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Indonesia sends military to help fight health crisis in Papua 17 Jan 2018 - 10:04 am
File picture of Indonesia army soldiers walking near a Hercules C-130 in Pangkalan Bun district, December 31, 2014. Indonesia has suspended military cooperation with Australia after offensive training materials were found at an Australian army centre. Reu
Thai court drops royal insult case over ancient king 17 Jan 2018 - 09:23 am
Sulak Sivaraksa leaves a court hearing in Bangkok, Thailand January 17, 2018. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
Myanmar police shoot dead seven protesters in troubled Rakhine 17 Jan 2018 - 08:50 am
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UN rapporteur on Myanmar to meet refugees in Bangladesh 16 Jan 2018 - 11:05 pm
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee addresses a news conference after her report to the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, March 13, 2017. Reuters/Denis Balibouse
Nobel peace laureate group urges Japan to join nuclear arms ban treaty 16 Jan 2018 - 07:21 pm
Beatrice Fihn, executive director of Nobel Peace Prize-winning International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), attends a news conference in Tokyo, Japan January 16, 2018. Reuters/Kim Kyung-Hoon
Indonesian teen jailed for insulting president on Facebook 16 Jan 2018 - 04:06 pm
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N. Korea calls Trump nuclear button boast the 'bark of a rabid dog' 16 Jan 2018 - 12:25 pm
File photo of North Korea flag. Reuters
Dozens of toddlers die from malnutrition, measles in Papua 16 Jan 2018 - 11:03 am
File photo of a group of Papuan children at their village home in Asmat, in a regency in Indonesia's easternmost province Papua, October 11, 2016. / AFP / Yamin MUHAMMAD
Fire rips through 17th century heritage building in Indonesia 16 Jan 2018 - 10:24 am
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Qantas changes website to recognise Chinese territories 16 Jan 2018 - 10:10 am
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Pakistan clerics issue fatwa against "un-Islamic" suicide bombings 16 Jan 2018 - 09:54 am
A soldier stands at the scene off a blast targeting a police truck in Quetta, Pakistan January 9, 2018. REUTERS/ Naseer Ahmed
Xi tells Trump 'positive changes' in North Korea 16 Jan 2018 - 09:44 am
FILE PHOTO: US President Donald Trump welcomes Chinese President Xi Jinping at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., April 6, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
Rohingya deal aims to return refugees 'within two years' 16 Jan 2018 - 09:38 am
Rohingya refugees line up for daily essentials distribution at Balukhali camp, near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh January 15, 2018. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
Philippines' Duterte had 'nothing to do' with news site's license -spokesman 16 Jan 2018 - 09:27 am
This photo illustration shows a woman reading the website of online news portal Rappler in Manila on January 15, 2018. AFP / TED ALJIBE
Philippines shuts more schools as volcano spews ash and lava 16 Jan 2018 - 08:53 am
Clouds partially cover Mayon volcano's crater as it spews a column of ash during another mild eruption in Legazpi City, Albay province, south of Manila, Philippines January 16, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer
South Korean charged with murder of wife, son at Hong Kong Ritz-Carlton 16 Jan 2018 - 08:25 am
A South Korean man, covered with a mask, on suspicion of murdering his wife and seven-year-old son at a Ritz-Carlton hotel, sits inside a police wan as he is taken to a court in Hong Kong January 16, 2018. REUTERS/Bobby Yip
India reports highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu in Karnataka: OIE 15 Jan 2018 - 06:57 pm
REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE: Workers from the Animal Protection Ministry cull chicks to contain an outbreak of bird flu at a farm in Ivory Coast, August 14, 2015 (Reuters / Luc Gnago)
Sri Lanka destroys $108 million haul of cocaine 15 Jan 2018 - 05:26 pm
Police officers carry a haul of seized cocaine sack to be destroyed under judicial supervision in Katunayake, Sri Lanka January 15, 2018. Reuters/Dinuka Liyanawatte