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Factory owner, manager nabbed after Indian capital's deadliest fire in 20 yrs 09 Dec 2019 - 08:25 am
Police personnel and ambulances are seen along a road following a factory fire in Anaj Mandi area of New Delhi on December 8, 2019 / AFP / Sajjad HUSSAIN
Screams and goodbyes as death toll mounts to 43 in devastating New Delhi fire 08 Dec 2019 - 11:16 pm
A relative of a victim of a fire that swept through a factory where laborers were sleeping, cries outside a hospital mortuary in New Delhi, India December 8, 2019. Reuters/Adnan Abidi
Indonesia arrests 5 suspected poachers of pregnant tigers 08 Dec 2019 - 06:49 pm
Three Indonesian men being paraded on December 7, 2019 with a seized Sumatran tiger skin and four tiger foetus in a jar, after they were caught by the wildlife enforcement team as they tried to sell these items in Pekanbaru, Riau. AFP / Wahyudi
Thousands march as Hong Kong protests near half-year mark 08 Dec 2019 - 04:52 pm
Protesters hide behind umbrellas during a Human Rights Day march, organised by the Civil Human Right Front, in Hong Kong, China December 8, 2019. Picture taken with a long exposure. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui
New Zealand met service issues thunderstorm warning for some parts after weekend floods 08 Dec 2019 - 10:36 am
Floodwaters are seen on a cracked road on State Highway 58 in Judgeford, New Zealand December 8, 2019 in this picture obtained from social media. STEVE AND LISA KOVACS /via REUTERS
30,000 monks attend mass alms-giving in Myanmar 08 Dec 2019 - 10:27 am
Monks line up for alms during the alms-giving ceremony to 30,000 monks organize by the region government of Mandalay affiliated with Dhammakaya Foundation at Chanmyathazi Airport in Mandalay on December 8, 2019. / AFP / KYAW ZAY WIN
Smoke haze settles over Australian capital as bushfires burn 08 Dec 2019 - 09:07 am
A NSW Rural Firefighter establishes a backburn during bushfires in Mangrove Mountain, New South Wales, Australia, December 8, 2019. AAP Image/Jeremy Piper/via Reuters
Hong Kong police say pistol among weapons seized ahead of protest 08 Dec 2019 - 08:57 am
Anti-government protesters attend a
North Korea conducts 'very important test': KCNA 08 Dec 2019 - 08:38 am
This picture released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on December 8, 2019 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attending a ceremony for the completion of the Yangdok County Hot Spring Cultural Recreation Center in South Pyon
At least 35 killed in Delhi factory fire 08 Dec 2019 - 08:21 am
Members of India's National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) head towards the site of a fire that swept through a factory where laborers were sleeping, in New Delhi, India December 8, 2019. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Pro-government protesters denounce Hong Kong 'rioters' 07 Dec 2019 - 03:24 pm
People attend a rally to support Yuli Riswati, an Indonesian domestic worker and journalist who was deported, in the district of Central in Hong Kong, China December 7, 2019. REUTERS/Laurel Chor
Thousands in Myanmar rally behind Suu Kyi ahead of Hague court date 07 Dec 2019 - 03:01 pm
FILE PHOTO: Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi arrives at Parliament buildings on the Stormont estate in Belfast, Northern Ireland October 24, 2013. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton
Turkmenistan Airlines flies to EU again after ban 07 Dec 2019 - 01:18 pm
FILE PHOTO: The terminal at the newly built Ashgabat International Airport, with a portrait of Turkmen President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov in the background, at its official opening in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, September 17, 2016. REUTERS/Marat Gurt/File P
Giant fire near Sydney may burn for weeks as people struggle to breathe 07 Dec 2019 - 10:13 am
Fire trucks are seen during a bushfire in Werombi, 50 km southwest of Sydney, Australia, December 6, 2019. AAP Image/Mick Tsikas/via REUTERS
Indian rape victim dies in hospital after being set ablaze 07 Dec 2019 - 09:39 am
A hospital vehicle carries the body of a rape victim to her residence in New Delhi, India, December 7, 2019. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Bangladesh tears down brick kilns to fight toxic smog 07 Dec 2019 - 08:31 am
Firefighters extinguish the smoking bricks of an illegal brick factory being demolished following the decision of authorities from the Department Environment of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, on the outskirts of Dhaka on December
Fighting fire with volunteers? Indonesia ramps up community fire brigades as tropical forests burn 06 Dec 2019 - 06:10 pm
Bimpi Permata Restu, 18, who is a volunteer at Greenpeace's Forest Fire Prevention, holds a hose as he prepares to extinguish forest fires in Pulang Pisau regency near Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan province, Indonesia, September 13, 2019. Reuters/Will
Women seek to reclaim Delhi's streets - but more men show up 06 Dec 2019 - 05:07 pm
Demonstrators hold placards to protest against the alleged rape and murder of a 27-year-old veterinary doctor in Hyderabad, during a demonstration in New Delhi on December 6, 2019. AFP / Prakash Singh

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