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Car rams into pedestrians in Melbourne; 19 injured 21 Dec 2017 - 03:13 pm
Australian police stand near a crashed vehicle after they arrested the driver of a vehicle that had ploughed into pedestrians at a crowded intersection near the Flinders Street train station in central Melbourne, Australia December 21, 2017. REUTERS/Luis
Sixteen dead in sauna blaze in S. Korea: fire service 21 Dec 2017 - 03:05 pm
Smoke rises from a burning building in Jecheon, South Korea, December 21, 2017. Yonhap via REUTERS.
N. Korea denies role in WannaCry ransomware attack 21 Dec 2017 - 11:55 am
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Philippines probes deaths after dengue vaccine suspended 21 Dec 2017 - 11:46 am
A nurse showing vials of the anti-dengue vaccine Dengvaxia, developed by French medical giant Sanofi, during a vaccination programme at an elementary school in suburban Manila. / AFP.
13 hurt as car deliberately hits crowd in Melbourne: police 21 Dec 2017 - 11:41 am
A white SUV (L) sits in the middle of the road as police and emergency personnel work at the scene of where a car ran over pedestrians in Flinders Street in Melbourne on December 21, 2017. / AFP.
Philippine ferry capsizes with 251 aboard 21 Dec 2017 - 11:16 am
File Photo.
Dozen hurt as car hits crowd in Melbourne 21 Dec 2017 - 10:16 am
Flinders St station is blocked by the police following the car incident in Melbourne, Australia, December 21, 2017 in this picture obtained from social media. Mohamed Khairat/via REUTERS
Thai zoo under fire after poked tiger video goes viral 21 Dec 2017 - 10:06 am
A video grab from the facebook post.
India's special court acquits all accused in 2G telecoms case 21 Dec 2017 - 08:38 am
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Myanmar bans UN rights envoy from country 20 Dec 2017 - 02:50 pm
Rohingya refugees travel on an open-back truck on Teknaf-Cox's Bazar highway near Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhiya, Bangladesh, on September 3, 2017. Photo by Jasmin Rumi/AFP.
At least 5 killed, 7 injured in security forces operations in Eastern Afghanistan 20 Dec 2017 - 02:04 pm
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Delhi rolls out 'anti-smog' mist cannon in trial run 20 Dec 2017 - 12:17 pm
A view of an anti-smog gun trial in New Delhi on December 20, 2017. / AFP
S. Korea seeks US military drill delay for Olympics 20 Dec 2017 - 10:54 am
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Duterte orders Christmas truce with communist 'terrorists' 20 Dec 2017 - 09:36 am
A file photo of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte.
Hong Kong's underused military land a potential goldmine - but a minefield for government 20 Dec 2017 - 09:05 am
A file photo of People's Liberation Army Navy soldiers take part in a parade with a banner
Ten bodies found in Myanmar mass grave: Army 20 Dec 2017 - 08:37 am
Afile photo of a Hindu villager reacts while identifying the bodies of relatives found by government forces, that authorities suspected were killed by insurgents last month, in a mass grave near Maungdaw in the north of Myanmar's Rakhine state, September
India metro train crashes into station on trial run 19 Dec 2017 - 05:07 pm
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Rohingya refugees to start returning from January: officials 19 Dec 2017 - 04:40 pm
Rohingya refugees make their way at the Kutupalong refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh December 19, 2017. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis