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India launches first sex offenders register amid wave of assaults 21 Sep 2018 - 09:11 pm
In this photograph taken on May 5, 2018 Indian relatives mourn following the rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl on May 3, at Raja Kundra Village in Chatra district of the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand (AFP)
As sand mining grows, Asia’s deltas are sinking, water experts warn 21 Sep 2018 - 09:11 pm
Sand mining also feeds Asia’s rapidly growing cities. New buildings and roads require it and urban land is often expanded by pouring sand into wetlands or rice paddies.
US denounces 'awful abuses' of Muslim Uighurs detained in China 21 Sep 2018 - 09:11 pm
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers remarks at the 2018 Values Voters Summit in Washington, DC, on September 21, 2018. AFP / Jim Watson
Three police abducted and killed in Indian Kashmir 21 Sep 2018 - 12:56 pm
In this file photo taken on August 15, 2018 Indian Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers parade during celebrations marking India's 72nd Independence Day in Srinagar. / AFP / Tauseef MUSTAFA
Singapore Airlines bans lion bones in cargo 21 Sep 2018 - 12:32 pm
File photo of an Airbus A380-841 airplane of Singapore Airlines takes-off from Zurich airport, Switzerland, April 14, 2016. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
Bug in cake gives Ikea India fresh embarrassment 21 Sep 2018 - 11:28 am
In this file photo taken on August 9, 2018 the Indian national flag and Swedish flag are pictured at the new IKEA store in Hyderabad. / AFP / NOAH SEELAM
Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang dead at 61: state media 21 Sep 2018 - 09:56 am
In this file photo taken March 23, 2018, Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang greets journalists as he waits for the arrival of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (not pictured) at the Presidential Palace. / AFP / POOL / MINH HOANG
Malnutrition, child deaths plague India's tribal people, says government 20 Sep 2018 - 08:41 pm
Members of the Dongria Kondh tribe gather on top of the Niyamgiri mountain, which they worship as their living god, to protest against plans by Vedanta Resources to mine bauxite from that mountain near Lanjigarh in India's Orissa state February 21, 2010.
New landslide kills 18, buries houses in Philippines 20 Sep 2018 - 04:18 pm
Rescuers search for survivors at a landslide site in Naga City, on the popular tourist island of Cebu on September 20, 2018.  AFP / ALAN TANGCAWAN
India, Pakistan ministers to meet in U.S., but prospects are low 20 Sep 2018 - 02:39 pm
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Air pressure mix-up causes mass bleeding on Indian flight 20 Sep 2018 - 09:43 am
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Landslide in Philippines kills four, dozens feared trapped 20 Sep 2018 - 09:24 am
Rescuers search for survivors at the landslide site in Naga City, on the popular tourist island of Cebu on September 20, 2018. AFP / ALAN TANGCAWAN
Japan's Abe re-elected as party head, to stay on as PM 20 Sep 2018 - 09:13 am
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is also the ruling Liberal Democratic Party leader's (LDP) leader, speaks after winning the leadership vote at the party's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan September 20, 2018. REUTERS/Toru Hanai
US ready to negotiate with North Korea 'immediately': Pompeo 19 Sep 2018 - 10:24 pm
South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un acknowledges the audience after watching the performance titled
Philippine landslide shows poor often live in danger's path 19 Sep 2018 - 10:24 pm
Rescuers continue their search for missing miners in a landslide caused by Typhoon Mangkhut at a small-scale mining camp in Itogon, Benguet, in the Philippines, September 19, 2018. REUTERS/Harlington Palangchao
India against peace talks with Taliban sans Afghan government 19 Sep 2018 - 10:24 pm
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) shakes hand with Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani before a meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on September 19, 2018. AFP / Money Sharma
Police break up Muharram gatherings in Kashmir 19 Sep 2018 - 10:24 pm
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India bans instant divorce by Muslim men 19 Sep 2018 - 04:33 pm
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