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16 feared dead in helicopter 'hard landing' in Tajikistan: govt 13 Aug 2018 - 10:38 am
Peninsula
Koreas to hold Pyongyang summit in September 13 Aug 2018 - 10:19 am
South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyun (2nd L) and his North Korean counterpart Ri Son Gwon (L) walk into a meeting room for their talks at the northern side of the border truce village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) dividing the
Indonesia quake death toll tops 400 as more bodies recovered 13 Aug 2018 - 10:04 am
Residents pull down an earthquake damaged house in Kayangan, North lombok, Indonesia August 12, 2018. Antara Foto/Zabur Karuru/ via REUTERS
Indian PM Modi confident of bigger win in 2019 elections-Times of India 12 Aug 2018 - 11:13 am
File photo of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) waves as Maldives President Abdulla Yameen looks on during the closing session of 18th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit in Kathmandu November 27, 2014. REUTERS/Niranjan
Thai child bride returns from Malaysia after outcry 11 Aug 2018 - 10:19 am
Peninsula
South Korea firms caught importing coal, iron from North: Seoul 10 Aug 2018 - 11:58 pm
South Korean labour union members wave the unification flags as North Korean workers arrive at a hotel in Seoul, South Korea, August 10, 2018. Reuters/Kim Hong-Ji
Why did Bangladesh arrest Shahidul Alam? 10 Aug 2018 - 11:58 pm
At least 20 plain-clothes officers picked up Shahidul Alam, 63, at his Dhaka home late on Sunday, hours after his critical comments were broadcast on Al Jazeera (Munir Uz Zaman/AFP)
Wife of jailed Myanmar reporter gives birth to first child 10 Aug 2018 - 11:33 pm
Pan Ei Mon, the wife of detained Reuters journalist Wa Lone, embraces her newborn baby girl Thet Htar Angel in her hospital room in Yangon on August 10, 2018. AFP /Ann WANG
Myanmar snubs Hague court's intervention in Rohingya crisis 10 Aug 2018 - 11:22 pm
A Rohingya refugee man drinks tea at a local tea stall at the Kutupalong camp in Ukhia near Cox's Bazar on August 10, 2018. AFP / Chandan Khanna
In northeast India, the politics of citizenship flares anew 10 Aug 2018 - 11:21 pm
People wait to check their names on the draft list at the National Register of Citizens centre at a village in Nagaon district, Assam state, India, July 30, 2018 (Reuters)
Flash floods kill 28 in Kerala, prompting US travel alert 10 Aug 2018 - 10:51 pm
An Indian woman sits inside her houses immersed in flood waters in Ernakulam district of Kochi, in the Indian state of Kerala on August 10, 2018. AFP
India lawmaker dresses as Hitler to criticize prime minister 10 Aug 2018 - 10:51 pm
Indian school children rehearse during preparations ahead of Indian Independence Day celebrations in Amritsar on August 10, 2018.  AFP / Narinder Nanu
Pakistan's Imran Khan to be sworn in as PM August 18 10 Aug 2018 - 10:51 pm
Indian High Commissioner Ajay Bisaria with Imran Khan in Islamabad yesterday. Bisaria gifted Khan a cricket bat autographed by the entire Indian cricket team. (Twitter)
Japan ex-defence minister to challenge Abe as party chief 10 Aug 2018 - 12:18 pm
In this file photo taken on July 16, 2015 Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) and then Regional Revitalization Minister Shigeru Ishiba (L) listen to a speech by a member of an opposition party at the parliament in Tokyo. / AFP / Kazuhiro NOGI
Cambodia PM Facebook hacked to 'give away parliament seats' 10 Aug 2018 - 12:09 pm
File photo of HunSen. AFP
Red Cross warns of food crisis in North Korea as crops fail in heat 10 Aug 2018 - 11:52 am
Peninsula
US launches airstrikes as Taliban attack Afghan city 10 Aug 2018 - 11:19 am
This screen grab taken from AFPTV video on August 10, 2018 shows smoke rising into the air after Taliban militants launched an attack on the Afghan provincial capital Ghazni, with terrified residents cowering in their homes amid explosions and gunfire.  /
Indonesia’s Jokowi to partner with cleric in bid for second term 10 Aug 2018 - 02:01 am
Indonesian President Joko Widodo (C) arrives to hold a meeting with coalition party leaders in Jakarta, Indonesia August 9, 2018 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Galih Pradipta via Reuters