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Facebook bars Myanmar's top military chief for hate speech 27 Aug 2018 - 02:23 pm
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Japanese PM Abe seen headed for extended term despite flat ratings 26 Aug 2018 - 12:25 pm
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks to the media as he announces his candidacy for the upcoming ruling Liberal Democratic Party presidential election, during a press conference in front of Mount Sakurajima volcano while on tour to Tarumizu, Kagoshima
Fire kills 19 people at spa hotel in northeastern China 25 Aug 2018 - 06:07 pm
A view of the hotel after a fire left at least 18 people dead in Harbin, China's northeastern Heilongjiang province, on August 25, 2018.  AFP
Didi passenger killed amid China ride-hailing safety concerns 25 Aug 2018 - 12:54 pm
File photo of a man is seen in front of a DiDi sign before a promotional event of its Hitch service for the Spring festival travel rush, in Beijing, China January 24, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
Suicide bomb attack kills two in eastern Afghanistan 25 Aug 2018 - 12:30 pm
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At least 18 dead in China hotel fire 25 Aug 2018 - 10:41 am
The interior of a hot springs hotel which caught fire early in the morning is pictured in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China August 25, 2018. Xie Peihua/CNS via REUTERS
Rohingya crisis a year on: refugees going nowhere as cash crunch looms 24 Aug 2018 - 10:12 pm
Rohingya refugee children are seen inside their makeshift tent in the Kutupalong camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh August 24, 2018. Reuters/Mohammad Ponir Hossain
Canada to host Rohingya genocide remembrance events 24 Aug 2018 - 10:04 pm
Rohingya refugees are seen outside of their makeshift tent in the Kutupalong camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh August 24, 2018. Reuters/Mohammad Ponir Hossain
Trump asks Pompeo to delay visit to North Korea 24 Aug 2018 - 09:39 pm
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and US Secretary of State nominee Mike Pompeo (KCNA & AFP)
India, China agree to expand military ties after defence talks 24 Aug 2018 - 10:33 am
China's Defense Minister Wei Fenghe attends a guard of honour ceremony at the Indian Ministry of Defence, prior to a meeting with Indian Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in New Delhi on August 23, 2018. / AFP / CHANDAN KHANNA
Indonesian man pays $10,000 to ex-wife... in coins 24 Aug 2018 - 10:14 am
Photo: Twitter
Indonesian earthquake death toll reaches 555 24 Aug 2018 - 09:47 am
FILE PHOTO: People walk near a road damaged by earthquake at Kayangan Port in Lombok, Indonesia August 20, 2018. Antara Foto/Ahmad Subaidi
Flood-stricken Kerala infuriated by rejection of $100 mn aid offer 23 Aug 2018 - 05:14 pm
 Indian men carry food and water aid distributed to those stranded by floods in Pandanad in Alappuzha District in the south Indian state of Kerala on August 21, 2018. (AFP / MANJUNATH KIRAN)
Congress leader Gurudas Kamat' funeral today 23 Aug 2018 - 08:03 am
Gurudas Kamat, 63, is survived by wife Maharookh and son Sunil. (Photo courtesy: The Hindu)
Pakistan official: 2 dead, 5 missing after boat sinks in sea 23 Aug 2018 - 08:03 am
Pakistani Muslims offer Eid al-Adha prayers outside a mosque in Quetta on August 22, 2018. AFP / Banaras Khan
Thailand seizes huge $45-mln haul of methamphetamines 23 Aug 2018 - 08:03 am
 Thai police officers unload seized drugs from a vehicle in a police station in Bangkok, Thailand August 22, 2018. Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun
Kerala presses Centre to allow foreign aid 23 Aug 2018 - 07:16 am
A volunteer cleans a house following floods on the outskirts of Kochi in the southern state of Kerala, India August 22, 2018. Reuters/Sivaram V
Senior journalist Kuldip Nayar dead 23 Aug 2018 - 07:16 am
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