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Maldives' top judge arrested as state of emergency declared 06 Feb 2018 - 12:30 pm
(FILES) This file photo taken on September 9, 2013 shows an aerial view of the island of Male, capital of the Maldives. AFP / Roberto SCHMIDT
Senior Chinese shipping executive shot dead in Pakistan 06 Feb 2018 - 11:42 am
Pakistani paramedics push a stretcher carrying an injured Chinese national to an hospital after an attack by gunmen in Karachi on February 5, 2018. / AFP / ASIF HASSAN
China says Swedish citizen and HK bookseller under 'coercive measures' 06 Feb 2018 - 11:15 am
Peninsula
To baldly grow: Japan scientists regrow hair at record rate 06 Feb 2018 - 10:37 am
File photo of a vendor, helps put on a wig on a customer at a wig shop near the central train station in Shanghai, China January 18, 2017. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo
Philippines' Duterte reneges on China deal, bans foreign research ships 06 Feb 2018 - 10:14 am
File photo of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, wearing a military uniform, reviews scout ranger troops upon his arrival during the 67th founding anniversary of the First Scout Ranger regiment in San Miguel town, Bulacan province, north of Manila, Phi
Heavy snow in Japan traps 1,000 cars 06 Feb 2018 - 10:03 am
File photo of roofs of houses covered with snow in Tokyo on February 2, 2018. / AFP / Kazuhiro NOGI
Maldives' ex-president Nasheed urges India to intervene to resolve crisis 06 Feb 2018 - 09:54 am
File photo of former President of the Maldives Mohamed Nasheed (C) arrives for a press conference in Colombo, January 22, 2018. / AFP / LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI
China urges Cambodia to use yuan in bilateral trade 06 Feb 2018 - 09:00 am
File photo of a China yuan note is seen in this illustration photo May 31, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas White/Illustration/File Photo.
N.Korean Olympics ferry tacks past sanctions with karaoke, ice cream on board 06 Feb 2018 - 08:15 am
File photo of the North Korean ferry Mangyongbong No. 92, carrying 368 North Korean team supporters, is anchored at the Dadaepo port in Busan, South Korea, September 28, 2002. REUTERS/Ahn Young-joon/Pool/File photo
Beijing holds successful missile defense test 06 Feb 2018 - 08:09 am
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Abdulla Yameen tightens grip on power in Maldives 05 Feb 2018 - 10:43 pm
Yameen
Maldives police arrest former president Gayoom 05 Feb 2018 - 10:01 pm
Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, who is Yameen's half-brother and ruled the country for 30 years until 2008, was arrested at his residence, along with his son-in-law.
'Rohingya crisis could spark regional conflict' 05 Feb 2018 - 09:57 pm
On a visit to Indonesia, Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, the UN high commissioner for human rights, said that acts of genocide and ethnic cleansing may have occurred during Myanmar’s crackdown on the Rohingya minority.
Myanmar: Mystery shrouds Muslim lawyer's assassination 05 Feb 2018 - 09:43 pm
Ko Ni
Sweden condemns China's 'brutal' snatching of Swedish bookseller 05 Feb 2018 - 08:51 pm
Gui Minhai
Maldives declares state of emergency for 15 days 05 Feb 2018 - 07:35 pm
Opposition supporters protest against the government's delay in releasing their jailed leaders, including former president Mohamed Nasheed, despite a Supreme Court order, in Male, Maldives, February 4, 2018. Reuters
Japan army helicopter crashes in residential area: local official 05 Feb 2018 - 12:36 pm
Japan's Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera (2nd R) arrives at parliament to attend a session of the House of Representatives Budget Committee in Tokyo on February 5, 2018. / AFP / Kazuhiro NOGI
China advises its tourists to avoid Maldives till politics stabilise 05 Feb 2018 - 12:21 pm
Opposition supporters protest against the government's delay in releasing their jailed leaders, including former president Mohamed Nasheed, despite a Supreme Court order, in Male, Maldives, February 4, 2018. Pictures taken February 4, 2018. REUTERS/String