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Messy days ahead as Thai factions jostle to lead next government 26 Mar 2019 - 10:33 am
Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha holds up a a traditional flute as he arrives at the Government House for a cabinet meeting in Bangkok on March 26, 2019, two days after the country's general election. / AFP / Ye Aung THU
Kashmir most internet shutdown-prone region: study 25 Mar 2019 - 07:27 pm
Central Reserve Police Force- CRPF- in Srinagar, Kashmir (Reuters)
India cities ban popular game PUBG over fear of creating ‘psychopaths’ 25 Mar 2019 - 07:19 pm
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Rahul Gandhi vows basic income for millions of India's poorest if elected PM 25 Mar 2019 - 06:07 pm
Rahul Gandhi, President of India's main opposition Congress party, addresses his party's supporters during a public meeting in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India, March 12, 2019. Reuters/Amit Dave
Bangladesh says no hurry to relocate Rohingya, in talks with UN bodies 25 Mar 2019 - 04:39 pm
FILE PHOTO: Rohingya refugees gather at a market inside a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, March 7, 2019. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain
Jet Airways chairman Goyal steps down, banks take control 25 Mar 2019 - 01:22 pm
FILE PHOTO: Naresh Goyal, Chairman of Jet Airways speaks during a news conference in Mumbai, India, November 29, 2017. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/File Photo
Ten children killed by US air strike in Afghanistan: UN 25 Mar 2019 - 12:17 pm
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India, Pakistan spar over alleged religious conversion of Hindu girls 25 Mar 2019 - 10:48 am
FILE PHOTO: India's Border Security Force soldiers patrol along the fenced border with Pakistan in the Ranbir Singh Pura sector near Jammu February 26, 2019. REUTERS/Mukesh Gupta/File Photo
Boeing invites pilots, regulators to briefing as it looks to return 737 MAX to service 25 Mar 2019 - 10:12 am
A Boeing 737 MAX 9 test plane is pictured at Boeing Field on March 22, 2019 in Seattle, Washington. Stephen Brashear/Getty Images/AFP
North Korea returns to inter-Korean liaison office 25 Mar 2019 - 09:59 am
File photo of North Korean flag flutters on top of a 160-metre tower in North Korea's propaganda village of Gijungdong, in this picture taken from the Tae Sung freedom village near the Military Demarcation Line (MDL), inside the demilitarised zone separat
Millions malnourished in Pakistan despite abundance of food 24 Mar 2019 - 09:05 pm
In this picture taken on May 25, 2018, a Pakistani paramedic weighs a child at Mithi Civil Hospital in Mithi, a remote town in southern Pakistan. AFP /Rizwan Tabassum
Thais vote in long-delayed poll pitting junta versus critics 24 Mar 2019 - 02:57 pm
An electoral official tallies the vote count at a polling station in Bangkok on March 24, 2019 after polls closed in Thailand's general election. / AFP / Ye Aung THU
Now streaming: Chunavi parodies on social media 24 Mar 2019 - 02:37 pm
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Thousands of motorbikers protest at Philippines' new plate regulation 24 Mar 2019 - 01:35 pm
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Traffic-choked Jakarta inaugurates mass rapid transit system 24 Mar 2019 - 10:49 am
Indonesia's President Joko Widodo (C) walks as he takes part on Jakarta Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) first-phase launching at Istora station in Jakarta, Indonesia, March 24, 2019. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan
Thais vote in first general election since 2014 coup 24 Mar 2019 - 10:44 am
Civilians walk by as soldiers line up to vote in the general election at a polling station in Bangkok, Thailand March 24, 2019. REUTERS/Cory Wright
Thailand's new government could be unstable, short-lived 23 Mar 2019 - 05:41 pm
A woman walks past electoral posters displayed along a road in Bangkok on March 23, 2019, on the eve of the general election. Thais will head to polls on March 24 for a highly anticipated election -- the first since the junta wrested power in a 2014 coup.
Kazakh capital changes name to honor longtime leader 23 Mar 2019 - 05:34 pm
FILE PHOTO: Acting President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev takes part in a swearing-in ceremony during a joint session of the houses of parliament in Astana, Kazakhstan March 20, 2019. REUTERS/Mukhtar Kholdorbekov