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17 killed in fire at New Delhi hotel, 4 others hurt: Police 12 Feb 2019 - 01:00 pm
A fireman stands outside the hotel where a fire broke out in New Delhi, India, February 12, 2019. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
Uighur scientists, intellectuals remain unaccounted for 11 Feb 2019 - 09:50 pm
People protest at a Uyghur rally on February 5, 2019 in front of the US Mission to the United Nations, to encourage the State Department to fight for the freedom of the majority-Muslim Uighur population unjustly imprisoned in Chinese concentration camps.
India's tourist magnet starts to clean child labour 'blot' 11 Feb 2019 - 07:02 pm
Born into poverty, thousands of children from the northern Indian state of Bihar have for years been trafficked to tourist-magnet Jaipur to work as slaves making bangles, embroidering or sewing buttons. Reuters file photo /Krishnendu Halder
Malaysian ex-PM Najib combative ahead of 1MDB graft trial 11 Feb 2019 - 06:03 pm
Najib Razak (Reuters file photo / Olivia Harris)
As Indian election looms, Facebook steps up fact-checks 11 Feb 2019 - 01:00 pm
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New Zealand's Ardern says China flight's return not a red flag for ties 11 Feb 2019 - 12:36 pm
File photo of New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.
US team in Beijing for trade talks after IMF 'storm' warning 11 Feb 2019 - 11:19 am
US Deputy Trade Representative Jeffrey Gerrish (C) and members of his negotiation team leave a hotel ahead of a meeting with Chinese officials in Beijing on February 11, 2019. / AFP / NICOLAS ASFOURI
At least 99 dead after consuming toxic alcohol in India 11 Feb 2019 - 11:00 am
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Thai junta chief decries coup conjecture as 'fake news' 11 Feb 2019 - 10:11 am
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Acting Pentagon chief Patrick Shanahan arrives in Afghanistan 11 Feb 2019 - 10:01 am
Acting US defense secretary Patrick Shanahan arrives in Kabul, Afghanistan February 11, 2019. REUTERS/Idrees Ali
Acting Pentagon chief makes first Afghanistan trip before next round of peace talks 11 Feb 2019 - 07:39 am
FILE PHOTO: Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani attends a two-day conference on Afghanistan at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, November 27, 2018. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
3,000 evacuated from New Zealand fire can return home 11 Feb 2019 - 07:37 am
Smoke rises from the Richmond fire near Nelson, South Island, New Zealand, February 8, 2019. Chad Sharman/New Zealand Defence Force/Handout via REUTERS
Aussie PM kicks off re-election bid with security vow 11 Feb 2019 - 07:32 am
Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison briefs media about the flooding situation in Queensland during a press conference in Sydney on February 8, 2019. AFP / Saeed KHAN
West China blizzards kill thousands of herd animals 10 Feb 2019 - 10:28 pm
Representative image (Scott Eisen/Getty Images/AFP)
Party that nominated Thai princess for PM faces ban after king's rebuke 10 Feb 2019 - 12:02 pm
Thai Raksa Chart party leader Preechapol Pongpanich, holds up application of candidate for Prime Minister, Thailand's Princess Ubolratana Rajakanya Sirivadhana Barnavadi, at the election commission office in Bangkok, Thailand February 8, 2019. REUTERS/Ath
Afghan lawmaker says airstrikes kill 21 civilians 10 Feb 2019 - 11:23 am
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S.Korea signs deal to pay more for U.S. troops after Trump demand 10 Feb 2019 - 09:42 am
Timothy Betts, acting Deputy Assistant Secretary and Senior Advisor for Security Negotiations and Agreements in the US Department of State, stands with South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha (R) before their meeting at Foreign Ministry in Seoul on F
Australia tightens laws in wake of 'cracked' tower 10 Feb 2019 - 09:22 am
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