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Indian investigators arrest three over bank fraud 17 Feb 2018 - 12:05 pm
File photo of Indian men walking past signage for the state-owned Punjab National Bank (PNB) in Mumbai on February 14, 2018. / AFP / INDRANIL MUKHERJEE
Maldives seeks foreign help to investigate arrested judges' wealth -envoy 17 Feb 2018 - 10:28 am
File picture of the Maldives capital, Male.
India federal police arrest three people in PNB fraud case - source 17 Feb 2018 - 09:53 am
People wait in a queue outside a Punjab National Bank ATM in New Delhi, India, February 16, 2018. REUTERS/Saumya Khandelwal
'I fear for my life': Philippine lawyer behind Duterte probe 17 Feb 2018 - 09:16 am
This photo taken on February 16, 2018 shows lawyer Jude Sabio gesturing as he shows the communication he submitted to the International Criminal Court against Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, during an interview in Manila. AFP / NOEL CELIS
Japan, short of workers, eyes hiking optional pension age beyond 70 17 Feb 2018 - 07:54 am
File photo of a Japanese flag fluttering atop the Bank of Japan building in Tokyo May 22, 2015. REUTERS/Toru Hanai
Australian PM to ban affairs between ministers and staff 15 Feb 2018 - 09:32 am
(FILES) This file photo taken on July Australia's Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce (L) looking at Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (R) during a press conference in Sydney. AFP / William West
Duterte offers kill bounty for rebels to save on war costs 15 Feb 2018 - 08:55 am
File photo of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte delivering his speech to overseas Filipina workers (OFW) that arrived in Manila from Kuwait are at the Manila International Airport on February 13, 2018.  / AFP / NOEL CELIS
Cleric behind bombing in Indonesian capital goes on trial 15 Feb 2018 - 08:40 am
Policemen guard Islamic cleric Aman Abdurrahman during his walk to the courtroom for his trial in Jakarta, Indonesia February 15, 2018. REUTERS/Beawiharta
Boarding now for a flight from Tokyo to Paris that never takes off 15 Feb 2018 - 08:07 am
Guests wearing virtual reality (VR) goggles are seen at the
Pakistan starts seizing charities linked to US-wanted cleric 14 Feb 2018 - 03:09 pm
Hafiz Saeed
Philippines storm death roll rises to nine 14 Feb 2018 - 12:45 pm
A resident carries belongings over a bridge damaged by flooding following heavy rains brought by tropical Storm Sanba in the town of Jaboanga in Agusan del Norte province on the southern island of Mindanao on February 13, 2018.  AFP / Erwin MASCARINAS
Chinese woman follows handbag into X-ray scanner 14 Feb 2018 - 12:02 pm
A screen grab from a video showing the woman's silhouette as she passed through the X-ray machine.
Gunmen kill four paramilitary police in Pakistan's Quetta 14 Feb 2018 - 10:58 am
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App delivery boom shakes up China food sector 14 Feb 2018 - 10:37 am
File photo of deliverymen waiting on the roadside for orders of food to deliver in Shanghai, December 15, 2017.  AFP / CHANDAN KHANNA
US tables motion to put Pakistan on global terrorist-financing watchlist 13 Feb 2018 - 08:13 pm
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson walks with Pakistani Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif as he arrives at the Prime Ministers residence in Islamabad on October 24, 2017. 
(AFP / Alex Brandon)
Indonesian court begins trial of Australian man in drug case 12 Feb 2018 - 04:56 pm
Peninsula
Head held high, Kim's sister returns to North Korea 12 Feb 2018 - 04:05 pm
This photo taken on February 11, 2018 by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) shows South Korea's President Moon Jae-in (3rd R), North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister Kim Yo Jong (3rd L) and North Korea's ceremonial head of state Ki
UN to take part in Rohingya repatriation: Bangladesh 12 Feb 2018 - 03:43 pm
Rohingya Muslim refugees in Jalpatoli refugee camp, in the no-man's land area between Myanmar and Bangladesh, watch as Myanmar soldiers patrol on the other side of the border, near Gumdhum village in Ukhia. AFP / DOMINIQUE FAGET / XGTY