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India, with eye on China ties, bans Tibetans rally in New Delhi 08 Mar 2018 - 09:34 am
FILE PHOTO: Tibetan activists detained by police in New Delhi, India, March 10, 2017. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton/File photo
Curfew in Sri Lankan tourist town of Kandy to be temporarily lifted 08 Mar 2018 - 07:56 am
Sri Lankan police commandos patrol on the streets of Pallekele, a suburb of Kandy, on March 6, 2018, following anti-Muslim riots that has prompted the government to declare a state of emergency. AFP
Buddhist mobs target Sri Lanka's Muslims despite state of emergency 07 Mar 2018 - 10:36 am
Sri Lanka's Special Task Force and Police officers stand guard near a burnt house after a clash between two communities in Digana, central district of Kandy, Sri Lanka March 6, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer
Japanese volcano erupts, dozens of flights grounded 06 Mar 2018 - 02:53 pm
An aerial view shows Shinmoedake peak erupting between Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures, southwestern Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo March 6, 2018. Kyodo/via Reuters
India's endangered lion population increases to 600 06 Mar 2018 - 01:59 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on May 23, 2016, an Asiatic Lion 'Ambar' strolls in the open enclosure at the Kamla Nehru Zoological Garden in Ahmedabad. AFP / Sam Panthaky
Japan's navy appoints first woman to command warship squadron 06 Mar 2018 - 12:30 pm
Newly-appointed Commander of First Escort Division of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Ryoko Azuma (2nd L), who is the first female commander of a navy destroyer squadron in Japan, salutes to soldiers on JMSDF's helicopter carrier Izumo at a port
Sri Lanka declares state of emergency after Buddhist-Muslim clash 06 Mar 2018 - 11:43 am
File picture used for representation. Reuters
Smell of coffee permeates streets of tea-obsessed Kabul 06 Mar 2018 - 09:56 am
File photo of Najibullah Sharyari waiting for customers at his coffee cart in Kabul, January 8, 2018. / AFP / SHAH MARAI /
Afghan official: Sticky bomb kills 2 in eastern province 06 Mar 2018 - 09:50 am
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'Ethnic cleansing' of Myanmar's Rohingya continues: UN 06 Mar 2018 - 09:07 am
A Myanmar security personnel keeps watch along the Myanmar-Bangladesh border as Rohingya refugee sit outside their makeshifts shelters near Tombru, in the Bangladeshi district of Bandarban on March 1, 2018. AFP / MUNIR UZ ZAMAN
N.Korea leader wants to advance Korea ties, makes agreement with South -KCNA 06 Mar 2018 - 08:00 am
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shakes hands with Chung Eui-yong who is leading a special delegation of South Korea's President, in this photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on March 6, 2018. KCNA/via Reuters
Sri Lanka imposes curfew in Kandy after anti-Muslim riots 05 Mar 2018 - 07:51 pm
Mobs set fire to Muslim-owned businesses and attacked a mosque in the east of the country last week after a Muslim chef was accused of adding contraceptives to food sold to Sinhalese. (Reuters file photo)
Malaysia's Najib pushes to outlaw "fake news" before election 05 Mar 2018 - 02:18 pm
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US aircraft carrier arrives in Vietnam on landmark visit 05 Mar 2018 - 11:02 am
A Vietnamese soldier keeps watch in front of US aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson after its arrival at a port in Danang, Vietnam March 5, 2018. Reuters/Kham
Magnitude 6.0 aftershock rattles quake-hit PNG highlands as toll rises 05 Mar 2018 - 10:34 am
The ExxonMobil Hides Gas Conditioning Plant process area is seen in Papua New Guinea in this handout photo dated March 1, 2018. ExxonMobil/Handout via REUTERS
Fears of rising PNG death toll after region's 'worst quake in century' 04 Mar 2018 - 12:03 pm
File photo shows damage to a road near Mendi in Papua New Guinea's highlands region after a 7.5-magnitude earthquake, February 27, 2018. / AFP / Melvin LEVONGO
China defends planned scrapping of presidential term limits 04 Mar 2018 - 11:57 am
Zhang Yesui, the spokesperson of China's National People's Congress, waves during a press conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 4, 2018. AFP / Nicolas Asfouri
Hindu woman elected to Pakistan's senate in historic first 04 Mar 2018 - 09:08 am
Krishna Kumari (L) a member of the Pakistan People's Party, has been elected for the senate. Image source: Pakistan People's Party twitter handle.

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