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Hong Kong airport suspends check-in as leader bemoans 'panic and chaos' 13 Aug 2019 - 02:25 pm
A tourist (C) gives her luggage to security guards as she tries to enter the departures gate during another demonstration by pro-democracy protesters at Hong Kong's international airport on August 13, 2019. (AFP / Philip FONG)
Hong Kong International Airport resumes flights 13 Aug 2019 - 09:47 am
Passengers walk past anti-government protesters sitting on the floor in front of security gates during a demonstration at Hong Kong Airport, China August 13, 2019. REUTERS/Issei Kato
Man arrested after trying to stab several in Sydney; 1 hurt 13 Aug 2019 - 09:41 am
Police gather at the crime scene after a man stabbed a woman and attempted to stab others in central Sydney on August 13, 2019, before being pinned down by members of the public and detained by police.  / AFP / SAEED KHAN
Hundreds of protesters stage new rally at Hong Kong airport 13 Aug 2019 - 09:19 am
Passengers react as they look at the flight information board as the airport reopened a day after flights were halted due to a protest, at Hong Kong International Airport, China August 13, 2019. REUTERS/Issei Kato
Over 5,000 protesters at Hong Kong airport: police 12 Aug 2019 - 12:27 pm
Anti-extradition bill protesters rally at the departure hall of Hong Kong airport in Hong Kong, China August 12, 2019. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
Troops let Muslims walk to mosques in Indian-ruled Kashmir 12 Aug 2019 - 12:18 pm
Kashmiris attend Eid-al-Adha prayers at a mosque during restrictions after the scrapping of the special constitutional status for Kashmir by the Indian government, in Srinagar, August 12, 2019. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui
S. Korea tightens export controls on Japan in trade row 12 Aug 2019 - 12:07 pm
This file photo taken on August 3, 2019 shows protesters holding up placards reading
Hong Kong airport says flights cancelled due to protests 12 Aug 2019 - 11:50 am
People are seen next to the temporary closed security gates as anti-extradition bill demonstrators protest at the departure hall of Hong Kong Airport, China August 12, 2019. REUTERS/Issei Kato
Singapore to ban domestic elephant ivory trade from 2021 12 Aug 2019 - 11:45 am
Peninsula
Sri Lanka wartime defense chief Gotabaya Rajapaksa launches presidential bid 11 Aug 2019 - 06:18 pm
Sri Lanka's former defense secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa waves after he was nominated as a presidential candidate during the Sri Lanka People's Front party convention in Colombo, Sri Lanka August 11, 2019. (REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte)
Hong Kong police and protesters refine battle tactics 11 Aug 2019 - 04:46 pm
Anti-extradition bill protesters try to extinguish tear gas canisters during a demonstration in Wan Chai neighbourhood in Hong Kong, China, August 11, 2019. (REUTERS/Thomas Peter)
Myanmar troops help flood rescue after landslide kills 51 11 Aug 2019 - 11:27 am
Rescue workers search for bodies under the debris and mud after a landslide in Mottama, Mon state, Myanmar, August 10, 2019. REUTERS/Ann Wang
Death toll rises to 93 in floods, mudslides in south India 11 Aug 2019 - 10:05 am
An aerial view of the Kudala Sangama, an important centre of pilgrimage for the Lingayat community, submerged in floodwaters in Bagalkot district in Karnataka about 460 kms of the South Indian city of Bangalore on August 10, 2019. AFP
Hong Kong police arrest 16 in night of clashes with protesters 11 Aug 2019 - 09:56 am
Protesters move barricades to block the entrance to the Cross-Harbour Tunnel after taking part in a rally against a controversial extradition bill in Hong Kong on August 10, 2019.  AFP / VIVEK PRAKASH
28 dead after typhoon Lekima in East China 11 Aug 2019 - 09:30 am
An uprooted tree is seen on a street after Typhoon Lekima hit Taizhou, Zhejiang province, China August 10, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer
66 killed in floods, mudslides in southern India 10 Aug 2019 - 05:53 pm
Youth climb up on the iron gates of a building submerged by floodwaters of the Kabini river at Nanjangudu in the Mysore district about 170 kms of the city of Bangalore on August 10, 2019.  AFP / STR
Myanmar landslide kills 41, many more feared missing 10 Aug 2019 - 05:38 pm
Rescue workers bring a body out of the site of the landslide in Mottama, Mon state, Myanmar, August 10, 2019. REUTERS/Ann Wang
India to bring in food supplies to Kashmir as curfew remains 10 Aug 2019 - 05:20 pm
Indian security personnel patrol on a street during a curfew in Srinagar, Kashmir, India on August 06, 2019. Faisal Khan - Anadolu