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Taliban warn Kabul residents to 'keep away' ahead of attacks 21 May 2018 - 12:26 pm
Afghan National Army soldiers keep watch during an official visit in Farah province, Afghanistan May 19, 2018. Picture taken May 19, 2018. REUTERS/James Mackenzie
Philippines takes "appropriate action" over Chinese bombers in disputed South China Sea 21 May 2018 - 12:19 pm
An aerial view of China occupied Subi Reef at the Spratly Islands in disputed South China Sea April 21, 2017. REUTERS/Francis Malasig/Pool
Taiwan pleads for access to key WHO meeting 21 May 2018 - 12:14 pm
Taiwan's Health Minister Chen Shih-Chung (C) gives a thumb up as he poses with demonstrators after a press conference on the sideline of the World Health Assembly on May 21, 2018 in Geneva. AFP / Fabrice Coffrini
Almost 200 Games athletes, officials seek Australia asylum 21 May 2018 - 11:43 am
File photo of flags from Commonwealth countries. Reuters
One-fingered Japanese climber dies on eighth attempt at Everest 21 May 2018 - 11:35 am
In this file photo taken on August 23, 2015 Japanese climber Nobukazu Kuriki (2nd L) accepts a permit to climb Mount Everest and a Nepalese flag from Nepal's tourism minister Kripasur Sherpa (R) in Kathmandu.  / AFP / Prakash MATHEMA
Moon enters talks with Trump with driver's seat at stake 21 May 2018 - 10:17 am
File photo: US President Donald Trump (L) welcomes South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the White House in Washington, DC, US, June 30, 2017. Reuters/Jim Bourg/File Photo
Vanuatu to permanently evacuate volcanic island 21 May 2018 - 10:11 am
Smoke and ash emanates from the Manaro Voui volcano located on Vanuatu's northern island Ambae in the South Pacific, October 1, 2017. REUTERS/Ben Bohane
China satellite heralds first mission to dark side of Moon 21 May 2018 - 08:17 am
A Long March-4C rocket lifts off from the southwestern Xichang launch centre carrying the Queqiao (
Jet Airways taps Indian diaspora with Mumbai-Manchester route 20 May 2018 - 09:43 pm
Jet Airways aircraft stand on tarmac at the domestic airport terminal in Mumbai, India September 9, 2009. Reuters/Punit Paranjpe
Muslim beaten to death in India for allegedly killing cow 20 May 2018 - 09:16 pm
Indian Muslim offer prayers after breaking their fast at Badi Masjid on the banks of the River Ganga in the Daraganj area during the holy month of Ramadan, in Allahabad on May 20, 2018. AFP / Sanjay Kanojia
Rumours spread as Nipah virus identified in Kozhikode fever deaths 20 May 2018 - 08:35 pm
While three members of a family at Perambara in Kozhikode died within weeks after what seemed to be common fever aggravated quickly, two more family members were being treated at the Medical College hospital and one of them has also tested positive.
India's Modi faces revived opposition after setback in southern state 20 May 2018 - 03:31 pm
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during the inauguration of hydro power and infrastructure projects in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, in Jammu May 19, 2018. REUTERS/Mukesh Gupta
Maoist rebels detonate bomb in east India; 6 police killed 20 May 2018 - 12:45 pm
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Myanmar orders Rohingya to leave tense border zone 20 May 2018 - 11:55 am
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China air force lands bombers on S.China Sea island 20 May 2018 - 11:39 am
File photo of Chinese dredging vessels purportedly seen in the waters around Mischief Reef in the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea in this still image from video taken by a P-8A Poseidon surveillance aircraft provided by the United States N
19 Killed in bus accident in Western India 19 May 2018 - 08:01 pm
Indian police stand near the bodies of some of the victims of an accident on the Ahmedabad-Bhavnagar highway in Bavniyari village on May 19, 2018.   AFP / STR
Malaysia's ex-PM Najib rails at police, wife warns of "public trial" 19 May 2018 - 11:50 am
Malaysia's former prime minister Najib Razak (C) arrives for Friday prayers at the Barisan Nasional party headquarters in Kuala Lumpur on May 18, 2018. / AFP / Mohd RASFAN
Indian Kashmir shutdown to protest Modi visit 19 May 2018 - 11:06 am
Demonstrators hurl stones towards Indian police, during a protest against the recent killings of Palestinian protesters on the Gaza-Israel border and the U.S. embassy move to Jerusalem, in Srinagar, May 18, 2018. REUTERS/Danish Ismail