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World / Asia

Japan to beef up missile defence system against N. Korea 19 Dec 2017 - 09:50 am
A truck-mounted anti-ship missile at Japan Ground Self-Defense Force in Hokkaido, Japan on Sept. 8, 2017. Kazuhiro Nogi / AFP.
K-pop star bemoans loneliness in suicide note 19 Dec 2017 - 09:31 am
The portrait of Kim Jong-Hyun, a 27-year-old lead singer of the massively popular K-pop boyband SHINee, is seen on a mourning altar at a hospital in Seoul on December 19, 2017.  / AFP / pool / CHOI Hyuk
Myanmar army investigating mass grave in Rakhine 19 Dec 2017 - 08:58 am
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Modi steers party to state election wins; majority dips in Gujarat 18 Dec 2017 - 06:43 pm
Indian Prime Minister and head of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Narendra Modi (R) and party president Amit Shah talk at the start of a speech at the party headquarters in New Delhi on December 18, 2017. (AFP / SAJJAD HUSSAIN)
Militant attack ongoing at Kabul intelligence training centre: ministry 18 Dec 2017 - 11:40 am
Afghan security forces arrive at the side of an ongoing attack in Kabul on December 18, 2017. Militants stormed an intelligence agency training facility in Kabul on December 18, officials said, triggering intense fighting with police in the latest attack
Gunmen seize building in Afghan capital, firing on security forces 18 Dec 2017 - 10:59 am
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Islamic State claims pre-Christmas suicide bombing of Pakistan church, eight dead 17 Dec 2017 - 05:05 pm
Pakistani security personnel rescue an injured woman after suicide bombers attacked a Methodist Church during a Sunday service in Quetta on December 17 2017.  AFP / BANARAS KHAN
26 dead in landslides after Philippine storm 17 Dec 2017 - 03:11 pm
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Gunmen attack Christian church in Pakistan, at least one dead 17 Dec 2017 - 11:35 am
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Rahul Gandhi: 'inevitable' heir to India's Congress dynasty 16 Dec 2017 - 05:53 pm
Rahul Gandhi, newly elected president of India's main opposition Congress party, addresses his supporters after taking charge as the president during a ceremony at the party's headquarters in New Delhi, India, December 16, 2017. (REUTERS/Altaf Hussain)
Three dead, 77,000 flee as storm pounds Philippines 16 Dec 2017 - 04:58 pm
Villagers wade through a flooded street in Brgy Calingatngan, in Borongan, on easterm Samar in central Philippines on December 16, 2017. (AFP / ALREN BERONIO)
China, UK vow to continue, strengthen economic, financial cooperation 16 Dec 2017 - 12:53 pm
Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond and Chinese Vice Premier Ma Kai attend the UK-China Economic Financial Dialogue at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China December 16, 2017. REUTERS/Fred Dufour/Pool.
Sonia Gandhi: Power behind Congress throne 16 Dec 2017 - 10:51 am
Newly elected President of the Indian National Congress party Rahul Gandhi (C) gestures next her mother and former party President Sonia Gandhi during a ceremony at congress headquarters in New Delhi on December 16, 2017. / AFP.
Detained asylum-seekers win right to sue PNG government for compensation 16 Dec 2017 - 09:27 am
A file photo of Asylum-seekers looking through a fence at the Manus Island detention centre in Papua New Guinea. Reuters
Toll rises to two dead after Indonesia quake 16 Dec 2017 - 09:21 am
A man cleans up the wreckage of a house damaged by an earthquake in Sumelap Village, Tasikmalaya City, West Java, Indonesia December 16, 2017 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. / Reuters.
India's Rahul Gandhi takes over as president of Congress party 16 Dec 2017 - 09:13 am
Indian Congress Party President-elect Rahul Gandhi arrives to pay homage during a remembrance ceremony for the 2001 attack on Parliament at Parliament House in New Delhi on December 13, 2017./ AFP.
Thailand cuts back N. Korean trade to nearly 'none': goverment 14 Dec 2017 - 01:02 pm
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Don't sleepwalk into war over N. Korea, warns UN boss 14 Dec 2017 - 12:35 pm
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres attends a joint news conference with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Abe's official residence in Tokyo on December 14, 2017. / AFP / POOL / TORU HANAI.