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Morrison’s message to fire-weary Aussies: keep calm and carry on 12 Dec 2019 - 08:58 am
A demonstrator with a mask attends a climate protest rally in Sydney on December 11, 2019. Up to 20,000 protesters rallied in Sydney on December 11 demanding urgent climate action from Australia's government, as bushfire smoke choking the city caused heal
Eight killed in blaze at Bangladesh plastics factory 12 Dec 2019 - 08:56 am
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Death toll from NZ volcano eruption rises to 8 as island remains inaccessible 12 Dec 2019 - 08:49 am
An aerial view of the Whakaari, also known as White Island volcano, as seen from Ohope beach in Whakatane, New Zealand, December 12, 2019. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
'Big Sisters' ride to rescue of Nepali child brides 11 Dec 2019 - 11:55 pm
India's parliament passes ‘narrow-minded’ citizenship law, protests flare 11 Dec 2019 - 08:25 pm
Police personnel try to rescue a police officer (C) caught on fire during a protest against the government's Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) in Agartala, the capital of India's northeastern state of Tripura on December 11, 2019.  AFP / Arindam Dey
Delhi's air turns hazardous again, government issues health warnings 11 Dec 2019 - 08:25 pm
A woman balances a load on her head as she crosses a street near India Gate in heavy smoggy conditions in New Delhi on December 6, 2019. AFP / Jewel Samad
Train kills two elephants in India 11 Dec 2019 - 08:25 pm
Indian villagers and forestry workers gather around the body an elephant after a speeding passenger train struck two elephants crossing the rail tracks at Batasi village near India-Nepal border, some 37 kms from Siliguri on December 11, 2019. AFP
Pakistani militant accused of Mumbai attacks faces terror financing charges 11 Dec 2019 - 01:04 pm
FILE PHOTO: Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, chief of the banned Islamic charity Jamat-ud-Dawa, looks over the crowed as they end a
New Zealand's Ardern says new Finnish PM "needs no advice" 11 Dec 2019 - 09:36 am
New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks during an interview with Reuters in Wellington, New Zealand, December 11, 2019. REUTERS/Yiming Woo
Tremors worsen on NZ volcano island, prevent recovery of bodies 11 Dec 2019 - 09:28 am
Steam rises from the White Island volcano following the December 9 volcanic eruption, in Whakatane on December 11, 2019. AFP / Marty Melville
World Bank says Indonesia forest fires cost $5.2 bln in economic losses 11 Dec 2019 - 09:17 am
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Eight in 10 girls in western Nepal forced to sleep outside during periods 10 Dec 2019 - 11:24 pm
In this 2014 archive photo a 14-year old girl sits inside a Chaupadi shed in the hills of Legudsen village in Achham District in western Nepal. Reuters / Navesh Chitrakar
Bangladesh film about girl surfer faces calls to be banned 10 Dec 2019 - 11:23 pm
A worker hangs clothes to dry on the roof of a garment factory in Dhaka in this June 15, 2005 file photo. Reuters / Rafiqur Rahman
Grief and neglect: 10 factory disasters in South Asia 10 Dec 2019 - 08:54 pm
Relatives of victims of the Rana Plaza building collapse pay their respects at a graveyard in Dhaka on April 24, 2016. AFP / Rehman Asad
Nobel winner Suu Kyi to defend Myanmar on genocide charges 10 Dec 2019 - 07:58 pm
This file photo taken on July 19 2016 shows Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi paying her respects to her late father Myanmar independence hero General Aung San during a ceremony in Yangon. AFP / Ye Aung
Why have North Korea-US denuclearisation talks stalled? 10 Dec 2019 - 06:54 pm
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un and US President Donald Trump (AFP / Saul Loeb & Ed Jones)
Families face painful wait as volcano rescue stalls 10 Dec 2019 - 10:32 am
Steam rises from the White Island volcano in Whakatane on December 10, 2019, after a volcanic eruption the day before. . / AFP / Marty MELVILLE
Sydney air pollution is so bad it’s setting off fire alarms 10 Dec 2019 - 08:58 am
The Sydney Opera House can be seen as smoke haze from bush fires in New South Wales blankets the CBD in Sydney, Australia, December 10, 2019. AAP Image/Joel Carrett/via REUTERS