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Fear and favor chill newsroom at storied Japanese paper 19 Jul 2019 - 08:04 pm
A banner campaigning for boycott of Japanese products is seen at a market in Seoul, South Korea, July 12, 2019. The banner reads
Tiger, rhinos flee to higher ground in India's flood-hit Assam 19 Jul 2019 - 05:50 pm
One-horned rhinoceros take shelter on a higher-land in the flood affected area of Kaziranga National Park in the northeastern Indian state of Assam on July 18, 2019. AFP / Biju Boro
New Zealand leader says US lacks interest in Asia-Pacific 19 Jul 2019 - 04:02 pm
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern delivers a speech entitled
Rohingya groups urge tougher US sanctions on Myanmar 19 Jul 2019 - 03:30 pm
Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi attends a ceremony with teachers and students for a new school in Kawhmu on July 18, 2019. AFP
Malnutrition, disease rising in North Korea: aid organisation 19 Jul 2019 - 03:30 pm
People watch a TV screen showing images of US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un at a railway station in Seoul.
Suspected Japanese arsonist is ex-convict who believed studio stole his novel 19 Jul 2019 - 03:30 pm
Peninsula
'Nobody cares about us': Hunger and despair for India flood victims 19 Jul 2019 - 03:04 pm
An Indian policeman travels with residents on a wooden boat to cross a flooded locality near the Ahiyapur police station at Muzaffarpur district in the Indian state of Bihar on July 18, 2019. AFP / Sachin Kumar
Bangladesh rivers break their banks, forcing 400,000 to flee homes 19 Jul 2019 - 03:04 pm
People move along a flooded road in Gaibandha, Bangladesh July 18, 2019. Reuters
'Cow vigilantes' kill three men in India on suspicion of stealing cattle 19 Jul 2019 - 01:04 pm
Relatives of the victims of a mob lynching incident speak to a police officer as they mourn outside a hospital in Chapra in the eastern state of Bihar, India, July 19, 2019. (REUTERS/Stringer)
'An attack on all of us': Anime fans reel after deadly Japan fire 19 Jul 2019 - 12:52 pm
Residents pray for victims of a fire which hit the Kyoto Animation company studio the day before, killing 33 people, in Kyoto on July 19, 2019. (AFP / JIJI PRESS)
Anime studio hit by deadly fire is known for skill, fan base 18 Jul 2019 - 05:32 pm
Firefighters battling fires at the site where a man started a fire after spraying a liquid at a three-story studio of Kyoto Animation Co. in Kyoto, western Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo, July 18, 2019. Credit: Kyodo/via Reuters
Car bomb explodes at gate of police HQ in Afghanistan's Kandahar 18 Jul 2019 - 04:44 pm
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Suspect screaming 'You die!' kills up to 23 at anime studio 18 Jul 2019 - 12:43 pm
This aerial view shows the rescue and recover scene (C) after a fire at an animation company building killed some two dozen people in Kyoto on July 18, 2019. (AFP / JIJI PRESS)
One dead in suspected arson attack on Japan animation studio 18 Jul 2019 - 08:25 am
An aerial view shows firefighters battling the fires at the site where a man started a fire after spraying a liquid, at a three-story studio of Kyoto Animation Co. in Kyoto, western Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo July 18, 2019. Kyodo/via Reuters
World court orders review of Pakistan death sentence for alleged Indian spy 17 Jul 2019 - 04:16 pm
An Indian resident walks past placards with the picture of Kulbhushan Jadhav, an Indian national convicted of spying in Pakistan, in the neighborhood where he grew up, in Mumbai on July 17, 2019. AFP / Indranil Mukherjee
Pakistan arrests US-wanted terror suspect in Mumbai attacks 17 Jul 2019 - 03:39 pm
Peninsula
Millions stranded in India as early monsoon downpours bring flood havoc 17 Jul 2019 - 02:41 pm
Members of an Indian family stand atop a hut at the flood affected area of Hatishila in Kamrup district of India's Assam state on July 16, 2019. AFP / Biju BORO
Monsoon rains wreak flood havoc across South Asia 17 Jul 2019 - 02:08 am
Villagers travel on a boat in the flood affected Jhargaon village in Morigaon district of India's Assam state on July 15, 2019.  AFP / Biju Boro