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Citing lack of progress, secretary to Myanmar's Rohingya panel quits 22 Jul 2018 - 09:30 pm
The panel was set up by the Myanmar government and supposed to advise it on how to implement the recommendations of an earlier commission, headed by former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, on solving the crisis in its western Rakhine, which has been riv
Suicide attack near Kabul airport leaves 10 dead or wounded: Officials 22 Jul 2018 - 04:23 pm
Afghan residents walk past a banner with the image of self-exiled Afghan Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum ahead of his arrival to Kabul on July 22, 2018. (AFP / NOORULLAH SHIRZADA)
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf candidate killed in suicide attack at rally 22 Jul 2018 - 01:34 pm
Rescue 1122 members and police officers inspect a damaged vehicle after a suicide bomber blew himself up near the vehicle of Ikramullah Gandapur in Looni Darbar area of Dera Ismail Khan district, when he was on his way for an election rally in the area,”
India scraps tax on sanitary pads in boost for girls' education 21 Jul 2018 - 07:35 pm
Periods are among the leading factors for girls to drop out of school in a country where four out of five women and girls are estimated by campaigners to have no access to sanitary pads. (Reuters file photo)
Hundreds protest over Hong Kong's move to ban separatist political party 21 Jul 2018 - 07:05 pm
Protesters march during a demonstration against Article 23 and bans on freedom of association in Hong Kong on July 21, 2018. Police in Hong Kong sought to ban a political party which promotes independence for the city on July 17, citing it as a potential
Elon Musk apologizes for comments about cave rescue diver 18 Jul 2018 - 09:58 pm
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Thai cave boys had no food, survived on dripping water; recount ordeal in first public appearance 18 Jul 2018 - 03:48 pm
The 12 boys and their soccer coach who were rescued from a flooded cave arrive for a news conference in the northern province of Chiang Rai, Thailand, July 18, 2018. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
Thai cave boys wave and smile in first public appearance after rescue 18 Jul 2018 - 02:53 pm
The 12 boys and their soccer coach who were rescued from a flooded cave arrive for a news conference in the northern province of Chiang Rai, Thailand, July 18, 2018. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
Buildings collapse in Delhi killing at least 3, more feared dead 18 Jul 2018 - 11:59 am
 Members of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), along with local police, search for victims after an under construction building collapsed in the village of Shah Beri village in Greater Noida, a satellite town east of the Indian capital, in Uttar
India's top court demands government act to stop lynchings 17 Jul 2018 - 11:40 am
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Malaysia's Najib to refile lawsuits against top 1MDB investigators 16 Jul 2018 - 09:43 pm
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Tent collapse at Indian PM Modi's rally injures 15 16 Jul 2018 - 03:18 pm
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EU pushes China on trade, saying it could open up if it wanted 16 Jul 2018 - 11:37 am
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, center right, looks over to European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, center left, as they attend the China-EU Business Roundtable held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Monday, July 16, 2018. Ng Han G
Afghan police shoot suspected suicide attacker in capital Kabul 16 Jul 2018 - 10:19 am
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Indonesian villagers kill nearly 300 crocodiles in revenge attack 16 Jul 2018 - 09:54 am
Local residents look at the carcasses of hundreds of crocodiles from a breeding farm after they were killed by angry locals following the death of a man who was killed in a crocodile attack in Sorong regency, West Papua, Indonesia July 14, 2018 in this ph
Pakistanis mourning victims of carnage ahead of elections 15 Jul 2018 - 10:54 pm
Imran Khan (C), chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), holds his palms to pray and expresses condolence to the relatives of deceased Siraj Raisani, provincial assembly candidate of Baluchistan Awami Party (BAP), who was killed in Friday's suicide
Philippines erupts in joy after Pacquiao win 15 Jul 2018 - 11:41 am
Manny Pacquiao (L) and Lucas Matthysse (R) pose during the weigh-in for their WBA welterweight championship fight in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia July 14, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer
Civilian deaths in war-torn Afghanistan hit record high: UN 15 Jul 2018 - 10:21 am
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