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Thai police chief says no room for royal insult in Thailand 26 Oct 2016 - 11:18 am
(Thai Police / File Photo).
IS militants kill 30 in central Afghanistan: official 26 Oct 2016 - 09:14 am
Peninsula
Denuclearizing N. Korea a 'lost cause,' US intel chief says 26 Oct 2016 - 09:08 am
People watch a television news report showing file footage of North Korea's missile launch at a railway station in Seoul on October 20, 2016 (AFP Photo/Jung Yeon-Je)
US air strikes spike as Afghans struggle against Taliban, Islamic State 26 Oct 2016 - 09:01 am
A U.S. Air Force F-16 Flying Falcon fighter bomber takes off for a mission from Bagram air field in Afghanistan August 11, 2016. Picture taken August 11, 2016. REUTERS/Josh Smith
Kyrgyzstan government resigns after coalition break-up 26 Oct 2016 - 08:55 am
File photo of Kyrgyzstan President Almazbek Atambayev. Reuters
Chinese state media urge new status for Xi 26 Oct 2016 - 08:37 am
Portraits of Chinese leaders like China's President Xi Jinping (L) and former Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong (R) are on display in a shop in Tiananmen Square in Beijing on October 24, 2016. AFP / FRED DUFOUR
Philippines’ Duterte hits out at U.S., then heads to Japan 25 Oct 2016 - 11:00 pm
Philippines' President Rodrigo Duterte (R) is welcomed by Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (L) prior to their dinner meeting at the entrance of a Japanese restaurant in Tokyo on October 25, 2016. Duterte is here on a three day visit. (AFP / TOSHIFU
Getting North Korea to denuclearize ‘probably a lost cause’: US 25 Oct 2016 - 09:54 pm
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un with military officers as he observes a drill (Korean Central News Agency / REUTERS)
Islamist militants kill 61 in Pakistan police attack 25 Oct 2016 - 03:35 pm
Pakistani police cadets leave the Police Training College Balochistan following a militant attack in Quetta on October 25, 2016.  AFP / BANARAS KHAN
Bangladesh charges BNP official with Italian's murder 25 Oct 2016 - 03:11 pm
Cesare Tavella was shot dead in the diplomatic quarter of the capital. / AFP.
Joy as Vietnam hostages return from Somali pirate ordeal 25 Oct 2016 - 02:30 pm
The men who were held hostage by Somali pirates arrive in Nairobi. Photo: AFP.
Strike in Sri Lanka's north over police killings 25 Oct 2016 - 02:24 pm
Peninsula
Afghan Taliban use drone to film suicide attack 25 Oct 2016 - 01:54 pm
The Afghan Taliban uploaded a video showing a suicide bomber driving into a police base and blowing it up in the southern Helmand province of Afghanistan. (Video Screengrab)
At least 8 Afghan boarder police killed in militant attack 25 Oct 2016 - 01:01 pm
Afghan boarder police. / AFP.
Deadly Blast Kills 14, Injures 147 in Northwestern China 25 Oct 2016 - 11:31 am
Rescue workers search at site after an explosion hit a town in Fugu county, Shaanxi province, China, October 24, 2016. China Daily/via REUTERS
Four dead after Australia theme park disaster 25 Oct 2016 - 11:20 am
Media gather at the Dreamworld theme park on Gold Coast on October 25, 2016, after four people were killed when a park ride malfunctioned. Four people were killed at a theme park on Australia's popular Gold Coast on October 25, police said, with witnesses
Philippines' Duterte tells worried foreign businesses to go 25 Oct 2016 - 10:46 am
President Rodrigo Duterte speaks during a news conference before his departure for Japan, at the Ninoy Aquino International airport in Paranaque, Metro Manila in the Philippines, October 25, 2016. Reuters/Erik De Castro
Gunmen kill 59 in attack on police academy in Pakistani city of Quetta 25 Oct 2016 - 10:28 am
Pakistani soldiers stand at the entrance to The Police Training College in Quetta on October 25, 2016, after an overnight militant attack on the establishment. AFP / Banaras Khan