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Who let the villains out? Philippines crime-busting president red-faced 11 Sep 2019 - 11:17 am
File photo: Philippine National Police chief General Ronald Dela Rosa whispers to President Rodrigo Duterte during the announcement of the disbandment of police operations against illegal drugs at the Malacanang palace in Manila, Philippines January 29, 2
Intel to use Tokyo Olympics to show off 3D tracking, other new tech 11 Sep 2019 - 10:59 am
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Foody tale ending: Shanghai Disney allows food, but not durian 11 Sep 2019 - 10:28 am
File photo of Shanghai Disney Resort used as representation,  June 16, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer
Thousands pray for rain in Indonesia as forests go up in smoke 11 Sep 2019 - 10:26 am
Indonesian Muslims pray for rain during a long drought season and haze in Pekanbaru, Riau province, Indonesia, September 11, 2019, in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Antara Foto/Rony Muharrman/ via REUTERS
China boosts soft power in Pakistan via film and social media 11 Sep 2019 - 09:36 am
FILE PHOTO: Pakistani men sign up for Chinese language classes at the China Pak Cultural Educational Institute in Islamabad, Pakistan June 9, 2017. REUTERS/Caren Firouz/File Photo
'Not a chance' - Philippine minister says no access for UN drugs war probe 11 Sep 2019 - 09:30 am
File photo of Philippine Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. attends a news conference after talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China March 20, 2019. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
Japan's Abe shakes up cabinet, brings in rising star 11 Sep 2019 - 09:16 am
Japan's newly-appointed Environment and Nuclear Disaster Minister Shinjiro Koizumi enters the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on September 11, 2019. AFP / Toshifumi Kitamura
Archbishop of Canterbury prostrates over 1919 India massacre 11 Sep 2019 - 08:47 am
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Portal Welby pays tribute to the martyrs at the Jallianwala Bagh martyrs memorial in Amritsar on September 10, 2019. / AFP / NARINDER NANU
North Korean tests put pressure on Washington 10 Sep 2019 - 07:23 pm
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un and US President Donald Trump. (AFP Saul Loeb &  Ed Jones)
Japan still weighing dump of Fukushima radioactive water into ocean 10 Sep 2019 - 02:08 pm
FILE PHOTO: Storage tanks for radioactive water are seen at Tokyo Electric Power Co's (TEPCO) tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture, Japan February 18, 2019. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo
Hong Kong’s Lam opposes US Bill as protesters appeal to Trump 10 Sep 2019 - 12:48 pm
Hong Kong's Chief Executive Carrie Lam addresses a news conference in Hong Kong, China September 5, 2019. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
Malaysia sends half a million face masks to haze-hit state, shuts schools 10 Sep 2019 - 11:05 am
Petronas Twin Towers are shrouded by haze in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, September 9, 2019. Picture taken on September 9, 2019. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng
N. Korea fires 'projectiles' after offering talks with US 10 Sep 2019 - 10:44 am
A woman walks past a television news screen showing file footage of a North Korean missile launch, at a railway station in Seoul on September 10, 2019. AFP / Jung Yeon-je
Taliban vows to fight on after Trump says talks are 'dead' 10 Sep 2019 - 10:40 am
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India's 'Dirty Harry' draws curtains on bloody career 10 Sep 2019 - 10:10 am
In this file photo taken on March 14, 2005 Mumbai police officer Pradeep Sharma watches a screen showing the entrance to his house in Mumbai. India's real-life Dirty Harry who made his name by gunning down gangsters in the streets of Mumbai has resigned a
Hong Kong leader tells US not to 'interfere' after fresh protests 10 Sep 2019 - 09:15 am
Hong Kong's Chief Executive Carrie Lam addresses a news conference in Hong Kong, China September 5, 2019. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
Australians flee homes as police investigate suspicious fires 10 Sep 2019 - 08:49 am
Firefighters battle bushfires in Angourie, northern New South Wales, Australia, September 10, 2019. AAP Image/Jason O'Brien/via REUTERS
Japan's Abe, headed for longest premiership, seeks stability in cabinet rejig 10 Sep 2019 - 08:32 am
File photo of Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gives a speech as he takes part in a plenary session of Eastern Economic Forum at far-eastern Russian port of Vladivostok on September 5, 2019. / AFP / TASS Host Photo Agency / Vladimir SMIRNOV