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At least 18 dead in China hotel fire 25 Aug 2018 - 10:41 am
The interior of a hot springs hotel which caught fire early in the morning is pictured in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China August 25, 2018. Xie Peihua/CNS via REUTERS
Rohingya crisis a year on: refugees going nowhere as cash crunch looms 24 Aug 2018 - 10:12 pm
Rohingya refugee children are seen inside their makeshift tent in the Kutupalong camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh August 24, 2018. Reuters/Mohammad Ponir Hossain
Canada to host Rohingya genocide remembrance events 24 Aug 2018 - 10:04 pm
Rohingya refugees are seen outside of their makeshift tent in the Kutupalong camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh August 24, 2018. Reuters/Mohammad Ponir Hossain
Trump asks Pompeo to delay visit to North Korea 24 Aug 2018 - 09:39 pm
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and US Secretary of State nominee Mike Pompeo (KCNA & AFP)
India, China agree to expand military ties after defence talks 24 Aug 2018 - 10:33 am
China's Defense Minister Wei Fenghe attends a guard of honour ceremony at the Indian Ministry of Defence, prior to a meeting with Indian Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in New Delhi on August 23, 2018. / AFP / CHANDAN KHANNA
Indonesian man pays $10,000 to ex-wife... in coins 24 Aug 2018 - 10:14 am
Photo: Twitter
Indonesian earthquake death toll reaches 555 24 Aug 2018 - 09:47 am
FILE PHOTO: People walk near a road damaged by earthquake at Kayangan Port in Lombok, Indonesia August 20, 2018. Antara Foto/Ahmad Subaidi
Flood-stricken Kerala infuriated by rejection of $100 mn aid offer 23 Aug 2018 - 05:14 pm
 Indian men carry food and water aid distributed to those stranded by floods in Pandanad in Alappuzha District in the south Indian state of Kerala on August 21, 2018. (AFP / MANJUNATH KIRAN)
Congress leader Gurudas Kamat' funeral today 23 Aug 2018 - 08:03 am
Gurudas Kamat, 63, is survived by wife Maharookh and son Sunil. (Photo courtesy: The Hindu)
Pakistan official: 2 dead, 5 missing after boat sinks in sea 23 Aug 2018 - 08:03 am
Pakistani Muslims offer Eid al-Adha prayers outside a mosque in Quetta on August 22, 2018. AFP / Banaras Khan
Thailand seizes huge $45-mln haul of methamphetamines 23 Aug 2018 - 08:03 am
 Thai police officers unload seized drugs from a vehicle in a police station in Bangkok, Thailand August 22, 2018. Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun
Kerala presses Centre to allow foreign aid 23 Aug 2018 - 07:16 am
A volunteer cleans a house following floods on the outskirts of Kochi in the southern state of Kerala, India August 22, 2018. Reuters/Sivaram V
Senior journalist Kuldip Nayar dead 23 Aug 2018 - 07:16 am
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China defence minister meets Indian PM as ties warm further 23 Aug 2018 - 07:16 am
This handout photograph released by India's Press Information Bureau (PIB) on August 21, 2018 shows Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) meeting with China's Defense Minister Wei Fenghe in New Delhi. AFP / PIB
Man arrested over Facebook post depicting Nepal PM as monkey 22 Aug 2018 - 02:04 pm
FILE PHOTO: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli. AFP
Fire in 17-story building in India's Mumbai kills 4 22 Aug 2018 - 01:53 pm
Firefighters carry the body of a victim killed in a fire at a residential building in Mumbai, India, August 22, 2018. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
Rohingya mark Eid, one year after Myanmar crisis began 22 Aug 2018 - 12:43 pm
Rohingya refugees offer Eid al-Adha prayers at the Jamtoli refugee camp in Ukhia district near Cox's Bazar on August 22, 2018. / AFP / Dibyangshu SARKAR
China culls thousands of pigs as African swine fever spreads 22 Aug 2018 - 12:28 pm
File photo of workers in protective suits are seen by a truck at a plant of pork processor Henan Shuanghui Investment & Development, a subsidiary of WH Group, following a discovery of pigs infected by the African swine fever (ASF), in Zhengzhou, Henan Aug