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Pakistan PM warns US sanctions would be counter-productive 12 Sep 2017 - 07:50 am
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi speaks with a Reuters correspondent during an interview at his office in Islamabad, Pakistan September 11, 2017. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood
China facing intensified threat of religious infiltration, extremism - official 12 Sep 2017 - 07:32 am
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Myanmar crisis textbook example of ethnic cleansing: UN 11 Sep 2017 - 06:43 pm
Smoke is seen on Myanmar's side of border as a boat carrying Rohingya refugees arrives on shore after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border through the Bay of Bengal, in Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh September 11, 2017. Reuters/Danish Siddiqui
Kazakh ex-spy chief jailed for 'divulging state secrets' 11 Sep 2017 - 05:26 pm
Nartai Dutbayev who served as the chairman for the Central Asian state's powerful KNB national security committee from 2001 to 2006 was handed the sentence on August 24 by a closed doors military court. (Photo courtesy: AKIpress.com)
UN says 313,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh 11 Sep 2017 - 11:31 am
Around 164,000 mostly Rohingya refugees have crossed into Bangladesh in the last fortnight to escape fighting in Myanmar's Rakhine state, the UN says. (Photo: AFP/K M Asad).
Myanmar mob stones Muslim home amid Rohingya crisis 11 Sep 2017 - 11:13 am
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Myanmar kills 3,000 Rohingya in Rakhine: Bangladesh FM 11 Sep 2017 - 10:44 am
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Renowned historian Nancy Dupree dies in Afghanistan 11 Sep 2017 - 10:37 am
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Indian soldiers kill two Kashmiri rebels, capture one 11 Sep 2017 - 10:09 am
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China: No environmental impact from N. Korea's nuclear test 11 Sep 2017 - 09:58 am
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Four Shiites shot dead in SW Pakistan: police 11 Sep 2017 - 09:48 am
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Dalai Lama says Buddha would have helped Myanmar's Muslims 11 Sep 2017 - 09:32 am
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Taiwanese activist confesses to Chinese subversion charges 11 Sep 2017 - 09:22 am
Taiwanese activist Lee Ming-cheh, an NGO worker who was arrested during a trip to the Chinese mainland in March, appeared at court in Hunan province's Yueyang city (AFP Photo/Handout).
North Korea warns US over sanctions push ahead of UN vote 11 Sep 2017 - 08:57 am
This undated picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on September 10, 2017 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (centre row 2nd L) and his wife Ri Sol-Ju (centre row L) attending an art performance dedicated to nuclea
Cambodian leader threatens ban on opposition party 11 Sep 2017 - 07:56 am
File photo: President of the ruling Cambodian People's Party and Prime Minister Hun Sen attends a ceremony to mark the 65th anniversary of the establishment of the party in Phnom Penh June 28, 2016. REUTERS/Samrang Pring/File Photo
After insurgents’ truce, Myanmar says “we don’t negotiate with terrorists” 10 Sep 2017 - 09:06 pm
ARSA’s declaration drew no formal response from the military or the government of Buddhist-majority Myanmar. However, the spokesman for Myanmar’s leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, said on Twitter: “We have no policy to negotiate with terrorists.” This file photo
Critics circle Aung San Suu Kyi over Rohingya crisis 10 Sep 2017 - 08:43 pm
A Rohingya refugee man pulls a child as they walk to the shore after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border by boat through the Bay of Bengal in Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh, September 10, 2017. Reuters/Danish Siddiqui
Philippines' Duterte says dictator Marcos is a hero 10 Sep 2017 - 11:52 am
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