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World / Asia

Afghanistan to swap Taliban militants for American, Australian captives 12 Nov 2019 - 09:27 am
Peninsula
Protesters hit Hong Kong commute as western powers urge restraint 12 Nov 2019 - 08:39 am
A demonstrator wears a Guy Fawkes mask during an anti-government protest in Central, Hong Kong, China November 12, 2019. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
Head-on collision of Bangladesh trains kills 16, injures 40 12 Nov 2019 - 08:33 am
Peninsula
"Too late to leave": Australians take shelter from intense bushfires 12 Nov 2019 - 08:17 am
Smoke from a large bushfire is seen outside Nana Glen, near Coffs Harbour, Australia, November 12, 2019. AAP Image/Dan Peled/via REUTERS
As lightning strikes surge, Bangladesh plants a defence 11 Nov 2019 - 09:10 pm
A view of the widow of Mongol Chandra Sarker (in white sari) with her daughter and son in front of the family's tin house in central Bangladesh's Ghior sub-district, September 1, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/A.Z.M. Anas
Japanese women fight for right to wear glasses to work 11 Nov 2019 - 09:10 pm
Women assemble an Aquos television at Sharp Corp Tochigi plant in Yaita, north of Tokyo, November 19, 2015. Reuters / Reiji Murai
Votes for women? Not without facial recognition technology in Afghanistan 11 Nov 2019 - 09:10 pm
Afghan women stand in line while waiting for their turn to vote at a polling station in Mazar-i-sharif April 5, 2014. Reuters/Zohra Bensemra
Myanmar faces genocide lawsuit at top UN court 11 Nov 2019 - 05:06 pm
Ethnic Rakhine men attend a police training course as a civilian force will be deployed in the north of the Rakhine state in Sittwe, Myanmar, November 15, 2016. Reuters / Soe Zeya Tun
Hong Kong police investigating videos of man set alight 11 Nov 2019 - 11:20 am
A woman holds flowers at Tamar Park, outside the Legislative Council (Legco) building, during a prayer and remembrance ceremony in Hong Kong, China, November 9, 2019. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood
Tesla flaunts first China-built cars as start of sales nears 11 Nov 2019 - 10:33 am
Workers carry building materials for a new Tesla showroom in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China October 25, 2019. Picture taken October 25, 2019. REUTERS/Yilei Su
"Leave now": Australians urged to evacuate as "catastrophic" fires loom 11 Nov 2019 - 10:03 am
Firefighters look for spot fires in Old Bar, 350km north of Sydney on November 11, 2019. AFP / PETER PARKS
India's ruling party suffers setback as richest state slips out of its control 11 Nov 2019 - 09:52 am
Peninsula
Cambodian opposition leader meets French envoy after house arrest lifted 11 Nov 2019 - 09:24 am
Leader of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) Kem Sokha attends a meeting with French Ambassador to Cambodia Eva Nguyen Binhin at his home in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, November 11, 2019. REUTERS/Samrang Pring
Dozens detained in India over holy site social media comments 11 Nov 2019 - 09:04 am
Rapid Action Force (RPF) personnel patrol on a street in Ayodhya on November 8, 2019, ahead of a Supreme Court verdict on the future of a disputed religious site. Indian police have arrested more than 500 people ahead of a Supreme Court ruling on a hotly
China's Xi holds talks in Greece en route to BRICS summit 11 Nov 2019 - 09:01 am
File photo of Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan arrive to take part in a welcome ceremony of French President Emmanuel Macron at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 6, 2019. / AFP / Ludovic MARIN
Chinese e-commerce giants report booming Singles Day sales 11 Nov 2019 - 08:47 am
The logo of Alibaba Group is seen during Alibaba Group's 11.11 Singles' Day global shopping festival at the company's headquarters in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, November 10, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song
Uzbekistan looks to soften image of notorious cotton sector 11 Nov 2019 - 08:43 am
A picture taken on October 24, 2019 shows a cotton plantations outside Tashkent.  / AFP / Yuriy Korsuntsev
Hong Kong police officer shoots protester as violence flares 11 Nov 2019 - 08:12 am
A still image from a social media video shows a police officer aiming his gun at a protester in Sai Wan Ho, Hong Kong, China November 11, 2019. CUPID PRODUCER via REUTERS