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Death toll from Philippines storm rises to 126 06 Jan 2019 - 07:32 pm
Flooding due to heavy rain caused by tropical storm Usman in Camarines Sur province.  REY BANIQUET/ AFP
6 schoolchildren, driver killed in India bus crash 05 Jan 2019 - 03:23 pm
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Floods, blackouts after Thai storm, but tourist islands spared 05 Jan 2019 - 02:47 pm
A man guards an empty pier after tour operators were forced to suspend boats to tourist islands due to tropical storm Pabuk, in the southern Thai province of Surat Thani on January 4, 2019. AFP / Lillian SUWANRUMPHA
World's most-prized fish sold for $3.1 million in Tokyo 05 Jan 2019 - 02:26 pm
President of sushi restaurant chain Sushi-Zanmai, Kiyoshi Kimura (R), displays a 278kg bluefin tuna at his main restaurant in Tokyo on January 5, 2019.   AFP / Kazuhiro NOGI
Indian court declares Mallya fugitive economic offender: Reports 05 Jan 2019 - 01:43 pm
Vijay Mallya has a break outside the court house as he waits for his extradition case to be heard at Westminster Magistrates Court, in London, Britain, December 10, 2018. (REUTERS/Peter Nicholls/ File Photo)
Former N.Korean diplomat urges missing colleague in Italy to go to S.Korea, not US 05 Jan 2019 - 11:49 am
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UN calls for probe into Bangladesh elections 04 Jan 2019 - 07:16 pm
Bangladeshi left wing activists wear black cloth over the mouths at a protest against the allegedly fraudlent victory of the ruling Awami League in the recent general eletion, in Dhaka on January 3, 2019. (AFP / Munir UZ ZAMAN)
Ghosn set for court hearing in Japan over detention 04 Jan 2019 - 10:17 am
FILE PHOTO:  AFP / Ludovic MARIN
Ooredoo Myanmar picks Nokia for protection from cyber threats 04 Jan 2019 - 09:11 am
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Protests paralyse Indian state after women defy temple ban 03 Jan 2019 - 07:02 pm
Indian protesters throw stones at police during a demonstration over two women entering the Sabarimala Ayyapa temple, in Palakkad in southern Kerala state on January 3, 2019. (AFP)
India deports second group of Rohingya Muslims to Myanmar 03 Jan 2019 - 04:22 pm
Members of a Muslim Rohingya family sit as they pose for a photograph with Indian and Myanmar security officials before their deportation on India-Myanmar border at Moreh in the northeastern state of Manipur, India, January 3, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer
Earthquake rattles southwest Japan, no damage reported 03 Jan 2019 - 02:47 pm
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North Korea diplomat in Italy missing, South Korean MP says, after asylum report 03 Jan 2019 - 01:44 pm
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A first class gaffe: Cathay to honour cheap ticket error 03 Jan 2019 - 01:35 pm
FILE PHOTO: Attendants chat at the First Class counter of Cathay Pacific Airways at Hong Kong Airport in Hong Kong, China April 4, 2018. REUTERS/Bobby Yip/File photo
Tourists flee Thai islands as Tropical Storm Pabuk looms 03 Jan 2019 - 08:16 am
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China 'lifts mysterious veil' with probe landing on dark side of the moon 03 Jan 2019 - 08:12 am
FILE PHOTO: A Long March-3B rocket carrying Chang'e 4 lunar probe takes off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province, China December 8, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
Hong Kong democracy camp kicks off 2019 with protests 01 Jan 2019 - 01:00 pm
Pro-independence supporters take part in an annual New Year's Day march in Hong Kong, China January 1, 2019. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
Rescuers search for survivors in deadly Indonesian landslide 01 Jan 2019 - 12:58 pm
Residents evacuate their homes as rescue workers search for survivors at the site of a landslide triggered by heavy rain in Sukabumi, West Java province on January 1, 2019. AFP