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Assam security tight for Indian 'citizens list' release 30 Aug 2019 - 08:37 pm
Security personnel patrol on a road ahead of the publication of the final draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) at Kachari Para village, in Hojai district, of Assam August 30, 2019. Reuters/Anuwar Hazarika
Pakistan PM leads demonstration on Kashmir in bid to win over world opinion 30 Aug 2019 - 08:37 pm
Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan addresses the nation outside the Prime Minister Secretariat building in Islamabad on August 30, 2019.  AFP / Aamir Qureshi
Myanmar court sends filmmaker to prison for army remarks 30 Aug 2019 - 01:19 am
Myanmar human rights activist and film director Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi speaks to journalists after a court verdict in Yangon on August 29, 2019. AFP / Sai Aung Main
India's top ports on alert for attacks from 'Pakistan-trained commandos' 30 Aug 2019 - 12:28 am
A general view of a container terminal is seen at Mundra Port in the western Indian state of Gujarat, India April 1, 2014. Reuters/Amit Dave
Politicians, sports fraternity pay tribute to Dhyan Chand 30 Aug 2019 - 12:28 am
Indian students hold placards as they take part in a walk the first day of the
Villagers say they're tired of living dangerously in Kashmir 30 Aug 2019 - 12:28 am
Pakistani troops patrol near the Line of Control (LoC) --- the de facto border between Pakistan and India -- in Chakothi sector, in Pakistan-administered Kashmir on August 29, 2019. AFP / Aamir Qureshi
Retrials ordered for ex-South Korean leader Park and Samsung heir 30 Aug 2019 - 12:27 am
Supporters of South Korea's former president Park Geun-hye attend a protest demanding her release from prison, outside the Supreme Court in Seoul on August 29, 2019. South Korea's top court on August 29 set aside former president Park Geun-hye's convictio
Hong Kong protest organizer attacked by armed masked men 30 Aug 2019 - 12:27 am
Military vehicles of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) pass Huanggang Port for a routine troop rotation in Hong Kong, August 29, 2019. Xinhua via Reuters
Violent protest erupts in capital of Indonesia's Papua 30 Aug 2019 - 12:27 am
A motorist ride past a burning building after hundreds of demonstrators marched near Papua's biggest city Jayapura on August 29, 2019, where they set fire to a regional assembly building and hurled rocks at shops and hotels. AFP / Indra Thamrin Hatta
New hope for child rights after India gets tough on traffickers 29 Aug 2019 - 06:03 pm
According to officials, 80% of the children working in Jaipur are trafficked from Bihar - more than 800 miles to the east - to make bangles and other handicrafts.
Rioters torch buildings as chaos erupts again in Indonesia's Papua 29 Aug 2019 - 04:58 pm
An Indonesian policeman helps evacuate a family as houses burn after hundreds of demonstrators marched near Papua's biggest city Jayapura on August 29, 2019. AFP / Indra Thamrin Hatta
Thai court upholds death sentence for Myanmar men over Brit killings 29 Aug 2019 - 04:58 pm
 Myanmar prisoners Zaw Lin (C) and Win Zaw Tun (R) leave the court in Nonthaburi after the verdict on August 29, 2019. AFP / Mladen Antonov
China says rotated troops will protect Hong Kong's stability 29 Aug 2019 - 08:36 am
A Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldier guards the entrance to the PLA Hong Kong Garrison headquarters in the Central Business District in Hong Kong, China, August 29, 2019. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
Myanmar: Christian leader sued, commented on oppression 28 Aug 2019 - 10:34 pm
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Rohingya restless in India as deportation threat looms 28 Aug 2019 - 09:02 pm
An estimated 40,000 Rohingya took refuge in India over several decades.
Indian state expands work scheme to tackle exploitation 28 Aug 2019 - 08:39 pm
Rescued bonded labourer Srikrushna Rajhansiya recalls his days in bondage outside his home in Sargul village in Odisha. Reuters
Indian state bans unnecessary surgery on intersex babies 28 Aug 2019 - 08:39 pm
Unisex signs hanging outside bathrooms at Toast Paninoteca in Durham, North Carolina, May 9 2016.  AFP / Getty Images North America / Sara D Davis
500 protests, hundreds injured in Kashmir lockdown: govt source 28 Aug 2019 - 05:53 pm
Kashmiri people walk past burning tyres during a protest after the scrapping of the special constitutional status for Kashmir by the Indian government, in Srinagar, August 27, 2019. Picture taken on August 27, 2019. REUTERS/Danish Ismail