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Desperation driving Rohingya to traffickers 22 Jul 2019 - 09:52 pm
Rohingya Muslim refugees use a makeshift raft to travel from Myanmar to Bangladesh at Sha Porir Dwip in the Bangladeshi district of Teknaf on November 8, 2017. AFP
After Libyan bombing, Bangladeshis wait for injured migrants' return 22 Jul 2019 - 09:52 pm
A wounded migrant receives medical care after an air strike hit a detention center for mainly African migrants in Tajoura, in Tripoli Central Hospital, Libya July 3, 2019. Reuters/Ismail Zitouny
Bangladesh police arrest 12 as Rohingya trafficking fears rise 22 Jul 2019 - 09:52 pm
Representative image: Bangladesh Police keep the public away near the site of an earlier police operation on the outskirts of Dhaka, July 26, 2016. Reuters/Mohammad Ponir Hossain
Philippine youth homes 'worse than prison' as abuses rife 22 Jul 2019 - 08:19 pm
This photo taken on March 14, 2019 shows a silhouette of a boy that was once held at a juvenile detention centre, during an interview with AFP at an unspecified location in Manila. AFP / Noel Celis
North Korea's Kim inspects new submarine, signals possible ballistic missile development 22 Jul 2019 - 07:05 pm
This undated picture released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on July 23, 2019 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (L) inspecting a newly built submarine at an undisclosed location. – (AFP PHOTO/KCNA VIA KNS)
Thousands gather to watch Pakistan PM Imran Khan in Washington 22 Jul 2019 - 04:52 pm
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Many feared trapped in major fire in India's financial capital 22 Jul 2019 - 04:29 pm
Smoke is seen after a fire broke out in a building in Mumbai on July 22, 2019. / AFP / PUNIT PARANJPE
IAEA chief Yukiya Amano who oversaw Iran treaty dies at 72 22 Jul 2019 - 02:46 pm
File photo of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano smiles as he waits for a board of governors meeting to begin at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna, Austria June 6, 2016. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader/File Photo
Starbucks' China rival Luckin Coffee plans first foray overseas 22 Jul 2019 - 02:13 pm
File photo of a barista packing a coffee for online sales at a Luckin Coffee store in Beijing, China July 17, 2018. REUTERS/Jason Lee/File Photo
India launches historic bid to put spacecraft on Moon 22 Jul 2019 - 12:33 pm
A television grab shows the launch of Chandrayaan - Moon Chariot 2 at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, an island off the coast of southern Andhra Pradesh state on July 22, 2019. (AFP / Prakash SINGH)
Anger soars over vicious mob attack on Hong Kong protesters 22 Jul 2019 - 09:09 am
Men in white t-shirts and face masks attack anti-extradition bill demonstrators and reporters at a train station in Hong Kong, China, July 21, 2019, in this still image obtained from a social media live video. (Courtesy of Stand News/Social Media via REUT
'Wow, wow, wow!' Philippines goes wild for 'force at 40' Pacquiao 21 Jul 2019 - 10:40 pm
Manny Pacquiao celebrates his split-decision victory over Keith Thurman in their WBA welterweight title fight at MGM Grand Garden Arena on July 20, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ethan Miller/Getty Images/AFP
Japan's Abe claims victory in upper house election 21 Jul 2019 - 05:38 pm
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (AFP)
In direct challenge, black-clad protesters deface Beijing's Hong Kong office 21 Jul 2019 - 05:17 pm
A sign is seen defaced by protesters at the Chinese liaison office after a march against a controversial extradition bill in Hong Kong on July 21, 2019. Masked protesters threw eggs at China's office in Hong Kong on July 21 following another massive rally
Burqa-clad suicide bomber kills eight in northwest Pakistan 21 Jul 2019 - 11:43 am
Pakistani security officials examine the site of a suicide bomb attack at the entrance of a hospital in Kotlan Saidan village on the outskirts of the northwestern city of Dera Ismail Khan on July 21, 2019. (AFP / Adil Mughal)
Suspected Japan arsonist a reclusive, quarrelsome gamer, neighbour says 20 Jul 2019 - 10:11 pm
Japanese police officers inspect the scene where over 30 people died in a fire at the Kyoto Animation studio building in Kyoto on July 19, 2019. AFP / Jiji Press
China opens up finance sector to more foreign investment 20 Jul 2019 - 10:11 pm
This photo taken on July 18, 2019 shows a flooded street in Dazhou City, in China's southwest Sichuan Province. AFP
Sonebhadra victims' kin walked 70 km to meet Priyanka 20 Jul 2019 - 09:41 pm
In this handout photo taken and released by the All India Congress Committee (AICC) Communication Department on July 19, 2019, Indian politician Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (C) participates ia a sitting in protest at Narayanpur District, Mirzapur, after being s