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Fresh anti-India protests in Kashmir as troops kill 6 rebels 22 Dec 2018 - 02:28 pm
Kashmiri villagers gather near the bodies of four militants of Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind, a group which claims affiliation with Al-Qaeda, during a funeral procession at Dadsar village in Tral, south of Srinagar on December 22, 2018. AFP / TAUSEEF MUSTAFA
Taiwan pro-independence band cancels Hong Kong show over visa delay 22 Dec 2018 - 01:29 pm
This file photo taken on January 14, 2016 shows Freddy Lim, a candidate from the New Power Party and singer of ChthoniC - one of Asia's biggest death metal bands - attending an election rally in Taipei.  / AFP / PHILIPPE LOPEZ
23 dead in Nepal student bus crash 22 Dec 2018 - 12:33 pm
Injured Nepali passengers receive treatment at a hospital in Dang District, some 540 kilometres southwest of Kathmandu, on December 22, 2018, following a bus accident that left 23 people dead.  / AFP /
Pakistan plans to relax visa policy in bid to revive tourism 22 Dec 2018 - 10:35 am
Peninsula
Nepal bus crashes in mountainous area, 21 killed and 15 hurt 21 Dec 2018 - 09:55 pm
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Rare albino orangutan released back into the wild 21 Dec 2018 - 11:55 am
This handout picture taken on December 19, 2016 and released by Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation shows Alba, the only albino orangutan ever recorded in the world, has now been released in the forest of Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park in Katingan R
Indian regulator orders J&J to stop using raw material to make baby powder in India 21 Dec 2018 - 11:33 am
A worker closes a glass cabinet of Johnson & Johnson baby powder bottles at a medical store in Kolkata, India, December 20, 2018. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri
Carlos Ghosn re-arrested over fresh allegations 21 Dec 2018 - 11:12 am
 In this file photo taken on May 13, 2015, Nissan Motors Chairman and CEO Carlos Ghosn speaks during the company's financial results press conference in Yokohama. / AFP / Toshifumi KITAMURA
Sri Lanka president names new cabinet after final dispute with PM 20 Dec 2018 - 08:07 pm
Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena looks on during a special party convention in Colombo, Sri Lanka December 4, 2018. (REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte/File Photo)
Facebook shuts down fake Bangladesh news sites ahead of vote 20 Dec 2018 - 04:52 pm
FILE PHOTO:. AFP / JOEL SAGET
Tokyo court rejects prosecutor appeal on Ghosn's detention 20 Dec 2018 - 04:41 pm
A pedestrian walks past a television screen showing a news program featuring former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn in Tokyo on December 20, 2018.  AFP / Behrouz MEHRI
Both candidates in Madagascar presidential run-off claim victory 20 Dec 2018 - 12:39 pm
A Malagasy Independent Electoral Commission officers starts the counting operation during the presidential election on December 19, 2018 in Antananarivo, Madagascar. AFP / GIANLUIGI GUERCIA
Fugitive spy jailed again in Vietnam 20 Dec 2018 - 12:31 pm
Peninsula
North Korea says it won't denuclearize unless US removes threat 20 Dec 2018 - 12:20 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on June 12, 2018, US President Donald Trump (R) and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un shake hands following a signing ceremony during their historic US-North Korea summit, at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore
Donations flood in for Taiwan driver who smashed into three Ferraris 20 Dec 2018 - 10:28 am
Lin Chin-hsiang, the young man who damaged three Ferraris in a single crash, works at his family’s shop selling incense and gold paper money in Taipei on December 20, 2018. AFP
Angry South Korean taxi drivers rally against carpooling service 20 Dec 2018 - 09:56 am
FILE PHOTO: A taxi driver takes part in a protest against a carpool service application that will be launched by Kakao Corp later this year, in central Seoul, South Korea, October 18, 2018. The banners read,
Tokyo court does not extend Ghosn's detention, may soon release him 20 Dec 2018 - 08:09 am
FILE PHOTO: Carlos Ghosn, chairman and CEO of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance, attends a press conference on the second press day of the Paris auto show, in Paris, France, October 3, 2018. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau/File Photo
Fatal storm haunts Sydney-Hobart yacht race 20 years on 20 Dec 2018 - 08:00 am
In this file photo taken on December 27, 1998 the injured crew of demasted Australian yacht