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Thrill seekers: Hanoi tours offer visitors taste of summit action 26 Feb 2019 - 10:17 am
Rickshaws transport tourists next to a sign for the upcoming North Korea-U.S. summit, near the Metropole hotel in Hanoi, Vietnam, February 25, 2019. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
'I felt powerful': Afghan trailblazer who confronted Taliban on women 26 Feb 2019 - 10:03 am
In this photo taken on February 18, 2019, Fawzia Koofi, a former member of Afghan Parliament and Chairperson of Women, Civil Society and Human Rights Commission gestures as she speaks during an interview with AFP at her home in Kabul. AFP / WAKIL KOHSAR
India says its fighter jets destroyed terrorist camp in Pakistan 26 Feb 2019 - 08:01 am
Peninsula
Kim Jong Un arrives in Hanoi for nuclear summit with Trump 26 Feb 2019 - 07:57 am
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's motorcade arrives in Hanoi on February 26, 2019. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un crossed into Vietnam on February 26 after a marathon train journey for a second summit showdown with Donald Trump, with the world looking fo
Would-be Bangladesh hijacker was carrying fake gun: official 25 Feb 2019 - 09:19 pm
Bangladeshi security personnel search people at an entrance to the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on February 25, 2019, as Bangladesh's authorities boost up security the day after an attempted plane hijack.  AFP / Munir Uz Zaman
Korean War could be declared over at Hanoi summit: Seoul 25 Feb 2019 - 12:02 pm
Pin badges are displayed as conservative anti-North Korea, pro-US activists march through central Seoul on February 23, 2019. / AFP / Ed JONES
Indonesian housewives arrested over election video: police 25 Feb 2019 - 11:35 am
Peninsula
Poachers kill elephant in Cambodia wildlife sanctuary 25 Feb 2019 - 10:51 am
This recent undated handout photo released on February 25, 2019 by the Cambodian Ministry of Environment shows the body of a dead elephant in northeastern Mondulkiri province. AFP PHOTO / Cambodian Ministry of Environment
Okinawa referendum rejects relocation for US military base 25 Feb 2019 - 10:30 am
The relocation site for U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma where land reclamation work continues is seen in the Henoko coastal district in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo February 23, 2019. Picture taken February 23, 2019.
Bangladesh police say suspected plane hijacker had carried a toy pistol 25 Feb 2019 - 08:38 am
Bangladeshi security personnel stand guard near a Dubai-bound Bangladesh Biman plane on the tarmac of the Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong on February 24, 2019, following an emergency landing after a man apparently attempted to hijack the a
Hijacking foiled on Bangladesh flight, suspect killed 25 Feb 2019 - 08:34 am
Security personnel stand guard outside of the hijacked aircraft of the Biman Bangladesh Airlines in the Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram, Bangladesh February 24, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer
Suspected Bangladesh plane hijacker shot dead: army 24 Feb 2019 - 06:23 pm
Bangladeshi security personnel stand guard at the Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong on February 24, 2019, after an emergency landing of the hijacked Dubai-bound Bangladesh Biman plane.  AFP
Vietnam relishes role as peace maker as it seeks to balance ties 24 Feb 2019 - 01:10 pm
A Vietnamese soldier uses a metal detector at a Hilton hotel's terrace, next to the Opera building, ahead of the North Korea-U.S. summit in Hanoi, Vietnam, February 24, 2019. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
North Korean leader rides train on way to Vietnam 24 Feb 2019 - 10:33 am
This picture taken on February 23, 2019, and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on February 24 shows Kim Jong Un (C) departing Pyongyang Station for the second North Korea-US summit meeting in Hanoi AFP /KCNA via KNS
Highest recorded number of Afghan civilians killed in 2018 -UN report 24 Feb 2019 - 10:31 am
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India toxic alcohol deaths jump to 133: police 24 Feb 2019 - 10:22 am
Indian victims are under medical treatment at Jorhat hospital after allegedly drinking toxic bootleg liquor in Assam's Golaghat district on February 22, 2019. AFP / Biju BORO
S.Koreans fearful of 'nightmare' US troop withdrawal 24 Feb 2019 - 09:31 am
This picture taken on February 21, 2019 shows US soldiers walking at a shopping zone outside the US Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek. AFP / Jung Yeon-je
20 killed in China mining accident 23 Feb 2019 - 04:11 pm
 Xilingol League in Inner Mongolia