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Mahathir backs Philippines' Muslim autonomous region 07 Mar 2019 - 11:29 pm
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Bin Mohamad march together during the welcoming ceremony for the Malaysian leader at the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, Philippines, March 7, 2019. Reuters/Eloisa Lopez
Kerala to give workers a siesta to help beat the heat 07 Mar 2019 - 10:55 pm
A man rides a bicycle against the backdrop of monsoon clouds on the outskirts of Kochi in this Reuters file photo. Kerala, which suffered its worst floods in a century last year, is bracing itself for more extreme weather conditions in 2019 and the state'
North Korea state media airs feature on Trump-Kim summit 07 Mar 2019 - 07:52 pm
US President Donald Trump meets North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore, June 12, 2018. Kevin Lim/The Straits Times via Reuters
3 Indonesian soldiers dead in clash with Papuan fighters 07 Mar 2019 - 04:45 pm
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Car bomb in Somalia's capital kills 2 near president's house 07 Mar 2019 - 01:26 pm
Smoke rises from an area hit by an explosion in Mogadishu, Somalia March 7, 2019 in this still image taken from a video obtained from social media. KHADAR SHIRE/via REUTERS
Thai court dissolves key Shinawatra-linked party 07 Mar 2019 - 12:54 pm
Thai Raksa Chart party leader Preechaphol Pongpanich gestures to journalists after the Constitutional Court ruling to dissolve the party in Bangkok on March 7, 2019. AFP / Lillian SUWANRUMPHA
Indian lawmakers get off on wrong foot in "shoe brawl" 07 Mar 2019 - 11:49 am
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Grenade attack in India's Jammu injures 18: police 07 Mar 2019 - 11:42 am
Indian police inspect the site of a grenade blast at a bus station in Jammu on March 7, 2019. Eighteen people were injured on March 7 when a grenade exploded at a bus stop in the Indian city of Jammu, part of the restive state of Jammu and Kashmir, police
Blast strikes near major political gathering in Kabul: TV 07 Mar 2019 - 11:35 am
A policeman keeps watch near the side of an attack in Kabul, Afghanistan March 7, 2019. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
China female longboarder rides into online fame 07 Mar 2019 - 11:31 am
This file picture taken on February 11, 2019 shows longboarder Mu Qing flipping her board in Chengdu. / AFP / Fred DUFOUR
N.Korea documentary focuses on Kim-Trump relationship not summit breakdown 07 Mar 2019 - 09:27 am
North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un walks with U.S. President Donald Trump during the second North Korea-U.S. summit in Hanoi, Vietnam, in this photo released on March 1, 2019 by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). KCNA via REUTERS
Bahrain refugee footballer to become Aussie citizen: report 07 Mar 2019 - 07:46 am
File photo of the football while in detention in Thailand. Reuters
China offers cash to lure Rohingya refugees to Myanmar 07 Mar 2019 - 12:35 am
A car moves on the road through the rainwater in the Balukhali refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, March 6, 2019. Reuters/Mohammad Ponir Hossain
Rohingya woman set to receive international honor 07 Mar 2019 - 12:35 am
Rohingya woman set to receive international honor
North Korea said to be rebuilding structures at rocket site 06 Mar 2019 - 03:14 pm
:The Sohae Satellite Launching Station launch pad features what researchers of Beyond Parallel, a CSIS project, describe as showing the partially rebuilt rail-mounted rocket transfer structure in a commercial satellite image taken over Tongchang-ri, North
UN warns of worst food harvest in N.Korea in a decade 06 Mar 2019 - 10:06 am
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Cook Islands wants to wipe colonial name off South Pacific map 06 Mar 2019 - 09:53 am
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Blasts rock eastern Afghanistan's Jalalabad: official 06 Mar 2019 - 09:15 am
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