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Taliban-led Afghan administration suspends university education for women 21 Dec 2022 - 10:33 am
Afghan female university students stop by Taliban security personnel stand next to a private university in Kabul on December 21, 2022. Photo by Wakil Kohsar / AFP
Taliban ban university education for Afghan girls 20 Dec 2022 - 10:59 pm
Children walk past a locked school gate after Taliban militants seized a police station in Bannu on December 20, 2022. (Photo by Karim ULLAH / AFP)
Pakistani forces retake anti-terrorism centre, free hostages: Sources 20 Dec 2022 - 02:04 pm
A Pakistani policeman checks a car in front of a shuttered market after Taliban militants seized a police station in Bannu on December 20, 2022. (Photo by Karim Ullah / AFP)
Survivor rescued as Thai navy continues search for 29 sailors 20 Dec 2022 - 01:34 pm
Sailors gather onboard HTMS Kraburi at Bang Saphan Pier in Prachuap Khiri Khan on December 20, 2022, during the search operation for survivors . (Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha / AFP)
Quiet before Christmas in Seoul night-life district of deadly crowd crush 19 Dec 2022 - 04:02 pm
People read condolences messages attached to the wall of a narrow alley of Itaewon where the deadly Halloween crush that killed more than 150 in October happened, in Seoul, South Korea, December 18, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
Air quality plummets in Indian capital as temperature falls 19 Dec 2022 - 02:53 pm
Commuters’ cross railway tracks amid foggy conditions on a wintry morning near a railway station in Amritsar on December 19, 2022. (Photo by Narinder NANU / AFP)
China's cities battle first wave of COVID surge as wider spread looms 18 Dec 2022 - 01:41 pm
A health worker wearing protective equipment (PPE) stands at the entrance of a fever clinic of a hospital in Shanghai on December 18, 2022. (Photo by HECTOR RETAMAL / AFP)
Philippines extends tariff cuts on imported rice, other food items to fight inflation 18 Dec 2022 - 12:40 pm
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Malaysia police questions campsite operator after landslide kills 24 18 Dec 2022 - 12:37 pm
A rescue crew member checks the landslide area during a rescue and evacuation operation following a landslide at a campsite in Batang Kali, Selangor, Malaysia, December 17, 2022. REUTERS/Hasnoor Hussain
Death toll from Malaysia campsite landslide rises to 24, nine missing 17 Dec 2022 - 02:07 pm
Family members of a Batang Kali, landslide victim, leave Sungai Buloh Hospital's mortuary in Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia, December 17, 2022. Reuters/Hasnoor Hussain
New Covid model predicts over 1 mln deaths in China through 2023 17 Dec 2022 - 02:00 pm
Residents queue to receive a nasal spray COVID-19 booster vaccine in Beijing, China December 17, 2022 in this still image obtained from a video. Reuters TV/via Reuters
Japan approves major defence overhaul, warning of China threats 16 Dec 2022 - 06:18 pm
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (centre) attends a press conference in Tokyo on December 16, 2022. (Photo by David Mareuil / AFP)
Maiden seeks to reopen plant after India govt lab says cough syrups were safe 16 Dec 2022 - 03:59 pm
A cameraman takes visuals outside the office of Maiden Pharmaceuticals Ltd. company, in New Delhi, India, October 6, 2022. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis/Files
Indonesia quake death toll jumps to 602 after new count 16 Dec 2022 - 03:08 pm
Indonesia rescue members carry a victims body from the site of a landslide caused by the earthquake in Cugenang, Cianjur, West Java province, Indonesia, November 22, 2022. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana
Sixteen killed, 17 missing in Malaysia landslide 16 Dec 2022 - 10:33 am
Rescuers work during a rescue and evacuation operation following a landslide at a campsite in Batang Kali, Selangor state, on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, December 16, 2022, in this picture obtained from social media. Korporat JBPM/via REUTERS
One dead as fresh clashes erupt between Afghan, Pakistani border forces 15 Dec 2022 - 07:13 pm
A car with bullet holes is seen after cross-border shelling and gunfire in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border town of Chaman, Pakistan, on December 15, 2022. REUTERS/Abdul Khaliq Achakzai
Nepal to end eight-month ban on imports of cars, phones as reserves rise 15 Dec 2022 - 03:07 pm
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India boosts facilities at Delhi airport to ease year-end travel congestion 15 Dec 2022 - 02:41 pm
Travellers push carts with their luggage at the departure area of Terminal 3 at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, India, December 14, 2022. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis