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China should build more nuclear arms to prepare for Trump: media 08 Dec 2016 - 09:55 am
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Dead from Pakistan air disaster to be identified by DNA 08 Dec 2016 - 08:31 am
Pakistani residents stand beside the wreckage of the crashed PIA passenger plane Flight PK661 at the site in the village of Saddha Batolni in the Abbottabad district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on December 7, 2016. AFP / AAMIR QURESHI
In Afghan province, government woos allies against Islamic State 07 Dec 2016 - 08:02 pm
Afghan security forces and elders walk towards a check post in Parun, capital of Nuristan province, Afghanistan November 20, 2016. Picture taken November 20, 2016. REUTERS/Hamid Shalizi
A family challenges the official story of a killing in Duterte’s drug war 07 Dec 2016 - 07:34 pm
The wife and other relatives of Florjohn Cruz, who was killed in a police drugs buy-bust operation, cry as his coffin leaves their home for his funeral in Manila, Philippines October 30, 2016. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
Pakistan court indicts four, including brother, over social media star’s death 07 Dec 2016 - 06:41 pm
Qandeel Baloch (Courtesy: Dawn.com)
Bangladeshi slum kids work over 60 hours a week to make clothes 07 Dec 2016 - 05:53 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/Files
UN rights watchdog calls on Sri Lanka to investigate torture 07 Dec 2016 - 05:43 pm
An air force officer holds Sri Lanka's national flag as the sun sets at Galle Face Green in Colombo February 2, 2013. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte
About 40 people feared dead in Pakistan plane crash 07 Dec 2016 - 05:33 pm
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Pakistani pop star turned cleric Junaid Jamshed feared dead in plane crash 07 Dec 2016 - 04:07 pm
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Pakistani national carrier's plane crashes after takeoff 07 Dec 2016 - 03:59 pm
FILE PHOTO - A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) passenger plane arrives at the Benazir International airport in Islamabad, Pakistan December 2, 2015. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood/File Photo
Pakistan plane with 37 passengers 'disappears': airline spokesman 07 Dec 2016 - 03:07 pm
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Thousands of Bangladesh kids working 64 hours a week 07 Dec 2016 - 02:25 pm
Bangladeshi worker Russel, and who says he will turn 14 next year, works in a garage in Dhaka on December 7, 2016.  AFP / MUNIR UZ ZAMAN
Aides to Korean 'Rasputin' testify to her power 07 Dec 2016 - 01:16 pm
Choi Soon-sil arrives for questioning at a prosecutor's office in Seoul, South Korea, November 1, 2016. Kim Do-hoon/Yonhap via REUTERS/File photo
Indonesia quake toll jumps to 97 as more bodies found in rubble 07 Dec 2016 - 01:13 pm
TOPSHOT - a man rides past a district hospital which was damaged after an earthquake in Pidie Jaya, Aceh province on December 7, 2016. At least 52 people were killed and hundreds injured on December 7 after a strong earthquake struck Indonesia's Aceh prov
Myanmar halts workers to Malaysia as Rohingya crisis grows 07 Dec 2016 - 11:46 am
After Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak criticised Myanmar for its crackdown on Muslims, Yangon has banned workers from going there ©MANAN VATSYAYANA (AFP).
Female Afghan cyclists push boundaries one wheelie at a time 07 Dec 2016 - 11:21 am
Young Afghan cyclists carry their bicycles on their back on a hill during an exercise on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan November 20, 2016. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
Captive elephants help save wild cousins on forest frontline 07 Dec 2016 - 11:07 am
This photo taken on November 8, 2016 shows a ranger atop a patrol elephant, which belongs to one of three specialised elephant response units strategically located around Way Kambas National Park. AFP / GOH Chai Hin
At least 25 dead, dozens missing after quake hits Indonesia's Aceh 07 Dec 2016 - 09:00 am
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