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Deadly knife attack on schoolgirls startles Japan 29 May 2019 - 02:44 pm
A local resident prays to mourn victims at the site where a stabbing occured in Kawasaki, Japan, May 28, 2019. REUTERS/Issei Kato
Indian finance minister Jaitley tells Modi he wants to step aside due to ill health 29 May 2019 - 01:01 pm
FILE PHOTO: India's Finance Minister Arun Jaitley attends a news conference sharing details about the recapitalisation of public sector banks in New Delhi, India, January 24, 2018. REUTERS/Saumya Khandelwal/File Photo
Australia pilots hit by lasers during South China Sea flights 29 May 2019 - 10:59 am
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Australian 'Egg Boy' donates $70,000 to Christchurch victims 29 May 2019 - 10:39 am
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Taliban attacks kill 23 members of Afghan security forces 28 May 2019 - 03:12 pm
FILE PHOTO: Afghan security forces take position during an attack by gunmen in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 8, 2019.REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail
Attacks against Afghan schools soar, says UNICEF 28 May 2019 - 11:21 am
File photo of Class 11 Afghan girl students attend a class at Zarghona high school in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 15, 2015. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
Vietnam man jailed for plotting terror attack 28 May 2019 - 11:04 am
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Malaysia to send 3,000 tonnes of plastic waste back to countries of origin 28 May 2019 - 10:48 am
File photo of plastic waste piled outside an illegal recycling factory in Jenjarom, Kuala Langat, Malaysia October 14, 2018.REUTERS/Lai Seng Sin/File Photo
Five die in India after drinking spurious liquor 28 May 2019 - 10:37 am
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Two dead, including 12-yr-old, after Japan mass stabbing 28 May 2019 - 08:36 am
Rescue workers and police officers operate at the site where sixteen people were injured in a suspected stabbing by a man, in Kawasaki, Japan May 28, 2019 in this photo released by Kyodo. Kyodo/via REUTERS
Japanese man dies mid-flight with stomach full of cocaine 27 May 2019 - 09:19 pm
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Japan to buy 105 F-35 US stealth warplanes: Trump 27 May 2019 - 03:54 pm
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks next to Japan's Emperor Naruhito during a state banquet at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan May 27, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Sri Lanka to relax emergency in a month: president 27 May 2019 - 02:53 pm
Sri Lankan army soldiers stands guard at a checkpoint on a roadside during special cordon-and-search operations in Colombo on May 25, 2019. AFP / LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI
Everest 'traffic jam' survivor calls for tougher rules 27 May 2019 - 12:26 pm
 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
'On my mind': Trump meets relatives of Japanese abducted by N.Korea 27 May 2019 - 12:09 pm
 U.S. President Donald Trump and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meet with family members of people abducted by North Korea, at Akasaka Palace in Tokyo, Japan May 27, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
China bridles at rare meeting between Taiwan and US security officials 27 May 2019 - 11:37 am
File photo og flags of Taiwan and U.S. are placed for a meeting between U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce speaks and with Su Chia-chyuan, President of the Legislative Yuan in Taipei, Taiwan March 27, 2018. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
12th-century Afghan minaret saved, for now, after floods 27 May 2019 - 11:34 am
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Four dead, seven injured in Nepal blasts 26 May 2019 - 08:09 pm
An ambulance carrying a victim's body leaves an explosion site in Kathmandu, Nepal May 26, 2019. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar