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Pakistan's opposition leader jailed for 10 days ahead of by-elections 06 Oct 2018 - 05:31 pm
Pakistani policemen sit on armoured vehicle carrying opposition leader Shahbaz Sharif after the corruption court hearing in Lahore on October 6, 2018. (AFP / ARIF ALI)
Gunmen kill 2 Kashmir activists from pro-India party 06 Oct 2018 - 12:31 am
Women mourn during the funeral of Nazir Ahmad Wani, a National Conference (NC) party worker, who according to local media was killed after unknown gunmen opened fire on him in Habba Kadal area, in Srinagar, October 5, 2018. Reuters/Danish Ismail
Interpol president reported missing during trip to China 05 Oct 2018 - 07:30 pm
In this file photo taken on July 4, 2017 Meng Hongwei, president of Interpol, gives an addresses at the opening of the Interpol World Congress in Singapore.  AFP / Roslan Rahman
India, Russia ink action plan to set up 6 more n-reactors in India 05 Oct 2018 - 12:59 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi deliver a joint statement following their talks at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on October 5, 2018. AFP / POOL / Yuri Kadobnov
India quietly seals missile deal with Russia despite US warning 05 Oct 2018 - 12:11 pm
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) welcomes Russian President Vladimir Putin prior to their meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on October 5, 2018. / AFP / POOL / Yuri KADOBNOV
Afghan government rejects proposals to privatise war 05 Oct 2018 - 09:50 am
Afghan men carry an injured man to a hospital after a suicide attack, in Jalalabad, Afghanistan October 2, 2018. REUTERS/Parwiz
India expels 7 Rohingya to Myanmar, rights groups fearful for their fate 05 Oct 2018 - 12:27 am
Peninsula
India, Russia likely to sign arms deal during Putin's visit 05 Oct 2018 - 12:27 am
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meet in New Delhi on October 4, 2018. AFP / Sputnik / Mikhail Metzel
India lowers fuel prices, buckling to populism before polls 05 Oct 2018 - 12:27 am
Female firefighters unload the firefighting equipment from a fire engine before a drill at a fire station in Mumbai, India, October 4, 2018. Reuters/Francis Mascarenhas
Indian campaigner wins award for helping women facing violence 04 Oct 2018 - 10:15 pm
ARCHIVE PHOTO - Oxfam's control arms policy advisor Binalakshmi Nepram Mentschel speaks during a news conference in New Delhi September 20, 2006. Reuters/B Mathur
Six Malaysian rescue divers drown in bid to save boy 04 Oct 2018 - 12:07 pm
Peninsula
Indian cities dump 'progressive' law to speed up land acquisitions 03 Oct 2018 - 05:34 pm
A man checking his mobile phone while sitting in the shade at Sassoon Dock, one of the oldest fishing docks, in Mumbai on November 9, 2017. AFP/ Indranil Mukherjee
China's drought losses predicted to soar as planet warms 03 Oct 2018 - 05:34 pm
Researchers put China’s economic losses from drought at US$17.7 billion per year, based on the average from 2006 to 2015. Photo: Reuters
India to begin deportations of Rohingya Muslims to Myanmar 03 Oct 2018 - 01:56 pm
FILE PHOTO: Rohingya refugees are reflected in rainwater along an embankment next to paddy fields after fleeing from Myanmar into Palang Khali, near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh November 2, 2017. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
Wife of former Malaysian leader arrested in graft scandal 03 Oct 2018 - 12:17 pm
Rosmah Mansor, wife of former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak, arrives at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in Putrajaya on October 3, 2018. / AFP / Sadiq ASYRAF
Three dead after falling into well during Hindu ritual 03 Oct 2018 - 10:12 am
Peninsula
Volcano erupts on same indonesian island as earlier quake 03 Oct 2018 - 09:20 am
This handout picture taken and released on October 3, 2018 by Indonesia's National Agency for Disaster Management (BNPB) shows Soputan volcano erupting ash up to 4,000 metres above the crater, as seen from Pinabetengan in Southeast Minahasa, North Sulawes
Time running out for survivors as Indonesia toll nears 1,400 03 Oct 2018 - 07:54 am
A building stands amid the debris of a flattened fishing village in Lere subdistrict in Palu, Indonesia's Central Sulawesi on October 3, 2018, after an earthquake and tsunami hit the area on September 28. / AFP / ADEK BERRY