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Pakistan's PM calls Indian counterpart on election victory 26 May 2019 - 03:54 pm
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Thai Former Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda dead at 98 26 May 2019 - 10:53 am
File photo of Thailand's former Prime Minister and President of the Royal Privy Council Prem Tinsulanonda is seen during an official event in Bangkok, Thailand April 10, 2019. Picture taken April 10, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer
Time to get back to work as Australian PM names cabinet 26 May 2019 - 10:14 am
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison (L) and Treasurer Josh Frydenberg meet with Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe (not pictured) during their meeting at the Reserve Bank in Sydney on May 22, 2019. / AFP / Peter PARKS
Trade put to one side, Trump and Abe do diplomacy over golf and sumo 26 May 2019 - 08:28 am
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe poses for a selfie with U.S. President Donald Trump at Mobara Country Club in Mobara, Chiba prefecture, Japan, May 26, 2019, in this picture obtained from social media. Courtesy of Instagram @kantei, Prime Minister's Offi
Nepal's record-setting Everest guide returns as a hero 25 May 2019 - 03:21 pm
FILE PHOTO:  In this file photo taken on May 17, 2018, mountaineers make their way to the summit of Mount Everest, as they ascend on the south face from Nepal. AFP / Phunjo LAMA
British, Irish climbers become Everest victims 25 May 2019 - 02:47 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on May 17, 2018, mountaineers make their way to the summit of Mount Everest, as they ascend on the south face from Nepal. AFP / Phunjo Lama
Trump arrives for sumo summit with Abe 25 May 2019 - 12:27 pm
U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump attend a Japanese business leaders event in Tokyo, Japan May 25, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Indian police charge owners as school fire toll hits 20 25 May 2019 - 11:58 am
Indian students hold candles as they pay tribute to the students died in a fire in a building in India housing a college in Surat, at a school in Amritsar on May 25, 2019. AFP / NARINDER NANU
Fire and blast at Thai port injures 25 25 May 2019 - 10:47 am
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Sri Lanka troops launch major hunt for Islamists linked to suicide attacks 25 May 2019 - 09:41 am
Devotees light candles while praying in front of St. Sebastian church, one of the churches attacked in the April 21st Easter Sunday Islamic militant bombings, during the first-month remembrance service in Negombo, Sri Lanka May 21, 2019. REUTERS/Dinuka Li
China media accuse US of plot to 'colonize global business' 24 May 2019 - 09:46 pm
Books named 'Xi Jinping: Seven Years of Educated Youth' piled up as the Tiananmen Rostrum in China's northern Hebei province on September 24, 2017. (AFP)
Abe to charm Trump with sumo and warships as trade clash looms 24 May 2019 - 08:19 pm
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N.Korea blames US for failed summit, urges 'new calculation' 24 May 2019 - 12:50 pm
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Indonesian opposition set to challenge election result in court 24 May 2019 - 09:16 am
File photo of Indonesia's presidential challenger Prabowo Subianto adjusts his glasses during a press conference in Jakarta on May 21, 2019. / AFP / NAOMI
Modi strengthens grip on power, pulling India further to right 23 May 2019 - 08:30 pm
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Pakistan PM Imran Khan congratulates India's Modi on election win 23 May 2019 - 03:40 pm
Maharastra state's Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis waves towards supporters of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as they celebrate on the election results day outside the BJP headquarters in Mumbai on May 23,
India's Rahul Gandhi loses parliamentary seat in family bastion 23 May 2019 - 03:26 pm
FILE PHOTO: Indian National Congress Party president Rahul Gandhi (C) and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (centre R) gesture to supporters on Rahul's visit to file his candidacy nomination in Kalpetta town in the Wayanad region of southern Kerala state.  AFP / STR
Black Africans must pick up Everest challenge, says landmark climber 23 May 2019 - 02:39 pm
South African climber Saray Khumalo speaks to AFP in an interview in Kathmandu on May 23, 2019, after her record breaking climb to be the first black African woman to summit Everest.  / AFP / Bikash KARKI