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Motion to impeach Park introduced 08 Dec 2016 - 10:01 pm
Lawmakers and members of South Korea's Democratic Party hold candles at a protest urging the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye at the National Assembly, in Seoul
Dhaka arrests five suspected militants 08 Dec 2016 - 09:59 pm
Explosive and explosive-making materials are displayed by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) after a raid on a banned Islamist extremist outfit, in Chittagong, yesterday.
China should build more strategic nuclear arms: Report 08 Dec 2016 - 09:57 pm
Peninsula
Indonesia appeals for aid after quake 08 Dec 2016 - 09:57 pm
Villagers rest outside their houses which were damaged after an earthquake in Kuta Pangwa village in Pidie Jaya, yesterday.
Manila won't join US in disputed sea patrols 08 Dec 2016 - 09:55 pm
Peninsula
11 dead in Myanmar rebel clashes 08 Dec 2016 - 09:53 pm
Myanmar Armed Forces chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing meets a wounded soldier recovering at a military hospital in Lashio, located in Shan State.
Writer Pradeepan Pampirikunnu died 08 Dec 2016 - 07:27 pm
Pradeepan Pampirikunnu (Facebook)
Japanese kindergarten teaches students pre-war ideals 08 Dec 2016 - 06:48 pm
Pictures of the Japanese imperial family are displayed on a blackboard in a classroom at Tsukamoto kindergarten in Osaka, Japan, November 30, 2016. Picture taken on November 30, 2016. REUTERS/Ha Kwiyeon
Pakistan plane issued Mayday call before deadly crash 08 Dec 2016 - 05:51 pm
Coffins containing the remains of victims of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane crash arrive at PIMS hospital by ambulance in Islamabad, Pakistan December 8, 2016. REUTERS/Caren Firouz
Pakistan opens probe into deadly plane crash that killed 47 08 Dec 2016 - 04:00 pm
Pakistani sit beside the wreckage of the crashed PIA passenger plane Flight PK661 near the village of Saddha Batolni in the Abbottabad district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on December 8, 2016. AFP / AAMIR QURESHI
Chinese man who wrote online post given one-year prison sentence 08 Dec 2016 - 01:48 pm
Peninsula
Why India's poor are devoted to 'god-like' leaders 08 Dec 2016 - 01:00 pm
Supporters of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa Jayaraman light candles in front of her picture as they pay homage outside Jayalalithaa's burial site in Chennai, India, December 7, 2016. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Bangladesh arrests five suspected Islamist extremists 08 Dec 2016 - 12:41 pm
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Bodies of 9 police found amid fighting in north Myanmar 08 Dec 2016 - 12:34 pm
Peninsula
Foreigner ISIS recruiter killed in East of Afghanistan 08 Dec 2016 - 12:24 pm
Peninsula
Pakistan struggles to identify victims of plane crash 08 Dec 2016 - 12:20 pm
Photo: AA.
Earthquake hits Xinjiang in northwest China 08 Dec 2016 - 11:17 am
Photo: AA.
Death toll from latest China mine blast rises to 11 08 Dec 2016 - 11:13 am
Photo: AA.