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Air NZ backtracks on trademark bid after Maori outrage 18 Sep 2019 - 08:20 am
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Explosion hits Afghan capital Kabul, six killed 17 Sep 2019 - 12:23 pm
Afghan security forces keep watch at the site of a blast in Kabul, Afghanistan September 17, 2019. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
Popular panda on loan from China dies in Thai zoo 17 Sep 2019 - 11:38 am
 In this file photo taken on September 3, 2005, Chuang Chuang, a giant panda on loan to Thailand from China, eats bamboo at the Chiang Mai Zoo in northern Thailand.  / AFP / Pornchai KITTIWONGSAKUL
15 killed as truck plunges down ravine in Philippines 17 Sep 2019 - 11:20 am
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India arrests former Kashmir chief minister 17 Sep 2019 - 10:54 am
In this file photo taken on April 15, 2019 former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah (C) speaks during an election campaign in Srinagar.  / AFP / Tauseef MUSTAFA
Train derails in Hong Kong during rush hour 17 Sep 2019 - 10:06 am
Emergency crew are seen at a derailed train wreckage near Hung Hom station on the MTR East Rail Line following an accident on a train bound for Mong Kok East in Hong Kong, China September 17, 2019 still image taken from a social media video. @SEELIFEHK vi
S.Korea to develop anti-drone system amid standoff with North 17 Sep 2019 - 09:57 am
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Why the Solomons is mulling China diplomatic switch 16 Sep 2019 - 08:01 pm
Taiwan's Foreign Minister Joseph Wu (R) takes part in a press conference with Solomon Islands' Foreign Minister Jeremiah Manele (L) at the Taipei Guest House in Taipei on September 09, 2019 . AFP / Sam Yeh
Lilly, Thailand's Greta Thunberg, wages 'war' on plastic 16 Sep 2019 - 07:47 pm
12-year-old Ralyn Satidtanasarn (L), known as Lilly, collects plastic waste during the Trash Hero cleaning initiative at the Khung Bang Kachao urban forest and beach in Bangkok on August 25, 2019.  AFP / Mladen Antonov
Bangladesh appoints ex-judge to tackle backlog of trafficking cases 16 Sep 2019 - 07:47 pm
In this picture taken on October 1, 2017, Bangladeshi people wait for boats in Teknaf. AFP/Fred Dufour
Pakistan to open border crossing for India Sikhs in November 16 Sep 2019 - 06:36 pm
Guru Nanak, the founder of the Sikh religion, settled in what is now Pakistan's Kartarpur. The shrine, known as Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, was built after he died in the 16th century.
Hong Kong protesters battle police, set fire to key subway station 16 Sep 2019 - 04:46 pm
Pro-democracy protesters react after police fired tear gas outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong on September 15, 2019. AFP / Isaac LAWRENCE
Subterranean blaze: Indonesia struggles to douse undergound fires 16 Sep 2019 - 10:31 am
Indonesian firefighters spray water to extinguish a fire in Kampar on September 16, 2019. AFP / ADEK BERRY
Buzz off! Angry bees delay Air India flight 16 Sep 2019 - 10:15 am
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Australia, Fiji attempt to bury climate hatchet 16 Sep 2019 - 10:06 am
Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison (L) invites his Fijian counterpart Frank Bainimarama to sign a visitors book at Parliament House in Canberra on September 16, 2019.  / AFP / POOL / MICK TSIKAS
Almost 80,000 homes still without power a week after Japan typhoon 16 Sep 2019 - 09:31 am
File photo of not working traffic signals are seen in a blackout caused by Typhoon Faxai in Kisarazu, Chiba prefecture, Japan September 9, 2019. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo
Screams in the night in Indian Kashmir 16 Sep 2019 - 09:11 am
In this photograph taken on September 12, 2019, Abid Khan, 26, sits during an interview with AFP at Haripora village in Shopian district, in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. - AFP / TAUSEEF MUSTAFA
War at the dinner table: Hong Kong families divided over protests 16 Sep 2019 - 08:26 am
This picture taken on September 8, 2019 shows recent Hong Kong protester