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World / Asia

Fire and blast at Thai port injures 25 25 May 2019 - 10:47 am
Peninsula
Sri Lanka troops launch major hunt for Islamists linked to suicide attacks 25 May 2019 - 09:41 am
Devotees light candles while praying in front of St. Sebastian church, one of the churches attacked in the April 21st Easter Sunday Islamic militant bombings, during the first-month remembrance service in Negombo, Sri Lanka May 21, 2019. REUTERS/Dinuka Li
China media accuse US of plot to 'colonize global business' 24 May 2019 - 09:46 pm
Books named 'Xi Jinping: Seven Years of Educated Youth' piled up as the Tiananmen Rostrum in China's northern Hebei province on September 24, 2017. (AFP)
Abe to charm Trump with sumo and warships as trade clash looms 24 May 2019 - 08:19 pm
Peninsula
N.Korea blames US for failed summit, urges 'new calculation' 24 May 2019 - 12:50 pm
Peninsula
Indonesian opposition set to challenge election result in court 24 May 2019 - 09:16 am
File photo of Indonesia's presidential challenger Prabowo Subianto adjusts his glasses during a press conference in Jakarta on May 21, 2019. / AFP / NAOMI
Modi strengthens grip on power, pulling India further to right 23 May 2019 - 08:30 pm
Peninsula
Pakistan PM Imran Khan congratulates India's Modi on election win 23 May 2019 - 03:40 pm
Maharastra state's Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis waves towards supporters of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as they celebrate on the election results day outside the BJP headquarters in Mumbai on May 23,
India's Rahul Gandhi loses parliamentary seat in family bastion 23 May 2019 - 03:26 pm
FILE PHOTO: Indian National Congress Party president Rahul Gandhi (C) and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (centre R) gesture to supporters on Rahul's visit to file his candidacy nomination in Kalpetta town in the Wayanad region of southern Kerala state.  AFP / STR
Black Africans must pick up Everest challenge, says landmark climber 23 May 2019 - 02:39 pm
South African climber Saray Khumalo speaks to AFP in an interview in Kathmandu on May 23, 2019, after her record breaking climb to be the first black African woman to summit Everest.  / AFP / Bikash KARKI
India's PM Modi wins historic general election victory, party says 23 May 2019 - 09:46 am
Indian election officials check an Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) on the vote results day for India's general election at a polling counting centre in Chennai on May 23, 2019. AFP / ARUN SANKAR
Joe Biden criticizes Kim Jong Un; North Korea calls Biden 'an imbecile' 22 May 2019 - 09:49 pm
Joe Biden
Masked attackers snatch voting machines in northeast India 22 May 2019 - 03:19 pm
Indian policeman stand guard outside a vote counting centre at Mundera Mandi where Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) are being kept on the eve of the counting day in India's general election in Allahabad on May 22, 2019.   AFP / SANJAY KANOJIA
Sri Lanka extends emergency a month after suicide bombings 22 May 2019 - 02:31 pm
Sri Lankan police officers stand guard outside a Sufi Islamic mosque during Friday Prayer in Colombo, Sri Lanka on May 17 , 2019.  Chamila - Anadolu
North Korea calls Biden 'fool of low IQ' over Kim criticism 22 May 2019 - 09:54 am
Democratic presidential candidate, former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign kickoff rally, May 18, 2019, on Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP
The Taj Mahal becomes first Indian monument with breastfeeding room 21 May 2019 - 11:23 pm
The Taj Mahal attracts up to 8 million visitors annually. Swarnkar said he has ordered two other historical monuments in Agra to set up similar feeding rooms.
Afghans fear end of golden age of press freedom 21 May 2019 - 09:35 pm
Afghan journalists gather during a news report at the Shahr-e-Naw Park in Kabul on April 30, 2019. AFP / Wakil Kohsar
Indonesia's Joko Widodo re-elected president as rival cries foul 21 May 2019 - 08:38 pm
Indonesian President Joko Widodo (C) and his running mate Ma'ruf Amin (center R) speak with residents in a neighbourhood in Jakarta on May 21, 2019.  AFP / Goh Chai Hin