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It's not for you: smartphone ban for N. Korea, Iran Olympians 07 Feb 2018 - 10:01 am
File photo of a signage is seen at the samsung 837 store in the Meatpacking District of Manhattan, New York, US, October 10, 2016. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
Pence says US will stand by allies, stick to goal of denuclearising North Korea 07 Feb 2018 - 09:31 am
US Vice President Mike pence, right, poses with Japan's Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera prior to their meeting at Defense Ministry in Tokyo, Japan February 7, 2018. REUTERS/Shizuo Kambayashi/Poo
As Maldives crisis worsens, Nasheed returns to main stage 07 Feb 2018 - 09:16 am
File photo shows an aerial view of one of the luxurious resorts that dot the many islands that comprise the maldives in the Indian Ocean, September 9, 2013. / AFP / Roberto SCHMIDT
First gold to North Korea's Kim as Olympics set to open 07 Feb 2018 - 08:33 am
A woman passes past a logo of the the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter olympic Games and the rings, two days prior to the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter olympic Games at the Phoenix Park venue in Pyeongchang on February 6, 2018. / AFP / LOIC VENANCE
Mercedes apologises to China after quoting Dalai Lama 07 Feb 2018 - 08:16 am
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Rescuers scour toppled buildings after Taiwan quake kills four 07 Feb 2018 - 08:02 am
Rescue personnel search a collapsed building after an earthquake hit Hualien, Taiwan February 7, 2018. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
Maldives opposition calls for Indian intervention as president imposes emergency rule 06 Feb 2018 - 10:13 pm
This file photo taken on September 11, 2013 shows an aerial view of the island of Male, capital of the Maldives.  AFP / Roberto Schmidt
Two dead, over 100 injured in Taiwan quake 06 Feb 2018 - 09:49 pm
A damaged vehicle stands in rubble outside the Marshal Hotel in Hualien, eastern Taiwan early February 7, 2018, after a strong earthquake struck the island. AFP / Paul Yang
Amnesty demands release of jailed Maldives judges 06 Feb 2018 - 05:37 pm
This image received from the Mihaaru newspaper shows security forces standing guard outside the Supreme Court in Male after Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen declared a state of emergency on February 5, 2018. AFP Photo / Mihaaru
Mercedes-Benz apologizes to Chinese for quoting Dalai Lama 06 Feb 2018 - 02:05 pm
The Mercedes-Benz star is displayed on the front of a Mercedes-Benz G-model at the annual press conference of German auto giant Daimler AG in Stuttgart, southwestern Germany, on February 1, 2018.  AFP / THOMAS KIENZLE
Maldives' top judge arrested as state of emergency declared 06 Feb 2018 - 12:30 pm
(FILES) This file photo taken on September 9, 2013 shows an aerial view of the island of Male, capital of the Maldives. AFP / Roberto SCHMIDT
Senior Chinese shipping executive shot dead in Pakistan 06 Feb 2018 - 11:42 am
Pakistani paramedics push a stretcher carrying an injured Chinese national to an hospital after an attack by gunmen in Karachi on February 5, 2018. / AFP / ASIF HASSAN
China says Swedish citizen and HK bookseller under 'coercive measures' 06 Feb 2018 - 11:15 am
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To baldly grow: Japan scientists regrow hair at record rate 06 Feb 2018 - 10:37 am
File photo of a vendor, helps put on a wig on a customer at a wig shop near the central train station in Shanghai, China January 18, 2017. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo
Philippines' Duterte reneges on China deal, bans foreign research ships 06 Feb 2018 - 10:14 am
File photo of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, wearing a military uniform, reviews scout ranger troops upon his arrival during the 67th founding anniversary of the First Scout Ranger regiment in San Miguel town, Bulacan province, north of Manila, Phi
Heavy snow in Japan traps 1,000 cars 06 Feb 2018 - 10:03 am
File photo of roofs of houses covered with snow in Tokyo on February 2, 2018. / AFP / Kazuhiro NOGI
Maldives' ex-president Nasheed urges India to intervene to resolve crisis 06 Feb 2018 - 09:54 am
File photo of former President of the Maldives Mohamed Nasheed (C) arrives for a press conference in Colombo, January 22, 2018. / AFP / LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI
China urges Cambodia to use yuan in bilateral trade 06 Feb 2018 - 09:00 am
File photo of a China yuan note is seen in this illustration photo May 31, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas White/Illustration/File Photo.