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Philippines braces for most powerful typhoon this year 12 Sep 2018 - 02:55 pm
Workers roll advertising billboards along main road EDSA in preparation for the coming of Super Typhoon Mangkhut before it hits the main island of Luzon, in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, September 12, 2018. REUTERS/Erik De Castro
Defiant Australian paper reprints 'racist' Serena cartoon 12 Sep 2018 - 11:14 am
A newspaper stand displays the Herald Sun newspaper, featuring a controversial cartoon of Serena Williams, in Melbourne September 12, 2018. Reuters/Melanie Burton
Airline removes nuts after Sri Lanka president's rage 12 Sep 2018 - 10:11 am
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Pakistan's jailed former PM released on parole for wife's funeral 12 Sep 2018 - 08:33 am
FILE PHOTO: Nawaz Sharif (R), former Prime Minister and leader of Pakistan Muslim League, gestures to supporters as his daughter Maryam Nawaz looks on during party's workers convention in Islamabad, Pakistan June 4, 2018. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood/File Photo
Death toll in Tuesday suicide attack soars to 68: Afghan officials 12 Sep 2018 - 08:24 am
People are seen at site after a suicide blast ripped through a crowd of protesters in Nanganhar province of Afghanistan on September 11, 2018. ( Zabihullah Ghazi - Anadolu Agency )
Wife of Pakistan's jailed ex-PM Nawaz Sharif dies in London 11 Sep 2018 - 03:10 pm
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UN says Myanmar waging 'campaign against journalists' 11 Sep 2018 - 02:55 pm
Members of the Union of Journalists of the state of Sao Paulo pose together in the union's headquarter to show solidarity for Reuters journalists Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, who are imprisoned in Myanmar, in Sao Paulo, Brazil September 10, 2018. REU
Japan culls 546 hogs after detecting first swine fever outbreak in 26 years 11 Sep 2018 - 11:42 am
File photo of workers in protective suits are seen by a truck at a plant of pork processor Henan Shuanghui Investment & Development, a subsidiary of WH Group, following a discovery of pigs infected by the African swine fever (ASF), in Zhengzhou, Henan Aug
Student killed in twin bomb attack near Afghan girls' school: officials 11 Sep 2018 - 10:45 am
An Afghan wounded boy receives treatment at a hospital following multiple explosions in Jalalabad on September 11, 2018.  / AFP / NOORULLAH SHIRZADA
Russia launches biggest ever war games 11 Sep 2018 - 10:31 am
Chinese President Xi Jinping looks on during a welcoming ceremony upon his arrival to attend the Eastern Economic Forum, at Vladivostok International Airport outside Vladivostok, Russia September 11, 2018. Vladimir Smirnov/TASS Host Photo Agency/Pool via
China suspends carpool services following murders 11 Sep 2018 - 09:25 am
This file picture taken on September 4, 2018 shows a logo of Didi Chuxing in Hangzhou in China's eastern Zhejiang province. China OUT / AFP / STR
Behind the wire in Australia's 'Pacific Gulag' 11 Sep 2018 - 08:47 am
This photograph taken on September 2, 2018 shows a general view of refugee Camp Four on the Pacific island of Nauru. / AFP / Mike LEYRAL
Australian cartoonist under fire for Serena sketch 11 Sep 2018 - 08:19 am
The cartoon shared by Mark Knight on his twitter account.
Hokkaido power station restart to take longer than expected-minister 11 Sep 2018 - 07:57 am
Self defence forces search for missing people in the devastated city of Atsuma on September 9, 2018 after a 6.6-magnitude earthquake hit the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido on September 6. Japan OUT / AFP / JIJI PRESS / Jiji Press
Japan's Abe says talks with Putin moving towards peace treaty 11 Sep 2018 - 12:17 am
Representative Director and Chairman of the Board at Mazda Motor Corporation Masamichi Kogai (3rd L), Russia's President Vladimir Putin (4th L), Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (3rd R), Sollers Director General Vadim Shvetsov (2nd R) and workers pose fo
North Korea's Kim asks Trump for another meeting in new letter 10 Sep 2018 - 10:10 pm
US President Donald Trump meets North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore, June 12, 2018. (Kevin Lim / The Straits Times via Reuters)
Taliban kill dozens in attacks across north Afghanistan: officials 10 Sep 2018 - 04:00 pm
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New Australian PM survives first test but discontent grows 10 Sep 2018 - 09:45 am
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, September 10, 2018. AAP/Lukas Coch/via REUTERS