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15 Afghan army cadets killed in attack on security forces 21 Oct 2017 - 04:31 pm
Afghan security forces have faced soaring casualties since NATO combat forces pulled out of the country at the end of 2014. AFP
Japan braces for super typhoon ahead of election 21 Oct 2017 - 12:43 pm
Head of Japan's Party of Hope and Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike (C) and her party lawmakers raise their fists during the last day of campaigning for the October 22 lower house election, in Tokyo, Japan October 21, 2017. REUTERS/Issei Kato
Three dead, search on for others after landslide at Malaysia construction site 21 Oct 2017 - 10:35 am
Rescue workers search for victims of a landslide at a construction site in Tanjung Bungah on the north of Penang on October 21, 2017./ AFP / STR
China official says of Rohingya crisis foreign interference doesn't work 21 Oct 2017 - 09:04 am
Rohingya refugees line up at registration center in Kutupalong refugees camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, October 20, 2017. REUTERS/ Zohra Bensemra
Suicide bombers attack two Afghan mosques, at least 72 dead 21 Oct 2017 - 08:57 am
Afghan residents look inside the Imam Zaman Shiite mosque which was a the site of a suicide attack during evening prayers, in Kabul on October 21, 2017. AFP / WAKIL KOHSAR
Dozens killed as Taliban launch fresh assaults on Afghan bases 19 Oct 2017 - 09:44 pm
FILE PHOTO: A wounded Afghan police man looks on as he receives treatment following the militants raid that targeted the American University of Afghanistan on August 25. 2016 (AFP)
Pakistan court indicts ex-PM Sharif for corruption: official 19 Oct 2017 - 03:01 pm
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Afghanistan: Taliban take fight direct to police and army 19 Oct 2017 - 02:08 pm
Afghan National Army (ANA) commandos arrest men pretending to be Taliban fighters during a military exercise at the Kabul Military Training Centre (KMTC) on the outskirts of Kabul on October 17, 2017. AFP / SHAH MARAI
Malaysia negotiating with US firm to resume MH370 hunt 19 Oct 2017 - 01:57 pm
(FILES) This file photo taken on March 8, 2016 shows a Malaysian man walking in front of a mural of missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 plane in a back-alley in Shah Alam.  AFP / MANAN VATSYAYANA
43 Afghan soldiers killed in suicide attack on military base: officials 19 Oct 2017 - 11:17 am
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Pakistani anti-corruption court indicts ousted PM Sharif and his daughter 19 Oct 2017 - 11:11 am
File picture of ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
Seven dead in India firework factory blast 19 Oct 2017 - 10:47 am
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15,000 under fives die from preventable illnesses each day: UN 19 Oct 2017 - 09:41 am
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Fire destroys landmark hotel in Myanmar's largest city, kills one 19 Oct 2017 - 09:27 am
A firefighter extinguishes a fire at Kandawgyi Palace hotel in Yangon early on October 19, 2017. AFP / YE AUNG THU
Xi’s marathon speech eclipses Congress opening 19 Oct 2017 - 01:15 am
China’s President Xi Jinping giving a speech at the opening session of the Chinese Communist Party’s five-yearly Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, yesterday.
Xi declares 'new era' for China as party congress opens 18 Oct 2017 - 01:29 pm
China's President Xi Jinping gives a speech at the opening session of the Chinese Communist Party's five-yearly Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on October 18, 2017. AFP / WANG ZHAO
Pakistan arrests 25 Indian fishermen 18 Oct 2017 - 12:51 pm
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China's Jiang rises from the 'dead' for Communist meeting 18 Oct 2017 - 10:28 am
Chinese President Xi Jinping (C) and Chinese former president Hu Jintao (L), Chinese former president Jiang Zemin (2nd R) attend the opening session of the Chinese Communist Party's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on October 18, 2017.