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Body of trapped Indian miner found after 36 days 17 Jan 2019 - 08:01 am
FILE PHOTO: Indian Navy personnel come out of a coal mine during a rescue operation in Ksan, in the northeastern state of Meghalaya, India, December 31, 2018. Reuters/Anuwar Hazarika
China brushes off international concern over death sentence for Canadian 16 Jan 2019 - 12:48 pm
Canadian Robert Lloyd Schellenberg appears in court for a retrial of his drug smuggling case in Dalian, Liaoning province, China, January 14, 2019, in this handout picture received by Reuters January 15, 2019. Intermediate People's Court of Dalian/Handout
Pakistan kills 2 men linked to 2011 abduction of American 15 Jan 2019 - 08:41 pm
A Pakistani vendor of women garments reads the Quran while waiting for customers at his shop in Lahore on January 15, 2019. AFP / Arif Ali
Fake rain to fight air pollution in Bangkok 15 Jan 2019 - 06:46 pm
Bangkok authorities wash the dust off streets in the capital city after the particulate matter (PM2.5) reached hazardous levels in Bangkok, Thailand January 14, 2019. Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun
Bird sparks a flap on Singapore to London flight 15 Jan 2019 - 06:18 pm
A video circulating on social media showed the bird perched on top of a headrest, about two hours before the flight was due to arrive in the British capital.
Taliban suicide bomber kills 4, wounds over 100 in Kabul 15 Jan 2019 - 10:16 am
Afghan security forces gather at the site of a powerful truck bomb attack a day after it detonated near a foreign compound in Kabul on January 15, 2019. AFP / WAKIL KOHSAR
Tokyo court denies request for Nissan Ghosn's release on bail 15 Jan 2019 - 10:07 am
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Australian state to pump oxygen into rivers as fish die 15 Jan 2019 - 09:39 am
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China sentences Canadian to death, raises diplomatic tension 14 Jan 2019 - 09:19 pm
A view of the Intermediate People's Court of Dalian, where the trial for Robert Lloyd Schellenberg, a Canadian citizen on drug smuggling charges, will be held, in Liaoning province, China January 14, 2019. Reuters
Indian police charge student leader, 9 others, in sedition case 14 Jan 2019 - 09:19 pm
Kanhaiya Kumar speaks to the media at Hyderabad Central University on March 23, 2016. AFP Noah Seelam
Nine dead in Papua New Guinea floods 14 Jan 2019 - 11:13 am
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Second black box from Lion Air crash found: Indonesian officials 14 Jan 2019 - 08:46 am
This handout picture taken on January 14, 2019 and released by the Indonesian Navy TNI-AL shows an Indonesian Navy diver with the second
India temple trailblazers braving threats and family anger 14 Jan 2019 - 07:58 am
In this photo taken on January 11, 2019, Bindu Ammini (R) and Kanakadurga (L), the two Indian women who entered the Sabarimala Ayyapa temple, pose for photographs during an interview with the media in Kochi in the southern state of Kerala. / AFP / STR /
UN experts urge Pakistan not to execute mentally ill prisoner 13 Jan 2019 - 06:49 pm
The execution of Khizar Hayat, sentenced to death in 2003 for killing a colleague, was suspended by Pakistan's Supreme Court on Saturday, his legal team said, just three days before the 55-year-old was due to be hanged. (Reuters file photo)
Protesters in Thailand rally anew against risk of election delay 13 Jan 2019 - 03:47 pm
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Alliance in key Indian state threatens Modi's re-election bid 12 Jan 2019 - 06:45 pm
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav (R) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Mayawati take part in a press conference to announce their political alliance in Lucknow on January 12, 2019. (AFP)
Myanmar court rejects appeal by jailed Reuters reporters 11 Jan 2019 - 10:16 am
This file photo taken on September 03, 2018 shows Myanmar journalist Wa Lone (C) is escorted by police after being sentenced by a court to jail in Yangon. / AFP / Ye Aung THU
Four civil defence volunteers gunned down at school in southern Thailand 10 Jan 2019 - 01:47 pm
Paramedics take away a body after four Thai civil defence volunteers were shot and killed outside of a school in the restive southern province of Pattani on January 10, 2019. AFP / Tuwaedaniya Meringing