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China plans first lab on ocean oil spill cleaning: Media 29 Jan 2018 - 02:10 pm
China’s offshore supply ship De Shen working at an oil spill area during a clean-up operation at sea off the coast of eastern China. Transport Ministry Of China
Hong Kong democracy candidate cleared to run in fraught vote 29 Jan 2018 - 02:05 pm
(FILES) General view of the skylines of the Kowloon district (back) and Hong Kong Island (foreground) from Victoria Peak.  AFP / Anthony WALLACE
UN says 100,000 Rohingya in grave danger from monsoon rains 29 Jan 2018 - 12:44 pm
File photo of Rohingya refugees walk along the Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, January 21, 2018. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain/File Photo
Myanmar advisory panel chief says it cannot interfere in court case against reporters 29 Jan 2018 - 11:55 am
Surakiart Sathirathai (R), a former Thai foreign minister and chairman of the international advisory board on the crisis in Rakhine state, visits one of the camps set up by Myanmar's Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Minister for the repatriation of
Kabul on edge as IS gunmen launch fresh attack on military compound 29 Jan 2018 - 11:38 am
Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers inspect at the site of an attack at the Marshal Fahim military academy in kabul, Afghanistan January 29, 2018. Reuters/Omar Sobhani
Indian man killed after being sucked into MRI machine 29 Jan 2018 - 11:00 am
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Sri Lanka still using draconian anti-terror laws: HRW 29 Jan 2018 - 10:00 am
File photo of an air force officer holding Sri Lanka's national flag as the sun sets at Galle Face Green in Colombo February 2, 2013. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte
Philippines to phase out its beloved cheap but rickety jeepneys 29 Jan 2018 - 09:43 am
A file photo of a row of jeepneys are seen plying a road in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines January 20, 2018. REUTERS/Dondi Tawatao
Islamic state claims responsibility for attack in Kabul- Amaq 29 Jan 2018 - 08:18 am
Afghan national army soldiers arrive near the Marshal Fahim military academy after a series of explosions in Kabul, Afghanistan January 29, 2018. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail
Gunmen attack Kabul military academy, multiple casualties 29 Jan 2018 - 08:09 am
Afghan security forces stand near the Marshal Fahim military academy after a series of explosions in Kabul, Afghanistan January 29, 2018. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail
Thai activist flees royal insult charge for posting BBC article 28 Jan 2018 - 07:24 pm
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Kabul on high alert after ambulance bomb toll tops 100 28 Jan 2018 - 02:42 pm
Afghan policemen inspect the site of a bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, January 28, 2018. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
Seven survivors found week after Kiribati ferry went missing 28 Jan 2018 - 01:51 pm
A handout photo supplied by the New Zealand Defence Force shows aid supplies being dropped to survivors from a ferry that sunk in the sea near the South Pacific nation of Kiribati, January 27, 2018. Picture taken January 27, 2018. New Zealand Defence Forc
Rescuers save French climber trapped on Pakistan's 'killer mountain' 28 Jan 2018 - 09:09 am
File photo of Polish climber Tomasz Mackiewicz during his trip on Nanga Parbat mountain in pakistan January 2014. Forum/Michal Obrycki via REUTERS
Afghan capital in shock after deadly ambulance bomb attack 28 Jan 2018 - 08:24 am
An Afghan shopkeeper sweeps glass from broken windows near the site of a bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, January 28, 2018. Reuters/Omar Sobhani
Afghan blast casualty toll rises to 95 dead, 158 wounded: Official 27 Jan 2018 - 07:24 pm
Afghan police officers keep watch while a man drives his damaged car at the site of a car bomb attack in kabul, Afghanistan January 27, 2018. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
Ambulance bomb kills 63, wounds 151 in Kabul: Officials 27 Jan 2018 - 03:42 pm
Afghan medical staff treat a wounded women, after a car bomb exploded near the old Interior Ministry building, at Jamhuriat Hospital in Kabul on January 27, 2018. (AFP / WAKIL KOHSAR)
Scores killed, wounded in ambulance blast in Afghan capital Kabul 27 Jan 2018 - 03:06 pm
Afghan volunteers and policemen carry injured men on an ambulance at the scene of a car bomb exploded in front of the old Ministry of Interior building in Kabul on January 27, 2018.   AFP / WAKIL KOHSAR