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Taiwan leader says island secure ahead of China drills 17 Apr 2018 - 09:31 am
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen and Minister of National Defense Yen Teh-fa attend a drill near Yilan naval base, Taiwan April 13, 2018. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
Hunger strike at Japan immigration detention centre after suicide 17 Apr 2018 - 09:26 am
File photot of guards at the East Japan Immigration Center standing inside a processing room at the center in Ushiku, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, March 19, 2015. REUTERS/Yuya Shino/File Photo
Trump, Japan's Abe seek consensus on North Korea amid strains 17 Apr 2018 - 08:02 am
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife Akie depart for the US from Tokyo's Haneda airport on April 17, 2018. AFP / Kazuhiro Nogi
Eight go on trial in India for rape, murder of Kashmir girl 16 Apr 2018 - 09:29 am
A child attends a protest against the rape of an eight-year-old girl, in Kathua, near Jammu and a teenager in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh state, in New Delhi, India April 15, 2018. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton
Tokyo fears Trump could link security with trade at summit with Abe 16 Apr 2018 - 08:42 am
(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 5, 2017, US President Donald Trump (L) gestures as he speaks with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe upon his arrival for a luncheon at the Kasumigaseki Country Club Golf Course in Kawagoe, Saitama, outside Toky
Congress declares 218 candidates in Karnataka 15 Apr 2018 - 07:22 pm
A woman talks on a mobile phone as she walks past the closed research facility of Semler Research Centre in Bengaluru, October 13, 2016. Reuters/Abhishek N Chinnappa
Power outage hits Kabul after militants attack pylon 15 Apr 2018 - 01:33 pm
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Japan foreign min says Beijing, Tokyo should co-operate more to denuclearise N. Korea 15 Apr 2018 - 12:56 pm
Japan's Foreign Minister Taro Kono (R) and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi (L) arrive for their meeting in Tokyo on April 15, 2018. / AFP / POOL / Behrouz MEHRI
Air China flight diverted by pen threat 15 Apr 2018 - 12:23 pm
Flights of Air China are parked on the tarmac of Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, China, March 28, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
Arrest in India rape case as outrage mounts over assaults 15 Apr 2018 - 11:36 am
File photo of Indian Congress workers participate in a candle light procession as they shout slogans against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a protest against rape incidents, in Allahabad, April 13, 2018. / AFP / SANJAY KANOJIA
Scepticism as Myanmar announces repatriation of first Rohingya family 15 Apr 2018 - 09:56 am
This handout photograph released by Myanmar News Agency on April 15, 2018 and taken April 14, 2018, Myanmar immigration official hands over identification document to an unidentified Rohingya woman belonging to the five member Rohingya family at Taungpyol
Afghans register to vote in long-delayed elections amid violence 15 Apr 2018 - 09:03 am
This photo taken on April 14, 2018 shows an Afghan employee of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) registering a resident at a voter registration center for the upcoming parliamentary and district council elections in Kabul. AFP / HOSHANG HASHIMI
Commonwealth Games gold medallist Poonam Yadav attacked in Varanasi 14 Apr 2018 - 11:03 pm
Poonam Yadav won the gold medal in women’s 69kg weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. (Reuters)
Kathua rape-murder: Resignation of Kashmir ministers accepted 14 Apr 2018 - 10:45 pm
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti (Reuters file photo)
Unrest in Jammu Kashmir over rape, murder of minor girl 14 Apr 2018 - 09:31 pm
People hold candles and placards during a vigil, organised by the members of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association, to show solidarity with the victim and demand a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the rape and murder of an eight
Massive Japan manhunt for 'model' convict who fled open jail 14 Apr 2018 - 08:47 pm
Tatsuma Hirao, 27, who was serving time for multiple thefts, had been working at a shipbuilding yard at the Matsuyama prison in the southwestern city of Imabari.
Indonesian wannabe cop arrested over police academy forgery 14 Apr 2018 - 08:34 pm
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Officials: 4 kids, 2 police killed in Afghan attacks 14 Apr 2018 - 02:31 pm
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