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Floods, landslides claim 26 lives in south India's Kerala 10 Aug 2018 - 01:19 am
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Rahul Gandhi says Modi govt anti-Dalit; BJP hits back 10 Aug 2018 - 01:19 am
Congress president Rahul Gandhi (R), speaks at a protest rally called by India's most marginalised Dalit community over an amendment to a law that protects the rights of the group, in New Delhi on August 9, 2018. AFP / Sajjad Hussain
Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf agrees to probe vote-rigging allegations 10 Aug 2018 - 01:19 am
Activists of Pakistan opposition parties shout slogans outside the provincial election commission office against the alleged election rigging in Karachi on August 9, 2018.  AFP / Asif Hassan
North Korea chides US for pressing sanctions 09 Aug 2018 - 05:50 pm
This undated picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on August 8, 2018 via KNS shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (L) inspecting the Kumsanpho Fish Pickling Factory with his wife Ri Sol Ju (back C) in South Hwanghae Provin
Kerala rains leave 24 dead, Cochin airport opens 09 Aug 2018 - 05:08 pm
Indian rescuers conduct rescue operations after a landslide at Kuttampuzha village in Ernakulam district in the Indian state of Kerala on August 9, 2018.  AFP
Pakistan’s opposition parties protest election results 09 Aug 2018 - 12:04 am
Pakistan opposition leader Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman (C) addresses protesters outside the election commission office against the alleged election rigging in Islamabad on August 8, 2018.  AFP / Farooq Naeem
Myanmar urged to take steps for return of Rohingya 08 Aug 2018 - 08:47 pm
Rohingya refugees collect water at Kutupalong camp in Ukhia on August 8, 2018. AFP / Chandan Khanna
Two die in stampede at funeral of Indian Tamil leader Karunanidhi 08 Aug 2018 - 04:35 pm
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party supporters display a portrait of party president Muthuvel Karunanidhi as they gather to pay respects to his remains at Rajaji hall in Chennai on August 8, 2018. AFP / Arun Sankar
Lombok quake leaves 156,000 homeless as death toll hits 131 08 Aug 2018 - 02:52 pm
 A woman and boy watch as men clear the wreckage of houses damaged by an earthquake in Menggala, North Lombok on August 8, 2018, three days after the earthquake struck the area. (AFP / ADEK BERRY)
Indonesia quake deaths top 130, aid effort intensifies 08 Aug 2018 - 10:07 am
A child holds up a placard that reads 'pray for Lombok' during an earthquake evacuation drill in Medan, on the western Indonesian island of Sumatra on August 8, 2018. / AFP / IVAN DAMANIK
Thousands mourn as revered Indian leader dies 07 Aug 2018 - 05:13 pm
A Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party supporter holds a portrait of party president M. Karunanidhi (R) in front of hospital where he died, in Chennai on August 7, 2018. (AFP / ARUN SANKAR)
Man saved from quake-flattened mosque on Indonesia island 07 Aug 2018 - 03:16 pm
Rescue workers search for victims in a mosque which was damaged in Sunday's earthquake in Tanjung, North Lombok, Indonesia August 7, 2018.( Antara Foto/Zabur Karuru/ via REUTERS)
Japan Medical University admits altering scores to keep women out 07 Aug 2018 - 12:56 pm
Tetsuo Yukioka (L), Managing Director of Tokyo Medical University and Keisuke Miyazawa, Vice-President of Tokyo Medical University, bow as they attend a news conference in Tokyo, Japan August 7, 2018. (REUTERS/Toru Hanai )
Police arrest 10 over latest lynching murder in India 07 Aug 2018 - 12:31 pm
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Malaysia's toppled leader to face new questioning, charges: report 07 Aug 2018 - 11:57 am
File photo of former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak attending a press conference to announce his resignation as president of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), the main component party of the defeated Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition, in
Wife of Japan journalist held in Syria pleads for his release 07 Aug 2018 - 11:29 am
Myu, wife of Japanese journalist Jumpei Yasuda who went missing in Syria in 2015, speaks during a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on August 7, 2018. / AFP / Kazuhiro NOGI
UN backs plan to unblock humanitarian aid to North Korea 06 Aug 2018 - 10:54 pm
People attend a rally in support of North Korean stance against the US on Kim Il-Sung square in Pyongyang on August 9, 2017.  Nearly half of North Korea's population - 10 million people - are undernourished, according to UN officials, who have reported a
Indonesia earthquake death toll rises to 98 06 Aug 2018 - 08:07 pm
Injured victims rest at a makeshift hospital in Pemenang, North Lombok on August 6, 2018, the day after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck the area.  AFP / Pikong