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World / Asia

Japan foreign min says Beijing, Tokyo should co-operate more to denuclearise N. Korea 15 Apr 2018 - 12:56 pm
Japan's Foreign Minister Taro Kono (R) and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi (L) arrive for their meeting in Tokyo on April 15, 2018. / AFP / POOL / Behrouz MEHRI
Air China flight diverted by pen threat 15 Apr 2018 - 12:23 pm
Flights of Air China are parked on the tarmac of Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, China, March 28, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
Arrest in India rape case as outrage mounts over assaults 15 Apr 2018 - 11:36 am
File photo of Indian Congress workers participate in a candle light procession as they shout slogans against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a protest against rape incidents, in Allahabad, April 13, 2018. / AFP / SANJAY KANOJIA
Scepticism as Myanmar announces repatriation of first Rohingya family 15 Apr 2018 - 09:56 am
This handout photograph released by Myanmar News Agency on April 15, 2018 and taken April 14, 2018, Myanmar immigration official hands over identification document to an unidentified Rohingya woman belonging to the five member Rohingya family at Taungpyol
Afghans register to vote in long-delayed elections amid violence 15 Apr 2018 - 09:03 am
This photo taken on April 14, 2018 shows an Afghan employee of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) registering a resident at a voter registration center for the upcoming parliamentary and district council elections in Kabul. AFP / HOSHANG HASHIMI
Commonwealth Games gold medallist Poonam Yadav attacked in Varanasi 14 Apr 2018 - 11:03 pm
Poonam Yadav won the gold medal in women’s 69kg weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. (Reuters)
Kathua rape-murder: Resignation of Kashmir ministers accepted 14 Apr 2018 - 10:45 pm
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti (Reuters file photo)
Unrest in Jammu Kashmir over rape, murder of minor girl 14 Apr 2018 - 09:31 pm
People hold candles and placards during a vigil, organised by the members of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association, to show solidarity with the victim and demand a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the rape and murder of an eight
Massive Japan manhunt for 'model' convict who fled open jail 14 Apr 2018 - 08:47 pm
Tatsuma Hirao, 27, who was serving time for multiple thefts, had been working at a shipbuilding yard at the Matsuyama prison in the southwestern city of Imabari.
Indonesian wannabe cop arrested over police academy forgery 14 Apr 2018 - 08:34 pm
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Officials: 4 kids, 2 police killed in Afghan attacks 14 Apr 2018 - 02:31 pm
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Boat with 70 Rohingya Muslims leaves Myanmar for Malaysia: sources 14 Apr 2018 - 11:46 am
 Silhouettes of Rohingya refugees are seen at Kutupalong refugee camp in Maynar Guna, near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh on April 07, 2018. ( Arif Hüdaverdi Yaman - Anadolu Agency )
India outrage mounts over gang rape, murder of 8-year-old 13 Apr 2018 - 06:30 pm
People shout slogans and hold placards during a protest against the rape of an eight-year-old girl, in Kathua, near Jammu and a teenager in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh state, in Mumbai, India April 13, 2018. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
Azeri president's supporters heckle as observers declare election unfair 12 Apr 2018 - 05:51 pm
Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, attends the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland January 23, 2018 Reuters/Denis Balibouse
Taliban attack on Afghan government compound kills 15 12 Apr 2018 - 11:34 am
A general view shows the site of an attack by Taliban militants on a government compound in the Khwaja Omari district in the southeastern province of Ghazni on April 12, 2018. AFP / ZAKERIA HASHIMI
Child's rape, killing in India mired in religious politics 12 Apr 2018 - 11:03 am
Activists of National Panther party burn tyres and shout slogans during a protest in support of various demands, including deportation of Rohingyas and Bangladeshi nationals from Jammu, and a CBI probe into the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in
Inuka, first polar bear born in the tropics, may be put down 12 Apr 2018 - 10:51 am
(FILES) This photograph taken on December 26, 2017 shows Inuka, a senior polar bear, shaking his head as he lounges in the pool in his enclosure at the Singapore Zoo. AFP / TOH TING WEI
India's top court to provide daycare facilities, after years of requests 12 Apr 2018 - 10:37 am
File picture of India's Supreme Court.