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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
Pakistani Taliban confirm deputy killed by drone, appoint new one 12 Feb 2018 - 03:31 pm
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Hong Kong cancels New Year fireworks to mourn bus crash victims 12 Feb 2018 - 02:18 pm
Mourners attend the crash site for a memorial service in hong kong on February 11, 2018, for victims of a bus crash that killed 19 people on February 10. AFP / ISAAC LAWRENCE
Small earthquake rattles China's capital, Beijing 12 Feb 2018 - 01:50 pm
Peninsula
Tonga declares state of emergency as cyclone looms 12 Feb 2018 - 09:50 am
A supplied image shows locals covering windows to office buildings as part of preparations for Cyclone Gita in the tonga capital of Nuku'alofa, February 12, 2018. Taniela Hoponoa/CARE Australia/Handout via REUTERS
Gas spill sparks highway inferno in China 12 Feb 2018 - 08:34 am
Peninsula
Seoul seeks communication, lower military tension ahead of possible N.Korea summit 12 Feb 2018 - 07:16 am
Peninsula
Top Pakistani rights advocate Asma Jahangir dies: family 11 Feb 2018 - 03:24 pm
(FILES) In this photograph taken on October 4, 2014, Pakistani human rights activist and Supreme Court lawyer Asma Jahangir gestures during an interview with AFP in Lahore. AFP / ARIF ALI
Ten killed in attack on Indian army camp in Kashmir 11 Feb 2018 - 01:55 pm
Indian Army soldiers take positions outside the residential quarters on the second day of a militant attack at Sunjwan Army camp in Jammu on February 11, 2018. AFP / Rakesh BAKSHI
Myanmar says soldiers, police facing action over village killings 11 Feb 2018 - 10:38 am
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson (C) meets with Rohingya refugees at a camp in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar district on February 10, 2018. AFP
N.Korea notes 'warm talks' with S.Korea's Moon, no mention of summit invitation 11 Feb 2018 - 09:02 am
South Korean President Moon Jae-in shakes hands with Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, in Seoul, South Korea in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) February 10, 2018. KCNA/via REUTERS
Police shoot man during sword attack on Indonesian church 11 Feb 2018 - 08:30 am
File photo of Indonesian Police.
UN rights chief calls on PNG to safeguard Australia camp refugees 11 Feb 2018 - 08:11 am
File photo of refugee advocates holding placards as they participate in a protest in central Sydney, against the treatment of asylum-seekers in detention centres located in Nauru and on Manus Island, Australia, October 15, 2017. Reuters/David Gray
Hundreds gather at Bangkok's Democracy Monument to demand election 10 Feb 2018 - 05:23 pm
:Pro-democracy activists shout their demands during protest against junta near Democracy Monument in Bangkok, Thailand February 10, 2018. (REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun)