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Kerala to give workers a siesta to help beat the heat 07 Mar 2019 - 10:55 pm
A man rides a bicycle against the backdrop of monsoon clouds on the outskirts of Kochi in this Reuters file photo. Kerala, which suffered its worst floods in a century last year, is bracing itself for more extreme weather conditions in 2019 and the state'
North Korea state media airs feature on Trump-Kim summit 07 Mar 2019 - 07:52 pm
US President Donald Trump meets North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore, June 12, 2018. Kevin Lim/The Straits Times via Reuters
3 Indonesian soldiers dead in clash with Papuan fighters 07 Mar 2019 - 04:45 pm
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Car bomb in Somalia's capital kills 2 near president's house 07 Mar 2019 - 01:26 pm
Smoke rises from an area hit by an explosion in Mogadishu, Somalia March 7, 2019 in this still image taken from a video obtained from social media. KHADAR SHIRE/via REUTERS
Thai court dissolves key Shinawatra-linked party 07 Mar 2019 - 12:54 pm
Thai Raksa Chart party leader Preechaphol Pongpanich gestures to journalists after the Constitutional Court ruling to dissolve the party in Bangkok on March 7, 2019. AFP / Lillian SUWANRUMPHA
Indian lawmakers get off on wrong foot in "shoe brawl" 07 Mar 2019 - 11:49 am
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Grenade attack in India's Jammu injures 18: police 07 Mar 2019 - 11:42 am
Indian police inspect the site of a grenade blast at a bus station in Jammu on March 7, 2019. Eighteen people were injured on March 7 when a grenade exploded at a bus stop in the Indian city of Jammu, part of the restive state of Jammu and Kashmir, police
Blast strikes near major political gathering in Kabul: TV 07 Mar 2019 - 11:35 am
A policeman keeps watch near the side of an attack in Kabul, Afghanistan March 7, 2019. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
China female longboarder rides into online fame 07 Mar 2019 - 11:31 am
This file picture taken on February 11, 2019 shows longboarder Mu Qing flipping her board in Chengdu. / AFP / Fred DUFOUR
N.Korea documentary focuses on Kim-Trump relationship not summit breakdown 07 Mar 2019 - 09:27 am
North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un walks with U.S. President Donald Trump during the second North Korea-U.S. summit in Hanoi, Vietnam, in this photo released on March 1, 2019 by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). KCNA via REUTERS
Bahrain refugee footballer to become Aussie citizen: report 07 Mar 2019 - 07:46 am
File photo of the football while in detention in Thailand. Reuters
China offers cash to lure Rohingya refugees to Myanmar 07 Mar 2019 - 12:35 am
A car moves on the road through the rainwater in the Balukhali refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, March 6, 2019. Reuters/Mohammad Ponir Hossain
Rohingya woman set to receive international honor 07 Mar 2019 - 12:35 am
Rohingya woman set to receive international honor
North Korea said to be rebuilding structures at rocket site 06 Mar 2019 - 03:14 pm
:The Sohae Satellite Launching Station launch pad features what researchers of Beyond Parallel, a CSIS project, describe as showing the partially rebuilt rail-mounted rocket transfer structure in a commercial satellite image taken over Tongchang-ri, North
UN warns of worst food harvest in N.Korea in a decade 06 Mar 2019 - 10:06 am
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Cook Islands wants to wipe colonial name off South Pacific map 06 Mar 2019 - 09:53 am
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Blasts rock eastern Afghanistan's Jalalabad: official 06 Mar 2019 - 09:15 am
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In rural Nepal, solar irrigation helps keep families together 05 Mar 2019 - 08:38 pm
Bhadri Sarki works in her field, in Dhaulapani village, Jumla district, Nepal, February 4, 2019. Practical Action/Archana Gurung