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Sheikh Hasina sworn in as Bangladesh PM 07 Jan 2019 - 05:46 pm
Sheikh Hasina speaks as she is sworn in for her fourth spell as Bangladesh's prime minister at the Presidential Palace in Dhaka on January 7, 2019.  / AFP / Munir UZ ZAMAN
Myanmar army to launch 'crackdown' on Rakhine rebels: govt 07 Jan 2019 - 03:47 pm
A Myanmar border guard policeman gurads a police station in Buthidaung on January 7, 2019. AFP
As Lahore chokes on winter smog, Pakistan moves to cut air pollution 07 Jan 2019 - 02:27 pm
Pakistani commutes drive their vehicles on a road amid heavy fog and smog conditions in Lahore on January 3, 2019.  AFP / ARIF ALI
First-family feud in Singapore flares anew 07 Jan 2019 - 01:22 pm
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Death toll from Philippines storm rises to 126 06 Jan 2019 - 07:32 pm
Flooding due to heavy rain caused by tropical storm Usman in Camarines Sur province.  REY BANIQUET/ AFP
6 schoolchildren, driver killed in India bus crash 05 Jan 2019 - 03:23 pm
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Floods, blackouts after Thai storm, but tourist islands spared 05 Jan 2019 - 02:47 pm
A man guards an empty pier after tour operators were forced to suspend boats to tourist islands due to tropical storm Pabuk, in the southern Thai province of Surat Thani on January 4, 2019. AFP / Lillian SUWANRUMPHA
World's most-prized fish sold for $3.1 million in Tokyo 05 Jan 2019 - 02:26 pm
President of sushi restaurant chain Sushi-Zanmai, Kiyoshi Kimura (R), displays a 278kg bluefin tuna at his main restaurant in Tokyo on January 5, 2019.   AFP / Kazuhiro NOGI
Indian court declares Mallya fugitive economic offender: Reports 05 Jan 2019 - 01:43 pm
Vijay Mallya has a break outside the court house as he waits for his extradition case to be heard at Westminster Magistrates Court, in London, Britain, December 10, 2018. (REUTERS/Peter Nicholls/ File Photo)
Former N.Korean diplomat urges missing colleague in Italy to go to S.Korea, not US 05 Jan 2019 - 11:49 am
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UN calls for probe into Bangladesh elections 04 Jan 2019 - 07:16 pm
Bangladeshi left wing activists wear black cloth over the mouths at a protest against the allegedly fraudlent victory of the ruling Awami League in the recent general eletion, in Dhaka on January 3, 2019. (AFP / Munir UZ ZAMAN)
Ghosn set for court hearing in Japan over detention 04 Jan 2019 - 10:17 am
FILE PHOTO:  AFP / Ludovic MARIN
Ooredoo Myanmar picks Nokia for protection from cyber threats 04 Jan 2019 - 09:11 am
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Protests paralyse Indian state after women defy temple ban 03 Jan 2019 - 07:02 pm
Indian protesters throw stones at police during a demonstration over two women entering the Sabarimala Ayyapa temple, in Palakkad in southern Kerala state on January 3, 2019. (AFP)
India deports second group of Rohingya Muslims to Myanmar 03 Jan 2019 - 04:22 pm
Members of a Muslim Rohingya family sit as they pose for a photograph with Indian and Myanmar security officials before their deportation on India-Myanmar border at Moreh in the northeastern state of Manipur, India, January 3, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer
Earthquake rattles southwest Japan, no damage reported 03 Jan 2019 - 02:47 pm
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North Korea diplomat in Italy missing, South Korean MP says, after asylum report 03 Jan 2019 - 01:44 pm
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A first class gaffe: Cathay to honour cheap ticket error 03 Jan 2019 - 01:35 pm
FILE PHOTO: Attendants chat at the First Class counter of Cathay Pacific Airways at Hong Kong Airport in Hong Kong, China April 4, 2018. REUTERS/Bobby Yip/File photo