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Deadly monsoon destroys 5,000 shelters in Bangladesh Rohingya camps 15 Jul 2019 - 11:19 pm
Houses are seen flooded in Kurigram, Bangladesh, July 15, 2019. Reuters
13 Assam Rifles troopers dead in Himachal building collapse 15 Jul 2019 - 11:19 pm
Indian rescuers work on a site after a multi-storey building collapsed following heavy rains near Kumarhatti, in Himachal Pradesh’s Solan district on At least eight people were killed after a house collapsed in northern India following heavy monsoon rain
Shanghai leads battle against China's rising mountain of trash 15 Jul 2019 - 11:19 pm
Visitors view a hanging art installation by a group of artists made from scraps of plastics, cans and containers at an exhibition
Over 100 killed, millions displaced from floods in India, Nepal and Bangladesh 15 Jul 2019 - 09:50 pm
An Indian girl carries drinking water as she wades through flood waters at Pabhokathi village in Morigaon district of India's Assam state on July 15, 2019. AFP / Biju Boro
Phnom Penh poor uprooted as lakes filled in for malls, flats 15 Jul 2019 - 09:43 pm
A woman walks on a makeshift bridge of wooden planks and poles in an informal settlement at the edge of Boeung Tompoun, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. May 27, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Rina Chandran
Philippines declares national dengue alert in several regions 15 Jul 2019 - 08:55 pm
Representative image: Workers fogging in the housing estate at Aljunied Crescent in Singapore as 40 more cases of locally transmitted Zika virus infections reported on August 28, 2016. AFP / Wong Kwai Chow
Philippine leader signs law punishing sexual harassment 15 Jul 2019 - 06:55 pm
Risa Hontiveros (Photo courtesy: Manila Bulletin) Philippines declares national dengue alert in several regions
Afghan radio station shuts down after threats by suspected Taliban 15 Jul 2019 - 12:19 pm
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Populist pro-China mayor to face Tsai in Taiwan presidential clash 15 Jul 2019 - 08:53 am
FILE PHOTO: Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu speaks during a forum in Taipei, Taiwan, April 30, 2019. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo
In Myanmar's conflict-torn Rakhine, fresh allegations of "war crimes" 14 Jul 2019 - 10:16 pm
Thein Mya Yi shows a photo of Their Tun Sein, husband of Ah Hla, who died in custody, provided to the families by the prison staff, in Mrauk U, Rakhine state, Myanmar, June 29, 2019. Reuters/Ann Wang
Hong Kong police fight with protesters amid rising tensions 14 Jul 2019 - 06:30 pm
Protesters stop the door of a Mass Transit Railway (MTR) subway from closing to allow more protesters to board the train to retreat after a clash with police at a shopping mall, in Hong Kong, China July 14, 2019. Reuters/Tyrone Siu
Hong Kong anti-extradition protesters fire up fight in the suburbs 14 Jul 2019 - 01:42 pm
Anti-extradition bill protesters set up barriers as they face riot police after a march at Sha Tin District of East New Territories, Hong Kong, China July 14, 2019. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
Japan-S. Korea feud deepens with disputed accounts of trade meeting 13 Jul 2019 - 02:43 pm
Working level officials from Japan (L) and South Korea hold a meeting about Japan's recent restrictions on exports of high-tech material to South Korea in Tokyo, Japan, July 12, 2019. Japan Pool/Pool via REUTERS
US soldier killed in Afghanistan: NATO 13 Jul 2019 - 10:01 am
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25 injured as quake rocks southern Philippines 13 Jul 2019 - 08:16 am
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Water express delivers emergency supplies to drought-hit Chennai city 13 Jul 2019 - 02:06 am
Labourers connect pipes to collect water from a special train of 50 wagons carrying litres of water at Villivakkam railway station in Chennai on July 12, 2019.  AFP / Arun Sankar
Puzzle in the pyraminx 13 Jul 2019 - 01:32 am
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Duterte blasts 'idiot' critics as UN reviews Philippine drug war 13 Jul 2019 - 01:32 am
Tinay Palabay (2nd R) of Karapatan, an alliance for the advncement of people's rights, speaks during a press confence in Manila on July 13, 2019, a day after the United Nations Human Rights Council approved a resolution mandating a comprehensive internati