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Afghan Taliban use drone to film suicide attack 25 Oct 2016 - 01:54 pm
The Afghan Taliban uploaded a video showing a suicide bomber driving into a police base and blowing it up in the southern Helmand province of Afghanistan. (Video Screengrab)
At least 8 Afghan boarder police killed in militant attack 25 Oct 2016 - 01:01 pm
Afghan boarder police. / AFP.
Deadly Blast Kills 14, Injures 147 in Northwestern China 25 Oct 2016 - 11:31 am
Rescue workers search at site after an explosion hit a town in Fugu county, Shaanxi province, China, October 24, 2016. China Daily/via REUTERS
Four dead after Australia theme park disaster 25 Oct 2016 - 11:20 am
Media gather at the Dreamworld theme park on Gold Coast on October 25, 2016, after four people were killed when a park ride malfunctioned. Four people were killed at a theme park on Australia's popular Gold Coast on October 25, police said, with witnesses
Philippines' Duterte tells worried foreign businesses to go 25 Oct 2016 - 10:46 am
President Rodrigo Duterte speaks during a news conference before his departure for Japan, at the Ninoy Aquino International airport in Paranaque, Metro Manila in the Philippines, October 25, 2016. Reuters/Erik De Castro
Gunmen kill 59 in attack on police academy in Pakistani city of Quetta 25 Oct 2016 - 10:28 am
Pakistani soldiers stand at the entrance to The Police Training College in Quetta on October 25, 2016, after an overnight militant attack on the establishment. AFP / Banaras Khan
Four killed on ride at Australia's biggest theme park 25 Oct 2016 - 10:08 am
Emergency services vehicles can be seen outside the Dreamworld theme park at Coomera on the Gold Coast, Australia, October 25, 2016 after a number of people were reported killed on a ride at Australia's biggest theme park. AAP/Scott Bailey/via REUTERS
Four killed in India-Pakistan cross border firing 24 Oct 2016 - 12:52 pm
A file photo of Indian Border Security Force soldiers patrolling along the India-Pakistan border fence about 27km from Wagah. Photo: AFP.
US warns Philippines' Duterte over rhetoric, crime war 24 Oct 2016 - 12:09 pm
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Russel waves to members of the media upon arrival to meet Secretary of Foreign Affairs Perfecto Yasay at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) headquarters in Pasay city, metro
Historic Indian mosque agrees to lift ban on women 24 Oct 2016 - 11:15 am
The Haji Ali Dargah trust has barred women from the landmark mausoleum off the coast of Mumbai since 2012 ©Sajjad Hussain (AFP/File)
Gunmen kill Pakistani intelligence officer, IS claim attack 24 Oct 2016 - 10:56 am
Pakistani police commandos patrol in Quetta on December 6, 2011. (File Photo: AFP)
Hong Kong judge warns of "torture" images as British banker's trial begins 24 Oct 2016 - 10:47 am
Barrister Tim Owen (L) and lawyer Michael Vidler (C), defending former British banker Rurik Jutting (not seen), 31, who is accused of the murders of two Indonesian women, leave the High Court during a break for lunch in Hong Kong on October 24, 2016, on t
At least three killed in India-Pakistan cross-border shelling 24 Oct 2016 - 09:54 am
File photo of Indian Army
India police kill at least 21 Maoists in shoot-out 24 Oct 2016 - 09:10 am
File photo used for representation.
Pakistan's plan to cut disaster risk aims at a new target: schools 24 Oct 2016 - 08:48 am
Muhammad Ayub, an employee with Pakistan's Civil Defence service, teaches pupils at a makeshift school in a park in Islamabad. AFP / AAMIR QURESHI /
Two Pakistan coast guard killed in Pakistan’s key CPEC port district 23 Oct 2016 - 09:34 pm
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Shoddy leaders contribute to rising Afghan military deaths: US general 23 Oct 2016 - 09:13 pm
An Afghan Tactical Air Controller practices directing an air strike during an exercise at a range outside Kabul, Afghanistan, October 18, 2016. (REUTERS/Josh Smith)
China's Xi to consolidate power at key meeting: analysts 23 Oct 2016 - 08:49 pm
President Barack Obama greets President Xi Jinping of China in the Blue Room prior to the Nuclear Security Summit working dinner, White House, March 31, 2016. (Chuck Kennedy / Anadolu Agency)