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World / Asia

Does not compute: Japan cyber security minister admits shunning PCs 16 Nov 2018 - 07:17 pm
Yoshitaka Sakurada (L), 68, the deputy chief of the government's cyber security strategy office raising his hand to answer a question beside Satsuki Katayama (R), minister in charge of regional revitalisation and female empowerment, during a parliament se
Baby snatched by monkey dies in Taj Mahal city 16 Nov 2018 - 07:16 pm
The Indian father (3rd R, in red) of a young boy who was killed by a macaques monkey sits with relatives at their family home in Agra on November 15, 2018.  AFP / Pawan Sharma
Indian airport protesters block woman activist's plan to enter Sabarimala temple 16 Nov 2018 - 07:03 pm
Trupti Desai, a women's rights activist, waves from inside the Cochin International Airport at Kochi, India, November 16, 2018. Reuters /Sivaram V
India's Sabarimala temple turned into fortress for new gender battle 16 Nov 2018 - 06:55 pm
In this file photo taken on October 18, 2018 Indian Hindu devotees are pictured at the Sabarimala hilltop temple in the southern state of Kerala. AFP / Arun Sankar
N. Korea to expel US citizen who 'illegally entered' country: KCNA 16 Nov 2018 - 11:36 am
Peninsula
Severe cyclone kills 10 in southern India; 80,000 evacuated 16 Nov 2018 - 09:34 am
Debris from a damaged roof is pictured on a platform at the train station in Nagapattinam in India's southern Tamil Nadu state on November 16, 2018, after a cyclone struck the region. / AFP / -
Sri Lankan lawmakers fight in Parliament over PM dispute 15 Nov 2018 - 11:59 pm
Supporters of Sri Lanka's ousted prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe gather at a rally in Colombo on November 15, 2018.  AFP / Lakruwan Wanniarachchi
Bangladesh scraps plan to start repatriating Rohingya 15 Nov 2018 - 02:59 pm
Hundreds of Rohingya refugees shout slogans as they protest against their repatriation at the Unchiprang camp in Teknaf, Bangladesh November 15, 2018. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain
Abe, Putin to accelerate WWII treaty talks stalled by island row 15 Nov 2018 - 02:53 pm
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin attend a meeting on the sidelines of the ASEAN-Russia Summit in Singapore, November 14, 2018. Sputnik/Alexei Druzhinin/Kremlin via
Rohingya crisis besieges Suu Kyi at Singapore summit 15 Nov 2018 - 02:38 pm
Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi attends the ASEAN Plus Three (APT) Summit in Singapore, November 15, 2018. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
'Very serious': African swine fever spreads in China 15 Nov 2018 - 11:45 am
(FILES) This file picture taken on July 24, 2018 shows a nurse preparing a vaccination shot against rabies at the Disease Control and Prevention Center in Huaibei in China's eastern Anhui province. China OUT / AFP / STR
Malaysia charges wife of former PM Najib with two counts of corruption 15 Nov 2018 - 11:08 am
Rosmah Mansor wife of former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak (C), is escorted by police personnel during her arrival at court in Kuala Lumpur on November 15, 2018. / AFP / MOHD RASFAN
Afghan officials: Taliban kill 30 policemen in west province 15 Nov 2018 - 10:15 am
Peninsula
Thai child fighting culture sparks debate after 13-year-old's death 15 Nov 2018 - 09:50 am
Boxing coach Somsak Deerujijaroen looks at a portrait of thirteen-year-old Muay Thai boxer Anucha Tasako during is funeral at a Buddhist temple in Samut Prakan province on November 14, 2018. AFP / Romeo GACAD
Pakistani missing police officer's body found in Afghanistan 15 Nov 2018 - 09:28 am
Peninsula
This place is the pits: China opens luxury hotel in quarry 15 Nov 2018 - 09:00 am
This aerial picture taken on November 13, 2018 shows the InterContinental Shanghai Wonderland, built inside a formerly abandoned quarry, about 32 kms (20 miles) southwest of Shanghai. / AFP / Johannes EISELE
Pence says Trump to meet N. Korea's Kim in 2019; won't allow broken promises 15 Nov 2018 - 08:45 am
US Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a news conference in Singapore, November 15, 2018. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
Bangladesh official: Rohingya repatriation ready to begin 14 Nov 2018 - 05:29 pm
Taiyeba Begum (35), a Rohingya refugee woman who takes shelter in her relatives' house with other family members to avoid forced repatriation, looks on at a camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, November 14, 2018. Reuters/Mohammad Ponir Hossain