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World / Asia

Hunger games: India PM to fast as politics gets gutsy 11 Apr 2018 - 07:50 pm
Narendra Modi and Indian yoga guru Baba Ramdev raise their hands as they chant patriotic slogans during a Yoga Mahotsav in New Delhi, March 23, 2014. (Reuters / Adnan Abidi)
Kin of Japanese abducted by North Korea ask US envoy to help 10 Apr 2018 - 11:08 pm
This picture taken on April 9, 2018 and released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on April 10 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (rear C) attending the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea
Go home to vote: Malaysian Twitter users, firms offer to pay travel costs 10 Apr 2018 - 11:08 pm
motorcyclist is seen between Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (Malaysian Islamic Party) flags in Bangi, Malaysia April 10, 2018. Reuters
Russia's foreign minister to visit North Korea 10 Apr 2018 - 01:47 pm
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov speaks during a press conference after his meeting with his North Korean counterpart in Moscow on April 10, 2018.   AFP / Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV
India charity's joy at Harry, Markle wedding gesture 10 Apr 2018 - 12:34 pm
File photo of Britain's Prince Harry and his fiancee Meghan Markle watch a performance by a Welsh choir in the banqueting hall during a visit to Cardiff Castle in Cardiff, Britain, January 18, 2018. REUTERS/Ben Birchall/Pool/File Photo
Motorcycle bombs injure 12 in southern Thailand 10 Apr 2018 - 11:25 am
A member of a Thai police bomb squad inspects the site of a bomb blast in Sungai Kolok, Narathiwat province, on April 9, 2018.  / AFP / Madaree TOHLALA
Philippine high court hears arguments to remove Duterte 'enemy' Sereno 10 Apr 2018 - 10:13 am
Maria Lourdes Sereno, the Philippines' first woman chief justice, is facing challenges on several fronts and is on a leave of absence to prepare for possible impeachment proceedings.
21 children die in India when school bus plunges into gorge 09 Apr 2018 - 06:00 pm
Photo: Twitter/ @dineshkaundal
Wind topples giant statue of China's first emperor 09 Apr 2018 - 05:59 pm
This photo taken on April 7, 2018 shows the pedestal of a statue of China's first emperor
Indonesia jails bus terminal bombing mastermind for nine years 09 Apr 2018 - 12:06 pm
Peninsula
100 injured in major student protests in Bangladesh 09 Apr 2018 - 09:59 am
Bangladeshi university students block a road during a protest against the quota system used in government recruitment in Dhaka on April 9, 2018. AFP
Bangladesh police fire tear gas at student protesters 08 Apr 2018 - 08:18 pm
FILE PHOTO: Police keep the public away near the site of a police operation on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 26, 2016. Reuters/ Mohammad Ponir Hossain
Cambodia's former opposition leader calls for election boycott 08 Apr 2018 - 03:24 pm
Peninsula
US approves licence for Taiwan submarine plan 08 Apr 2018 - 08:43 am
FILE PHOTO - Flags of Taiwan and US placed for a meeting. Reuters/Tyrone Siu
Malaysia's Najib Razak targets key support base at manifesto launch 07 Apr 2018 - 06:43 pm
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak (C) gestures as he holds a copy of his coalition's election manifesto next to other party members ahead of the upcoming polls during a National Front coalition or Barisan Nasional rally, in Kuala Lumpur on April 7, 201
In Kashmir, 2 killings come amid tangles of fear and loyalty 07 Apr 2018 - 05:42 pm
An Indian policeman fires a tear smoke shell towards protesters during the funeral of Mussavir Ahmed Wani, a suspected militant, who according to local media reports was killed in a gunbattle with Indian security forces on Friday, in south Kashmir's Pulwa
India agrees to open waterways, rail link to Nepal capital 07 Apr 2018 - 05:37 pm
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) and Prime Minister of Nepal K.P. Sharma Oli look on during the inauguration of India-Nepal petroleum products pipeline and the Integrated Check Post (ICP), at Hyderabad house, in New Delhi on April 7, 2018. / AFP /
China sperm bank demands loyalty to Communist Party 06 Apr 2018 - 06:12 pm
Passengers are seen on a bus promoting the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in Shanghai, China, September 26, 2017. (Reuters / Aly Song)