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World / Asia

Kim rides horse on sacred peak, vows to fight US sanctions 16 Oct 2019 - 10:19 am
This undated picture released by Korean Central News Agency on October 16, 2019 shows North Korean leader kim Jong Un riding a white horse amongst the first snow at Mouth Paektu. - South Korea / AFP
Taliban truck bomb in Afghanistan kills at least three, wounds dozens 16 Oct 2019 - 10:10 am
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'More like us': Japan's new imperial couple puts relaxed face on monarchy 16 Oct 2019 - 08:12 am
FILE PHOTO: Japan's Princess Aiko (C), accompanied by her parents Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako, arrives at her graduation ceremony at the Gakushuin Girls' Junior High School in Tokyo, Japan, March 22, 2017. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo
Thailand's human traffickers flout 99% of court orders to compensate victims 15 Oct 2019 - 08:43 pm
Migrant workers prepare to unload their catch at a port in Samut Sakhon province, Thailand, January 22, 2018. Reuters / Athit Perawongmetha
Girls school first stop for Britain's William and Kate in Pakistan 15 Oct 2019 - 10:34 am
Britain's Prince William, Duke of Cambridge (Center R) and his wife Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (Center L) are welcomed by Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi (R) upon their arrival at the Pakistan's Nur Khan military airbase in
Japanese storm shelter faces outrage after turning away two homeless 15 Oct 2019 - 08:17 am
A family rest at an evacuation shelter in Nagano on October 14, 2019. AFP / Kazuhiro Nogi
The hunt for Asia's El Chapo 14 Oct 2019 - 10:11 pm
Tse Chi Lop, a Canadian national born in China, is suspected of leading a vast multinational drug trafficking syndicate formed out of an alliance of five of Asia’s triad groups, according to law enforcement officials
How the #MeToo cases that shook India have played out 14 Oct 2019 - 09:03 pm
Tanushree Dutta was among the first to speak out against sexual misconduct in India’s famed Bollywood film industry. Dutta last year alleged that she was sexually harassed by veteran actor Nana Patekar on a movie set in 2008 and that her complaints were i
Baby found buried alive highlights India's battle to protect girls 14 Oct 2019 - 08:21 pm
FILE PHOTO: A woman carries her baby as she walks through a wheat field in Amroha district in Uttar Pradesh, April 17, 2014. Reuters/Adnan Abidi
Hong Kong police say homemade bomb targeted officers 14 Oct 2019 - 06:01 pm
An anti-government demonstrator stands in fron of a police vehicle during a protest against the invocation of the emergency laws in Hong Kong, October 14, 2019. Reuters/Ammar Awad
Japan storm victims felt worst was over, then floods came 14 Oct 2019 - 05:01 pm
Elderly people rest at an evacuation shelter in Nagano on October 14, 2019, after Typhoon Hagibis crashed into Japan on October 12, unleashing high winds and torrential rain across 36 of the country's 47 prefectures, and triggering landslides and catastro
Philippines begins mass vaccinations after polio returns 14 Oct 2019 - 12:15 pm
A baby receives free polio vaccine during a government-led mass vaccination program in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, October 14, 2019. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez
Britain's William and Kate to begin 'complex' tour of Pakistan 14 Oct 2019 - 11:48 am
Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge at Ascot (Reuters/Matthew Childs/File picture)
Earthquake measuring 5.8 hits Northern Pakistan 14 Oct 2019 - 10:40 am
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South Korean minister quits as education row swirls 14 Oct 2019 - 10:26 am
FILE PHOTO: Justice Minister nominee Cho Kuk attends a hearing at the national assembly in Seoul, South Korea, September 6, 2019. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo
Aussie wrongly jailed for 19 years awarded millions 14 Oct 2019 - 10:04 am
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Japan sends in 110,000 rescuers as typhoon death toll reaches 40 14 Oct 2019 - 09:30 am
Emergency personnel paddle across floodwaters using an inflatable raft during search and rescue operations in the aftermath of Typhoon Hagibis, in Nagano on October 14, 2019. AFP / Kazuhiro NOGI
New Zealand creates unit to target, 'disrupt' online extremism 14 Oct 2019 - 08:59 am
New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern (R) speaks during a joint press conference with the leader of the Neterlands at Government House in Auckland on October 8, 2019. / AFP / DAVID ROWLAND