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Pakistan rolls back social distancing restrictions as virus counts drop 10 Aug 2020 - 11:13 pm
People arrive on the top of a restaurant on Margalla Hills in Islamabad on August 10, 2020, after government announced it would be lifting most of the country's remaining coronavirus restrictions after seeing new cases drop for several weeks. / AFP / Aami
Landslide death toll in southern India rises to 49 10 Aug 2020 - 06:12 pm
Rescue workers look for survivors at the site of a landslide during heavy rains in Idukki, Kerala, India, August 9, 2020. REUTERS/Stringer NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES
At least 30 dead in South Korea as rain triggers landslides, floods 09 Aug 2020 - 10:02 pm
Pedestrians stand on a bridge as they look at a park inundated by flood water beside the Han river in Seoul on August 3, 2020. Heavy rain hit South Korea's central regions causing flooded houses and roads, Yonhap news agency reported, prompting authoritie
Rajapaksa sworn in as PM in Sri Lanka, cementing family rule 09 Aug 2020 - 08:26 pm
Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa signs documents during his swearing-in ceremony at the sacred Kelaniya Raja Maha Buddhist temple, outside the capital Colombo on August 9, 2020. / AFP / Ishara S. KODIKARA
New Zealand reaches 100-day milestone without virus transmission 09 Aug 2020 - 06:42 pm
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354 Overseas Filipinos in Qatar repatriated on fifth chartered flight 09 Aug 2020 - 05:23 pm
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At least 43 killed in monsoon-triggered India landslide 09 Aug 2020 - 04:21 pm
Rescue workers look for survivors at the site of a landslide during heavy rains in Idukki.
3 days of heavy monsoon rains kill 50 people across Pakistan 09 Aug 2020 - 01:59 pm
Commuters make their way along a flooded road after a monsoon rain in Pakistan's port city of Karachi on August 8, 2020. / AFP / Rizwan TABASSUM
Pilot erred in India crash, aviation watchdog chief suggests 09 Aug 2020 - 12:16 pm
Officials inspect the site where a passenger plane crashed when it overshot the runway at the Calicut International Airport in Karipur, in the southern state of Kerala, India, August 8, 2020. REUTERS/Stringer
Nagasaki marks 75 years since atomic bombing 09 Aug 2020 - 09:30 am
Doves fly during a ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, at the Nagasaki Peace Park on August 9, 2020. AFP
India ignored warnings on table top runways before fatal crash 08 Aug 2020 - 10:27 am
A man walks near the wreckage of an Air India Express jet at Calicut International Airport in Karipur, Kerala, on August 8, 2020. AFP / Arunchandra BOSE
At least 15 dead as Indian COVID repatriation flight crashes on landing 07 Aug 2020 - 08:48 pm
Rescue workers look for survivors after a passenger plane crashed when it overshot the runway at the Calicut International Airport in Karipur, in the southern state of Kerala, India, August 7, 2020. REUTERS/Stringer
Airliner skids off runway in India, at least two dead 07 Aug 2020 - 07:36 pm
In this file photo taken on March 2, 2020 Air India planes are seen parked at the Indira Gandhi International airport, in New Delhi. Fatalities were feared after a passenger jet carrying at least 185 people from Dubai crash-landed at an airport in southe
Air India plane crash lands in Kerala, splits into two; several injured 07 Aug 2020 - 06:49 pm
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India to host 2021 T20 World Cup, 2022 edition in Australia: ICC 07 Aug 2020 - 06:37 pm
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Penguins and jellyfish wow visitors at new Taiwan aquarium 07 Aug 2020 - 05:45 pm
Visitors tour the Xpark Aquarium on its opening day while wearing protective masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Taoyuan, Taiwan, August 7, 2020. REUTERS/Ann Wang
Malaysia charges former finance minister with corruption 07 Aug 2020 - 02:30 pm
Malaysia's former finance minister Lim Guan Eng (C) speaks to members of the media after posting bail outside the Duta Court complex in Kuala Lumpur on August 7, 2020, after being charged with corruption. AFP / Mohd RASFAN
Philippines defends coronavirus response after soaring cases 07 Aug 2020 - 02:27 pm
Government workers in hazmat suits sell fresh produce in a neighbourhood, amid the reimposed lockdown to curb the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, in Navotas, Metro Manila, Philippines, August 6, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez

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