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Australia's biggest bank taken to court in rate-rigging case 30 Jan 2018 - 10:12 am
File photo of pedestrians are reflected in the window of a branch of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), Australia's biggest bank by market value, in Sydney, Australia, November 8, 2017. REUTERS/Steven Saphore/File Photo
Eight-month-old girl raped in Delhi 30 Jan 2018 - 09:40 am
File photo of India Gate. Reuters
Taiwan holds live-fire drills as China tensions mount 30 Jan 2018 - 09:19 am
A US-made AH-1W Super Cobra helicopter launches flares during an annual drill at the military base in the eastern city of Hualien on January 30, 2018. AFP / Mandy Cheng
European Union flags concern after Hong Kong bars election candidate 30 Jan 2018 - 09:06 am
Pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow (L) stands on the stage with former lawmaker Edward Yiu Chung-yim (R) during a protest outside Central Government Complex in Hong Kong on January 28, 2018. AFP / Philip Fong
Detained Chinese rights lawyer charged with subversion of state power-wife 30 Jan 2018 - 08:29 am
File photo of President Xi Jinping, who has presided over a sweeping wave of detentions and arrest of rights lawyers and activists.
Pentagon hushes up data on Taliban in Afghan war: watchdog 30 Jan 2018 - 08:05 am
File photo of the car bomb explosion in front of the old Interior Ministry building in Kabul on January 27, 2018. AFP / WAKIL KOHSAR
Kim Jong-Nam met American days before his death: witness 29 Jan 2018 - 05:09 pm
Kim Jong-Nam
Eleven Afghan soldiers killed in latest attack in Kabul 29 Jan 2018 - 03:48 pm
Afghan security officials inspect the blast site in Kabul, Afghanistan on January 27, 2018. Haroon Sabawoon - Anadolu
China plans first lab on ocean oil spill cleaning: Media 29 Jan 2018 - 02:10 pm
China’s offshore supply ship De Shen working at an oil spill area during a clean-up operation at sea off the coast of eastern China. Transport Ministry Of China
Hong Kong democracy candidate cleared to run in fraught vote 29 Jan 2018 - 02:05 pm
(FILES) General view of the skylines of the Kowloon district (back) and Hong Kong Island (foreground) from Victoria Peak.  AFP / Anthony WALLACE
UN says 100,000 Rohingya in grave danger from monsoon rains 29 Jan 2018 - 12:44 pm
File photo of Rohingya refugees walk along the Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, January 21, 2018. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain/File Photo
Myanmar advisory panel chief says it cannot interfere in court case against reporters 29 Jan 2018 - 11:55 am
Surakiart Sathirathai (R), a former Thai foreign minister and chairman of the international advisory board on the crisis in Rakhine state, visits one of the camps set up by Myanmar's Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Minister for the repatriation of
Kabul on edge as IS gunmen launch fresh attack on military compound 29 Jan 2018 - 11:38 am
Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers inspect at the site of an attack at the Marshal Fahim military academy in kabul, Afghanistan January 29, 2018. Reuters/Omar Sobhani
Indian man killed after being sucked into MRI machine 29 Jan 2018 - 11:00 am
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Sri Lanka still using draconian anti-terror laws: HRW 29 Jan 2018 - 10:00 am
File photo of an air force officer holding Sri Lanka's national flag as the sun sets at Galle Face Green in Colombo February 2, 2013. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte
Philippines to phase out its beloved cheap but rickety jeepneys 29 Jan 2018 - 09:43 am
A file photo of a row of jeepneys are seen plying a road in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines January 20, 2018. REUTERS/Dondi Tawatao
Islamic state claims responsibility for attack in Kabul- Amaq 29 Jan 2018 - 08:18 am
Afghan national army soldiers arrive near the Marshal Fahim military academy after a series of explosions in Kabul, Afghanistan January 29, 2018. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail
Gunmen attack Kabul military academy, multiple casualties 29 Jan 2018 - 08:09 am
Afghan security forces stand near the Marshal Fahim military academy after a series of explosions in Kabul, Afghanistan January 29, 2018. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail