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New Zealand shocked as policeman shot dead in rare attack 19 Jun 2020 - 03:58 pm
Police officers cordon off an area after a shooting incident in a residential neighbourhood in Auckland on June 19, 2020. An unarmed New Zealand police officer was shot dead on an Auckland street on June 19 in a rare fatal attack that Prime Minister Jacin
US condoles with India over soldiers killed in clash with China, tensions stay high 19 Jun 2020 - 03:44 pm
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Japan lifts coronavirus travel curbs to help economy bounce back 19 Jun 2020 - 03:39 pm
Pedestrians walk with umbrellas as evening rain falls in Tokyo on June 19, 2020. / AFP / CHARLY TRIBALLEAU
India reports record rise in coronavirus cases as major city locks down 19 Jun 2020 - 01:44 pm
Motorists ride past a deserted road after a lockdown was reimposed as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Chennai on June 19, 2020./ AFP / Arun SANKAR
Two blasts kill four in southern Pakistan 19 Jun 2020 - 01:32 pm
Security personnel cordon-off the site of a blast in the Pakistan's port city of Karachi on June 19, 2020. Two attacks killed at least four people including security personnel in southern Pakistan early on June 19, police said. / AFP / Asif HASSAN
Ten Indian soldiers freed by China’s army days after clashes 19 Jun 2020 - 12:49 pm
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India lifts export ban on hydroxychloroquine 18 Jun 2020 - 10:39 pm
Peninsula
Beijing's coronavirus outbreak under control, Chinese expert says 18 Jun 2020 - 01:27 pm
People line up to go into a makeshift testing center to receive nucleic acid tests after a new outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Beijing, China, June 18, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
Japan urges citizens to install virus-tracking app 18 Jun 2020 - 11:47 am
A large screen on a building shows live broadcast of Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's news conference in Tokyo, Japan May 25, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo
S. Korea says no suspicious activities by North Korea yet 18 Jun 2020 - 09:06 am
Tensions rise at a military checkpoint on the Unification Bridge near the demilitarized zone (DMZ) after the bombing of the joint liaison office by North Korea the day before on June 17, 2020 in Paju, South Korea. Jong-Hyun Kim - Anadolu
Fresh virus outbreak hinders Beijing's return to normal 18 Jun 2020 - 09:03 am
People wearing face masks wait to take a swab test for the COVID-19 coronavirus as officials conduct mass testing following a new cluster of cases last week, in Beijing on June 18, 2020. Beijing reported another 21 cases of the coronavirus on June 18, as
Fitch cuts India's sovereign rating outlook to 'negative' 18 Jun 2020 - 08:44 am
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Fists, stones and clubs: China and India's brutal high altitude, low-tech battle 17 Jun 2020 - 10:28 pm
:TOPSHOT - Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers guard a highway leading towards Leh, bordering China, in Gagangir on June 17, 2020. The long-running border dispute between Asian nuclear powers India and China turned deadly for the first time in nea
Pakistan is understating virus infections and deaths, official says 17 Jun 2020 - 10:21 pm
A man wears a protective face mask as he walks among other people along a street, as the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Karachi, Pakistan June 16, 2020. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
What is China doing to stop Beijing's new coronavirus outbreak? 17 Jun 2020 - 11:34 am
Medical staff in full protective gear carry signs to assist people who live near or who have visited the Xinfadi Market, a wholesale food market where a new COVID-19 coronavirus cluster has emerged, as they arrive for testing in Beijing on June 17, 2020.
Balloon-like object in Japanese sky sets Twitter afire with talk of UFOs, Godzilla 17 Jun 2020 - 11:01 am
A balloon-like white object in the sky is pictured in Sendai, Japan in this photo taken by Kyodo June 17, 2020. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS
North Korea threatens to beef up military presence around DMZ 17 Jun 2020 - 09:59 am
North Korean border county of Kaepoong is seen from a South Korean observation post in the border city of Paju on June 17, 2020.  AFP / Jung Yeon-je
Taiwan to ease virus border controls to let in some business people 17 Jun 2020 - 09:55 am
A tour guide adjust her face mask to protect herself from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in an empty Taipei Sightseeing bus in Taipei, Taiwan, May 22, 2020. REUTERS/Ann Wang/File Photo