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World / Asia

The hunt for Asia's El Chapo 14 Oct 2019 - 10:11 pm
Tse Chi Lop, a Canadian national born in China, is suspected of leading a vast multinational drug trafficking syndicate formed out of an alliance of five of Asia’s triad groups, according to law enforcement officials
How the #MeToo cases that shook India have played out 14 Oct 2019 - 09:03 pm
Tanushree Dutta was among the first to speak out against sexual misconduct in India’s famed Bollywood film industry. Dutta last year alleged that she was sexually harassed by veteran actor Nana Patekar on a movie set in 2008 and that her complaints were i
Baby found buried alive highlights India's battle to protect girls 14 Oct 2019 - 08:21 pm
FILE PHOTO: A woman carries her baby as she walks through a wheat field in Amroha district in Uttar Pradesh, April 17, 2014. Reuters/Adnan Abidi
Hong Kong police say homemade bomb targeted officers 14 Oct 2019 - 06:01 pm
An anti-government demonstrator stands in fron of a police vehicle during a protest against the invocation of the emergency laws in Hong Kong, October 14, 2019. Reuters/Ammar Awad
Japan storm victims felt worst was over, then floods came 14 Oct 2019 - 05:01 pm
Elderly people rest at an evacuation shelter in Nagano on October 14, 2019, after Typhoon Hagibis crashed into Japan on October 12, unleashing high winds and torrential rain across 36 of the country's 47 prefectures, and triggering landslides and catastro
Philippines begins mass vaccinations after polio returns 14 Oct 2019 - 12:15 pm
A baby receives free polio vaccine during a government-led mass vaccination program in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, October 14, 2019. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez
Britain's William and Kate to begin 'complex' tour of Pakistan 14 Oct 2019 - 11:48 am
Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge at Ascot (Reuters/Matthew Childs/File picture)
Earthquake measuring 5.8 hits Northern Pakistan 14 Oct 2019 - 10:40 am
Peninsula
South Korean minister quits as education row swirls 14 Oct 2019 - 10:26 am
FILE PHOTO: Justice Minister nominee Cho Kuk attends a hearing at the national assembly in Seoul, South Korea, September 6, 2019. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo
Aussie wrongly jailed for 19 years awarded millions 14 Oct 2019 - 10:04 am
Peninsula
Japan sends in 110,000 rescuers as typhoon death toll reaches 40 14 Oct 2019 - 09:30 am
Emergency personnel paddle across floodwaters using an inflatable raft during search and rescue operations in the aftermath of Typhoon Hagibis, in Nagano on October 14, 2019. AFP / Kazuhiro NOGI
New Zealand creates unit to target, 'disrupt' online extremism 14 Oct 2019 - 08:59 am
New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern (R) speaks during a joint press conference with the leader of the Neterlands at Government House in Auckland on October 8, 2019. / AFP / DAVID ROWLAND
Japan rescuers wade in muddy waters to find typhoon survivors 14 Oct 2019 - 08:52 am
A rescue worker swims as he checks around a flooded residential area due to Typhoon Hagibis, in Kawasaki, Japan, October 13, 2019. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
French energy giant Total to buy 37% stake in India's Adani Gas 14 Oct 2019 - 08:33 am
A reuters file photo.
Are China's 'internal affairs' going more global? 13 Oct 2019 - 06:37 pm
A Muslim man arriving at the Id Kah Mosque for the morning prayer on Eid al-Fitr in the old town of Kashgar in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China, on June 26, 2017. AFP / Johannes Eisele
At least 26 dead as Typhoon Hagibis slams Japan 13 Oct 2019 - 06:15 pm
This aerial view shows the flooded Kawagoe Kings Garden nursing home beside the Oppegawa river in Kawagoe, Saitama prefecture on October 13, 2019.  AFP / JIJI PRESS
Japan sends in thousands of troops after massive typhoon hammers Tokyo 13 Oct 2019 - 08:54 am
People walk by a flooded convenience store in the aftermath of Typhoon Hagibis in Kakuda, Miyagi Prefecture on October 13, 2019. AFP / CHARLY TRIBALLEAU
Two dead as Typhoon Hagibis batters Japan with 'unprecedented' rain 12 Oct 2019 - 07:10 pm
Roads are flooded due to heavy rains caused by Typhoon Hagibis at Setagaya ward in Tokyo, Japan, October 12, 2019.