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Five dead as plane plunges into Mumbai building site 28 Jun 2018 - 02:58 pm
Indian rescue workers, firemen and investigators gather around the wreckage of a small plane that crashed into a construction site, killing five people, in Mumbai on June 28, 2018.
Xi refuses to budge on South China Sea in talks with US defense chief 27 Jun 2018 - 07:54 pm
China's Defense Minister Wei Fenghe and U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis review an honor guard during a welcome ceremony at the Bayi Building in Beijing, Wednesday, June 27, 2018. Mark Schiefelbein/Pool via Reuters
Flooding complicates cave search for Thai football team 26 Jun 2018 - 06:14 pm
A relative shows the photograph of missing Adorn Sanorn, 14, as family members keep vigil near Tham Luang cave at the Khun Nam Nang Non Forest Park in Chiang Rai on June 26, 2018 while rescue personnel conduct operation for a missing children's football t
Pakistan air force training aircraft crashes at Peshawar air base 26 Jun 2018 - 03:51 pm
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Peak Japan: Hello Kitty bullet train debuts this week 26 Jun 2018 - 11:20 am
Picture Credit: AFP.
Desperate search for 12 children trapped in Thailand cave 26 Jun 2018 - 11:10 am
Rescue teams are seen inside of the Tham Luang caves where 13 members of an Under 16 soccer team were trapped in the northern province of Chiang Rai, Thailand, June 25, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer
Two dead, including policeman, in rare Japan violent crime 26 Jun 2018 - 11:00 am
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Laos torches narcotics stockpile on World Drug Day 26 Jun 2018 - 10:28 am
Myanmar law enforcement authorities burn seized illegal drugs worth 187 million USD, marking the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking during a ceremony in Yangon on June 26, 2018. AFP / Ye Aung THU
Philippine soldiers accidentally kill six police in jungle clash 25 Jun 2018 - 04:03 pm
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Swara, Vishal Dadlani defend Sushma against trolls 25 Jun 2018 - 12:54 pm
Screen shot of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj twitter account.
HBO website and comedian John Oliver censored in China 24 Jun 2018 - 10:51 am
File photo of comedian John Oliver posing for photographers backstage during the 41st International Emmy Awards in New York, November 25, 2013. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
New Zealand PM hopes for new world for daughter Neve 24 Jun 2018 - 09:20 am
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern carries her newborn baby Neve Te Aroha Ardern Gayford with her partner Clarke Gayford as she walks out of the Auckland Hospital in New Zealand, June 24, 2018. REUTERS/Ross Land
Anti-trafficking campaigners abducted and raped in India 23 Jun 2018 - 01:42 pm
View of the site where five anti-trafficking women activists from an NGO (Non-Governmental Organization) were abducted at gunpoint at Chochang village in Khunti district, some 90 kms south of Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand State on June 22, 2018. AFP
Cambodia strongman delights as orangutans dance and kickbox 23 Jun 2018 - 11:45 am
Two orangutans perform kickboxing before Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen (not in picture) while zoo personnel looks on during the inauguration of Phnom Penh Safari on June 23, 2018. AFP / TANG CHHIN Sothy
S. Korea ex-PM and spy agency founder dies at 92 23 Jun 2018 - 09:45 am
File photo of a North Korean flag flies on a mast at the Permanent Mission of North Korea in Geneva October 2, 2014. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
Vietnam busts $26 mn online betting ring: state media 23 Jun 2018 - 08:24 am
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China to build railway into Nepal 22 Jun 2018 - 06:33 am
Nepal's Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli (center R) reviews a military honour guard with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 21, 2018. AFP / Greg Baker
New Zealand prime minister gives birth to baby girl: official 21 Jun 2018 - 09:48 am
Media wait outside after New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was admitted to Auckland City Hospital in New Zealand, where she will be giving birth to her first child, June 21, 2018. REUTERS/Peter Meecham