Bangladesh, March 18, 2017. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain.
Taj security up after reported threat from IS 18 Mar 2017 - 11:36 am
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Rohingya group seeks international probe into abuses 18 Mar 2017 - 10:57 am
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Bangladesh police shoot suspected militant armed with explosives 18 Mar 2017 - 09:47 am
A Bangladeshi police bomb disposal unit try to defuse explosives recovered from a foiled attacker in Dhaka on March 18, 2017. AFP / STR
Park supporters march in Seoul against impeachment 18 Mar 2017 - 09:40 am
Supporters of South Korea's ousted leader Park Geun-hye gather outside her private home in Seoul, South Korea, March 15, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
Tillerson to face Chinese ire over blame for N.Korea tensions 18 Mar 2017 - 09:21 am
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (R) is greeted as he arrives at Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, China, Saturday, March 18, 2017. REUTERS/Mark Schiefelbein/Pool
At Least 44 Taliban militants killed, wounded in Afghanistan airstrikes 18 Mar 2017 - 09:05 am
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Indian police say murdered Irish woman also raped 16 Mar 2017 - 05:51 pm
Danielle McLaughlin’s body was found on Tuesday in Goa
Taiwan says capable of strike against China 16 Mar 2017 - 02:14 pm
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Girl, 7, killed in gunfight in Jammu Kashmir 16 Mar 2017 - 12:27 pm
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'2M children absent' from schools in Afghanistan 16 Mar 2017 - 12:11 pm
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Tillerson: 20 years of efforts to denuclearise NKorea 'have failed' 16 Mar 2017 - 10:40 am
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Poor Air quality: China calls out Nike on consumer rights 16 Mar 2017 - 10:14 am
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