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World / Asia

More Vietnamese fear relatives are among 39 dead in truck 26 Oct 2019 - 09:46 am
Hoang Thi Thuong, wife of Nguyen Dinh Tu, a Vietnamese suspected victim in a truck container in UK, holds her son Nguyen Dinh Dan at their home in Nghe An province, Vietnam October 26, 2019. REUTERS/Kham
Four million slum dwellers in Delhi to win property rights 25 Oct 2019 - 11:31 pm
A woman stands after filling her containers with drinking water from a municipal tanker in New Delhi, India, June 28, 2019. Reuters / Adnan Abidi
Young Thais battle seniority culture to raise climate awareness 25 Oct 2019 - 11:31 pm
Nanticha
Bored of male heroes, Afghan girl coders build their own champions 25 Oct 2019 - 10:41 pm
Afghan students attend a class at the Code to Inspire school in Herat on September 4, 2019. AFP / Hoshang Hashimi
Nepal gang-rape victim sees attackers convicted after years-long battle 25 Oct 2019 - 10:41 pm
Pooja Bohara, a rape victim, poses for a picture inside the Raksha Nepal rehabilitation centre in Kathmandu January 16, 2015. Reuters/Navesh Chitrakar
Amid crises, Xi seems set to uphold Party's rule at secretive China conclave 25 Oct 2019 - 08:07 pm
Souvenir plates with images of  late Chairman Mao Zedong and Chinese President Xi Jinping are seen in Beijing, October 21, 2017. Reuters / Tyrone Siu
Lion Air crash report points to Boeing, pilots, maintenance 25 Oct 2019 - 07:21 pm
People carry the coffin of Alfiani Hidayatul Solikah, a cabin crew of Lion Air flight JT610, during the funeral at Mojorejo village in Madiun, Indonesia, November 14, 2018. Antara Foto / Siswowidodo /  Reuters
Heavy rains prompt Japan evacuation orders weeks after typhoon 25 Oct 2019 - 11:50 am
Peninsula
Pakistan, India sign deal on visa-free corridor for Sikh pilgrims 24 Oct 2019 - 12:09 pm
Border Security Force (BSF) personnel check identity documents of motorcyclists at Dera Baba Nanak, some 50 kms from Amritsar on October 24, 2019. AFP / NARINDER NANU
Lost their way: Chinese orienteering team caught cheating 24 Oct 2019 - 10:32 am
Peninsula
China could tap N. Korea rare earth mine in exchange for solar investment: Report 24 Oct 2019 - 09:38 am
Peninsula
Sixteen sentenced to death after Bangladesh teen burnt alive 24 Oct 2019 - 08:49 am
Accused people are taken out of the court premises after they were given death sentences in a murder case in Feni, Bangladesh, October 24, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer
UN mission head says risk of genocide recurring in Myanmar 23 Oct 2019 - 10:48 pm
Marzuki Darusman
US diplomat: Kashmir human rights a concern for Washington 23 Oct 2019 - 10:47 pm
An Indian paramilitary trooper gestures as Kashmiri women walk past next to closed shops during a lockdown in Srinagar on October 23, 2019.  AFP / Tauseef Mustafa
Chinese hitmen jailed over repeatedly outsourced murder 23 Oct 2019 - 09:05 pm
This handout photograph taken on October 17, 2019 and released on October 23 by the Nanning Intermediate People's Court, shows six men convicted of attempted murder charges during their sentencing at the Nanning Intermediate People's Court, in China's sou
Azeri leader dismisses head of administration in deepening shake-up 23 Oct 2019 - 07:40 pm
Ilham Aliyev
History, islets and rulings behind tension between South Korea, Japan 23 Oct 2019 - 06:30 pm
Japan and South Korea national flags at a hotel where South Korean embassy in Tokyo Japan is holding reception to mark the 50th anniversary of normalisation of ties, June 22, 2015. Reuters / Toru Hanai
Fire burning for 2nd day disrupts center of New Zealand city 23 Oct 2019 - 08:20 am
Smoke rises as fire blazes at Sky City Convention Centre, which is under construction in Auckland, New Zealand, October 22, 2019, in this still image taken from video obtained from social media. Amy Wadsworth via REUTERS