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Indian political parties abuse WhatsApp service ahead of election: executive 06 Feb 2019 - 06:58 pm
This photo illustration shows a newspaper vendor reading a newspaper with a full back page ad from WhatsApp intended to counter fake information in New Delhi on July 10, 2018. AFP / Prakash Singh
Indian woman arrested for shooting Gandhi effigy 06 Feb 2019 - 02:44 pm
FILE PHOTO: A statue of Indian independence icon Mahatma Gandhi is pictured at Parliament Square in central London.   AFP / NIKLAS HALLE'N
Thai attorney general opposes bail for Bahrain refugee footballer 06 Feb 2019 - 12:16 pm
Chatchom Akapin, (C), director general for international affairs of the Office of the Attorney General, speaks during a press conference regarding the case of Bahraini refugee footballer Hakeem al-Araibi in Bangkok on February 6, 2019. Thailand will not g
Australia revokes visa of prominent Chinese businessman - report 06 Feb 2019 - 09:20 am
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Facebook boots 4 Myanmar armed groups from platform 05 Feb 2019 - 08:49 pm
Rohingya migrants bring back food supplies dropped by a Thai army helicopter from sea a boat drifting in Thai waters off the Koh Lipe island in the Andaman sea, May 14, 2015. AFP/Christophe Archambault
Afghan official: Taliban hit army base, kill 26 troops 05 Feb 2019 - 05:10 pm
In this photo taken on February 2, 2019, an Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier fire a D30 122mm Howitzer gun as members of the NATO military forces (unseen) look on during a training session of ANA soldiers at Arena base in the Guzara district of Herat pr
Two bodies found after floods in Australia's Queensland 05 Feb 2019 - 11:17 am
An aerial view shows flood waters in the suburb of Hyde Park, Townsville, North Queensland, Australia, February 4, 2019. AAP Image/Dave Acree/via REUTERS
Third of Himalayan glaciers can no longer be saved: study 05 Feb 2019 - 09:32 am
(FILES) This aerial file photo taken on November 22, 2018 shows a glacier in the Everest region of Nepal, in the Solukhumbu district some 140km northeast of Kathmandu. AFP / Prakash MATHEMA
Japan finance minister Aso sorry for criticizing childless 05 Feb 2019 - 08:34 am
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Fresh flood warning issued in Australia as PM visits 05 Feb 2019 - 07:54 am
This handout from the Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) taken and received on February 4, 2019, shows flooding in Townsville. AFP PHOTO / QUEENSLAND FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES
Pakistan police culture of impunity faces trial by social media 04 Feb 2019 - 12:16 pm
In this picture taken on January 20, 2019, mourners block a road in protest in Lahore, after members of a family were killed by police in an encounter in Sahiwal. AFP / Arif ALI
Millions take the plunge at India's religious mega festival 04 Feb 2019 - 10:13 am
Indian naked sadhu (Hindu holy man) walk in a procession towards Sangam -- the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers -- during the auspicious bathing day of 'Mauni Amavasya' at the Kumbh Mela in Allahabad on February 4, 2019. / AF
Nissan poised to propose Ghosn replacement on board: report 04 Feb 2019 - 09:53 am
File photo of the logos of car manufacturers Renault and Nissan in front of a common dealership of the companies in Saint-Avold, France, January 15, 2019. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/File Photo
Operator of Tonga's internet cable can't rule out sabotage 04 Feb 2019 - 08:14 am
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'Don't send me to Bahrain': refugee footballer pleads in Bangkok 04 Feb 2019 - 08:07 am
Hakeem al-Araibi (C), a Bahraini refugee and Australian resident, is escorted to a courtroom in Bangkok on February 4, 2019. AFP / Lillian SUWANRUMPHA
Duterte appears on Facebook live to dispel rumors that he's dead 03 Feb 2019 - 05:29 pm
FILE PHOTO: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte greets people before a meeting with the Filipino Community at a hotel in Phnom Penh, December 13, 2016. Reuters/Samrang Pring
Duterte impersonator sparks frenzy at Hong Kong church 03 Feb 2019 - 05:08 pm
A Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte impersonator (C), who goes by the name Cresencio Extreme, and a North Korean leader Kim Jong Un impersonator (2nd L), who goes by the name Howard X, attend a church service in the Central district of Hong Kong on Feb
India's prime minister visits Kashmir amid protest strike 03 Feb 2019 - 03:44 pm
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (C) waves during a public meeting at Thakurnagar area, some 75 km northeast of Kolkata, in the Indian state of West Bengal on February 2, 2019. / AFP