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World / Asia

Uzbekistan president sacks officials over energy crisis 16 Jan 2023 - 06:37 pm
File Photo: Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev speaks during a news conference in Kremlin, Russia, April 5, 2017. Reuters / Pavel Golovkin
Pakistan's largest province to hold snap polls in win for former PM Khan 16 Jan 2023 - 04:18 pm
Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks during an interview with Reuters in Islamabad, Pakistan June 4, 2021. Reuters/Saiyna Bashir/File Photo
Indonesia stadium disaster negligence trial begins 16 Jan 2023 - 12:17 pm
Mobile brigade police personnel stand guard outside the Surabaya court ahead of the first trial over a soccer stampede in East Java that killed 135 people in October 2022, in Surabaya, East Java province, Indonesia, January 16, 2023, in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Antara Foto/Didik Suhartono/via REUTERS
Disgruntled guest smashes car through Chinese hotel lobby 16 Jan 2023 - 11:12 am
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Searchers find black boxes of aircraft in deadly Nepal crash 16 Jan 2023 - 10:40 am
Nepal observed a day of mourning on January 16 for the victims of the nation's deadliest aviation disaster in three decades, with 67 people confirmed killed in the plane crash. (Photo by PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP)
Hopes of survivors in Nepal plane crash 'nil' 16 Jan 2023 - 10:11 am
A rescue team works to recover the body of a victim from the site of the plane crash of a Yeti Airlines operated aircraft, in Pokhara, Nepal January 16, 2023. Reuters/Rohit Giri
Former female Afghan MP shot dead in Kabul - police 16 Jan 2023 - 08:19 am
A woman looks at a picture of former Afghan lawmaker Mursal Nabizada on her mobile phone, who was shot dead by gunmen last night at her house in Kabul on January 15, 2023. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar / AFP)
China's Tencent fires more than 100 for fraud, embezzlement 16 Jan 2023 - 07:57 am
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China, Hong Kong resume high-speed rail link after 3 years of Covid curbs 15 Jan 2023 - 05:43 pm
Passengers arrive at West Kowloon High-Speed Train Station Terminus on the first day of the resumption of rail service to mainland China, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Hong Kong, China, January 15, 2023. (REUTERS/Tyrone Siu)
At least 40 killed in Nepal's worst air crash in nearly five years 15 Jan 2023 - 11:04 am
Rescuers inspect the site of a plane crash in Pokhara on January 15, 2023. An aircraft with 72 people on board crashed in Nepal on January 15, Yeti Airlines and a local official said. (Photo by Yunish Gurung / AFP)
At least 16 killed in Nepal air crash: Army spokesman 15 Jan 2023 - 09:57 am
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After G7 tour, Japan PM says East Asia could be next Ukraine 14 Jan 2023 - 07:30 pm
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference following the US-Japan summit in Washington, US, on January 14, 2023. REUTERS/Julia Nikhinson
North Korea slams UN chief over nuclear criticism 14 Jan 2023 - 06:44 pm
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a session of the sixth enlarged meeting of the eighth Central Committee of the Workers' Party, in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this photo released on January 1, 2023 by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). File Photo / Reuters
China reports almost 60,000 Covid-related deaths in a month 14 Jan 2023 - 05:06 pm
Workers hang red lanterns on a light pole along a street for the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations in Beijing on January 14, 2023. (Photo by WANG Zhao / AFP)
Pakistan province calls for local assembly to be dissolved in win for former PM Khan 13 Jan 2023 - 06:13 pm
File Photo: Former Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan addresses a news conference after he was wounded following a shooting incident during a long march in Wazirabad, at the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre in Lahore, Pakistan, November 4, 2022. (REUTERS/Mohsin Raza)
Philippines may not fill onion imports on tight conditions: USDA 13 Jan 2023 - 01:15 pm
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South Korean police blame deadly Halloween crush on negligence 13 Jan 2023 - 01:00 pm
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Japan prosecutors indict Yamagami for murder of ex-Prime Minister Abe 13 Jan 2023 - 10:40 am
The portrait of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is seen at the altar during his state funeral at Nippon Budokan, in Tokyo, Japan, September, 27, 2022. Eugene Hoshiko/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo