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Trial of suspects in Bangkok bombing again postponed 26 Oct 2016 - 12:53 pm
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Deadly Australian theme park ride had just had safety checks - owner 26 Oct 2016 - 12:00 pm
Members of the public leave floral tributes outside the main entrance to Dreamworld located on the Gold Coast, Australia October 26, 2016 after Tuesday's tragedy that saw four people killed on the Thunder River Rapids Ride at Australia's biggest theme par
Thai police chief says no room for royal insult in Thailand 26 Oct 2016 - 11:18 am
(Thai Police / File Photo).
IS militants kill 30 in central Afghanistan: official 26 Oct 2016 - 09:14 am
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Denuclearizing N. Korea a 'lost cause,' US intel chief says 26 Oct 2016 - 09:08 am
People watch a television news report showing file footage of North Korea's missile launch at a railway station in Seoul on October 20, 2016 (AFP Photo/Jung Yeon-Je)
US air strikes spike as Afghans struggle against Taliban, Islamic State 26 Oct 2016 - 09:01 am
A U.S. Air Force F-16 Flying Falcon fighter bomber takes off for a mission from Bagram air field in Afghanistan August 11, 2016. Picture taken August 11, 2016. REUTERS/Josh Smith
Kyrgyzstan government resigns after coalition break-up 26 Oct 2016 - 08:55 am
File photo of Kyrgyzstan President Almazbek Atambayev. Reuters
Chinese state media urge new status for Xi 26 Oct 2016 - 08:37 am
Portraits of Chinese leaders like China's President Xi Jinping (L) and former Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong (R) are on display in a shop in Tiananmen Square in Beijing on October 24, 2016. AFP / FRED DUFOUR
Philippines’ Duterte hits out at U.S., then heads to Japan 25 Oct 2016 - 11:00 pm
Philippines' President Rodrigo Duterte (R) is welcomed by Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (L) prior to their dinner meeting at the entrance of a Japanese restaurant in Tokyo on October 25, 2016. Duterte is here on a three day visit. (AFP / TOSHIFU
Getting North Korea to denuclearize ‘probably a lost cause’: US 25 Oct 2016 - 09:54 pm
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un with military officers as he observes a drill (Korean Central News Agency / REUTERS)
Islamist militants kill 61 in Pakistan police attack 25 Oct 2016 - 03:35 pm
Pakistani police cadets leave the Police Training College Balochistan following a militant attack in Quetta on October 25, 2016. AFP / BANARAS KHAN
Bangladesh charges BNP official with Italian's murder 25 Oct 2016 - 03:11 pm
Cesare Tavella was shot dead in the diplomatic quarter of the capital. / AFP.
Joy as Vietnam hostages return from Somali pirate ordeal 25 Oct 2016 - 02:30 pm
The men who were held hostage by Somali pirates arrive in Nairobi. Photo: AFP.
Strike in Sri Lanka's north over police killings 25 Oct 2016 - 02:24 pm
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Afghan Taliban use drone to film suicide attack 25 Oct 2016 - 01:54 pm
The Afghan Taliban uploaded a video showing a suicide bomber driving into a police base and blowing it up in the southern Helmand province of Afghanistan. (Video Screengrab)
At least 8 Afghan boarder police killed in militant attack 25 Oct 2016 - 01:01 pm
Afghan boarder police. / AFP.
Deadly Blast Kills 14, Injures 147 in Northwestern China 25 Oct 2016 - 11:31 am
Rescue workers search at site after an explosion hit a town in Fugu county, Shaanxi province, China, October 24, 2016. China Daily/via REUTERS
Four dead after Australia theme park disaster 25 Oct 2016 - 11:20 am
Media gather at the Dreamworld theme park on Gold Coast on October 25, 2016, after four people were killed when a park ride malfunctioned. Four people were killed at a theme park on Australia's popular Gold Coast on October 25, police said, with witnesses

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Representational file photo US Fed holds interest rates steady for third straight meeting
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