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World / Asia

2 killed during land mine clearance training in Cambodia 15 Mar 2018 - 03:49 pm
Peninsula
Afghan hostage shoots Taliban captors, killing seven 15 Mar 2018 - 12:48 pm
FILE PHOTO: A member of the Afghan security force keeps watch at the site of a suicide bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan March 2, 2018. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani/File Photo
Nepal plane crash survivors say it's a miracle they're alive 14 Mar 2018 - 01:54 pm
An airplane takes off at the international airport in Kathmandu on March 13, 2018, near the wreckage of a US-Bangla Airlines plane that crashed on March 12. AFP / PRAKASH MATHEMA
Vietnamese recruited 2 months before Kim Jong Nam's murder 14 Mar 2018 - 01:41 pm
Kim Jong Nam
Philippines' Duterte moves to quit International Criminal Court 14 Mar 2018 - 10:47 am
(FILES) A file photo taken and released by Presidential Photographers Division (PPD) on March 1, 2018, shows President Rodrigo Duterte firing a few rounds with a sniper rifle during the opening ceremony of the National Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) C
UN official says violence and torture continues on Rohingya 13 Mar 2018 - 08:26 pm
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee (R) gives her report next to the President of the Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar Marzuki Darusman, during the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, M
Nepal probes deadly air crash after runway confusion 13 Mar 2018 - 05:18 pm
Nepali people take part in a candlelight vigil in honour of the plane crash victims in Kathmandu on March 13, 2018, a day after the deadly crash of a US-Bangla Airlines plane at the international airport. AFP / PRAKASH MATHEMA
Nepal's first female president wins second term 13 Mar 2018 - 03:43 pm
Nepali parliamentarians wait to cast their votes to elect Nepal's President in Kathmandu on March 13, 2018.  AFP
Nepal plane crash came after confused pilot-airport chatter 13 Mar 2018 - 02:37 pm
Family members of a plane crash victim hold pictures of their loved ones outside a morgue at the Teaching Hospital in Kathmandu on March 13, 2018, a day after the deadly crash of a US-Bangla Airlines plane at the international airport. AFP / Prakash Mathe
Malaysian among militants who can succeed IS regional chief 13 Mar 2018 - 01:44 pm
Peninsula
U.S. detecting some Taliban interest in Afghan peace talks - Mattis 13 Mar 2018 - 01:33 pm
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis (C) walks with US General John Nicholson (centre R) at the Resolute Support Mission headquarters on an unannounced visit to Kabul on March 13, 2018.AFP / Thomas Watkins
Malaysia's Mahathir says he can win a fair election but expects it to be "terribly dirty" 13 Mar 2018 - 01:31 pm
This picture taken on March 8, 2018 shows former Malaysian prime minister and opposition prime ministerial candidate Mahathir Mohamad gesturing during his speech after launching the four-party coalition Pact of Hope (Pakatan Harapan) election manifesto in
US-Bangla Airlines plane crash in Nepal: Exact number of dead and injured remains unclear 12 Mar 2018 - 09:28 pm
Sanam Shakya, 33, a survivor from the US-Bangla plane crash speaks with his father as his mother sits next to him while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal March 12, 2018. Reuters/Navesh Chitrakar
Bangla Airlines CEO blames Kathmandu air traffic control for wrong signals that caused Nepal crash 12 Mar 2018 - 07:28 pm
Basanta Bohara, 27, a survivor from the US-Bangla plane crash lies on a hospital bed while undergoing treatment in Kathmandu, Nepal March 12, 2018. Reuters/Navesh Chitrakar
Indian farmers call off protest after Maharashtra government bows to demands 12 Mar 2018 - 07:01 pm
Farmers march along a road early morning in Mumbai on March 12, 2018.  Thousands protested in Mumbai after walking more than a hundred kilometres to demand better crop prices and land rights. The farmers, wearing red caps and carrying red flags, arrived i
Women farmers join 'long march' to Mumbai to demand land, forest rights 12 Mar 2018 - 06:50 pm
A farmer covers his face with a bandana with an image of Che Guevara as he sleeps before a rally organised by All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) in Mumbai, India March 12, 2018. Reuters/Danish Siddiqui
Nepal plane crash kills at least 50 - army spokesman 12 Mar 2018 - 02:50 pm
Nepali rescue workers gather around the debris of an airplane that crashed near the international airport in Kathmandu on March 12, 2018. AFP / Prakash Mathema
Afghan forces retake district offices from Taliban; 8 killed 12 Mar 2018 - 02:37 pm
File photo of Afghan security officials standing guard at the explosion site in Kabul, Afghanistan on March 9, 2018. (Haroon Sabawoon - Anadolu Agency)