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China demands Vietnam's apology for attack alleged by tourist 16 Feb 2017 - 01:20 pm
Peninsula
Malaysia arrests second woman in suspected assassination of N.Korean 16 Feb 2017 - 12:31 pm
Newspapers with images of Kim Jong Nam on the front pages, at a news-stand outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Feb 15, 2017. Reuters.
Pakistan raids hideout of militants behind surge of attacks; six dead 16 Feb 2017 - 12:25 pm
File Photo: Reuters.
Palanisamy to be new Tamil Nadu CM 16 Feb 2017 - 10:03 am
Peninsula
Suspect in N. Korea killing to appear in Malaysia court 16 Feb 2017 - 08:46 am
A woman who was detained at Kuala Lumpur airport, identified from CCTV footage at the airport and who was alone when she was apprehended, according to police in a statement, is seen circled in red in this still frame taken from video released February 16,
Wildfire razes homes in New Zealand 16 Feb 2017 - 08:39 am
Wildfires threaten a suburb of Christchurch on New Zealand's South Island taken after sunset, February 15, 2017. Picture taken February 15, 2017. REUTERS/Mark Hannah
Smoke and mirrors: Beijing battles to control smog message 16 Feb 2017 - 08:07 am
FILE PHOTO: An Air China passenger aircraft flies amid heavy smog over the suburb of Beijing, China, January 2, 2017. REUTERS/Jason Lee/File Photo
Uttarakhand registers record 68% voting; may touch 70% 15 Feb 2017 - 06:53 pm
An elderly Indian voter (L) is assisted as he arrives to cast his vote in State Assembly Elections in Uttarkashi some 100kms north-east of Dehradun on February 15, 2017, in the northern state of Uttarakhand. A lawmaker accused of flogging a horse which be
8 wounded in bus attack in Philippines 15 Feb 2017 - 01:44 pm
Photo: AA.
Indonesia to probe murder 'involving ex-president' 15 Feb 2017 - 12:17 pm
Photo: AA.
North Korean leader’s half-brother killed in Malaysia 15 Feb 2017 - 12:06 pm
Photo: Reuters.
5 N. Korean sailors rescued in waters east of S. Korea 15 Feb 2017 - 11:44 am
File Photo: AFP.
Taliban suicide bombers kill five in NW Pakistan 15 Feb 2017 - 11:16 am
Photo: AFP.
Sri Lankan PM says failed asylum seekers safe to return home 15 Feb 2017 - 09:00 am
Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe (L) and Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull participate in a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, February 15, 2017. AAP/Mick Tsikas/via REUTERS
India puts record 104 satellites into orbit 15 Feb 2017 - 08:38 am
Twitter image from Doordarshan
S.Korea PM calls security meeting over death of N.Korean leader's half-brother 15 Feb 2017 - 08:04 am
Malaysian police personnell stand guard outside the Forensic wing at the Hospital Kuala Lumpur in Kuala Lumpur on February 15, 2017 where the body of North Korean man suspected to be Kim Jong-Nam, half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un is bieng k
Three Indian soldiers, four militants dead in Kashmir gun battles 14 Feb 2017 - 07:30 pm
Indian paramilitary soldiers travel in a vehicle after a gunbattle in Hajin, some 38 kilometres (23.75 miles) north-east of Srinagar on February 14, 2017. Three soldiers and a suspected militant were killed in a gunbattle in Indian-administered Kashmir, a
North Korean leader’s half-brother murdered in Malaysia 14 Feb 2017 - 05:57 pm
A man watches a television showing news reports of Kim Jong-Nam, the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, in Seoul on February 14, 2017. Kim Jong-Nam, the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has been assassinated in Malaysia, South