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Father who lost daughter seeks 'truth' about Indian hospital as weekend deaths push toll to 85 15 Aug 2017 - 07:05 pm
Mohammad Zahid, who lost his five-and-a-half year old daughter Khushi, holds his daughter's photograph in Gorakhpur in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, on August 14, 2017. AFP / Sanjay Kanojia
North Korea holds off on Guam missile plan as China urges “brakes” on rhetoric 15 Aug 2017 - 06:49 pm
This picture taken on August 14, 2017 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on August 15, 2017 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (C) clapping hands while viewing a stage during his inspecting the Command of the Str
Taliban warn Trump against troop increase in open letter 15 Aug 2017 - 04:57 pm
Afghan security forces keep watch near the site of U.S. airstrike on a civilian vehicle in Haska Mina district Nangarhar province on August 12, 2017. (AFP / NOORULLAH SHIRZADA)
Outrage mounts after 64 infants died at Gorakhpur hospital 13 Aug 2017 - 06:59 pm
An Indian relative holds the body of a child while walking out of Baba Raghav Das Hospital in Gorakhpur, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, on August 13, 2017. AFP / Sanjay Kanojia
Strong 6.4 earthquake hits Indonesia's Sumatra 13 Aug 2017 - 06:50 am
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Partition key battleground in India, Pakistan textbook wars 13 Aug 2017 - 06:28 am
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Nepal revives railways as China, India vye for influence 13 Aug 2017 - 06:22 am
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End of an era as typewriting tests phased out in India 12 Aug 2017 - 07:11 pm
In this photograph taken on July 13, 2017, students practise at Abhyankar's Shorthand & Typewriting Institute in Mumbai. AFP / Indranil Mukherjee
India in talks with Myanmar, Bangladesh to deport 40,000 Rohingya 11 Aug 2017 - 07:41 pm
A girl from the Rohingya Muslim community walks past a makeshift settlement on the outskirts of Jammu, May 6, 2017 (REUTERS / Mukesh Gupta)
Myanmar sends hundreds of troops to Rakhine as tension rises 11 Aug 2017 - 07:35 pm
Ethnic Rakhine men attend a police training course as a civilian force will be deployed in the north of the Rakhine state in Sittwe, Myanmar, November 15, 2016 (REUTERS / Soe Zeya Tun)
Trump warns US 'locked and loaded' as North Korea readies missiles 11 Aug 2017 - 07:30 pm
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China earthquake death toll rises to 24 11 Aug 2017 - 06:54 pm
This photo taken on August 10, 2017 shows rescuers walking through the damaged InterContinental Resort Jiuzhai Paradise in Jiuzhaigou in China's southwestern Sichuan province, after an 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck the province late on August 8. AFP
Sri Lanka foreign minister resigns over corruption charges 10 Aug 2017 - 02:20 pm
Ravi Karunanayake (AFP Photo/Ishara S.Kodikara / File photo)
North Korea details plan to fire missile salvo toward Guam 10 Aug 2017 - 12:35 pm
This picture taken on August 9, 2017 and released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on August 10, 2017 shows a rally in support of North Korea's stance against the US, on Kim Il-Sung square in Pyongyang. (AFP PHOTO/KCNA VIA KNS)
Presidential press passes for bloggers in Philippines 10 Aug 2017 - 12:05 pm
Mocha Uson (R), a blogger and supporter of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, onstage with her colleague displaying a T-shirt decorated with a mugshot of arrested legislator Senator Leila De Lima during a pro-Duterte rally at a park in Manila. (AFP / T
Trump's 'fire and fury' threat fits with North Korea's image of US 09 Aug 2017 - 08:56 pm
People wave banners and shout slogans as they attend a rally in support of North Korea's stance against the US, on Kim Il-Sung square in Pyongyang on August 9, 2017. AFP / Kim Won-Jin
A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki amid US-North Korea tension 09 Aug 2017 - 08:38 pm
People attend the Peace Message Lantern Floating Ceremony held to console the souls of the A-Bomb victims after the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on the occasion of the 72nd anniversary of Hiroshima atomic bombing
Quake in China’s Sichuan kills 19 including tourists; injures 247 09 Aug 2017 - 11:20 am
Stranded passengers rest at the departure hall of Jiuzhaigou airport near the remote, mountainous area struck by a deadly earthquake in Sichuan province, China August 9, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas Peter