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India's rupee, stocks down as central bank chief quits 11 Dec 2018 - 10:23 am
File photo of a cashier displaying the new 2000 Indian rupee banknotes inside a bank in Jammu, India November 15, 2016. REUTERS/Mukesh Gupta
'Sold by my brother': the Mekong women pressed into marriage in China 11 Dec 2018 - 10:04 am
This photo taken on October 2, 2018 shows Nary, a Cambodian victim of forced marriage to a Chinese man, cooking at home in Phnom Penh. AFP / TANG CHHIN Sothy
US military declares five missing Marines dead after Japan crash 11 Dec 2018 - 08:51 am
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Congress leads in three BJP-ruled states, TRS in Telangana 11 Dec 2018 - 08:03 am
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Afghan villagers face hunger as fighting cuts northern roads 10 Dec 2018 - 06:05 pm
In this photo taken on August 3, 2018, a drought-displaced Afghan girl carries water containers filled from a tanker at a camp for internally displaced people in Injil district of Herat province. AFP / Hoshang Hashimi
Businessman Vijay Mallya should be extradited from UK to India 10 Dec 2018 - 03:30 pm
Vijay Mallya has a break outside the court house as he waits for his extradition case to be heard at Westminster Magistrates Court, in London, Britain, December 10, 2018. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls
India's cenbank governor Urjit Patel steps down 10 Dec 2018 - 02:59 pm
FILE PHOTO: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Urjit Patel pauses during a news conference after a monetary policy review in Mumbai, India, December 5, 2018. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo
New ticket system for Taj Mahal to reduce human impact 10 Dec 2018 - 10:05 am
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Indian state elections could halt Prime Minister Modi's winning streak 10 Dec 2018 - 09:46 am
FILE PHOTO: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets attendees at the end of a sideline event ahead of the Group 20 summit called
Ex-Nissan chief Ghosn charged, served with fresh arrest warrant 10 Dec 2018 - 09:42 am
A woman walks under a Nissan logo at the company's headquarters in Yokohama on December 10, 2018. / AFP / Kazuhiro NOGI
Maldives applies to rejoin Commonwealth: president's office 09 Dec 2018 - 03:35 pm
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Japan's empress-in-waiting 'insecure' but vows to serve 09 Dec 2018 - 10:38 am
Japan's Crown Princess Masako and her husband Crown Prince Naruhito pose for a photograph at Togu Palace in Tokyo, Japan, in this handout picture taken on December 4, 2018 and provided by the Imperial Household Agency of Japan on December 7, 2018.  Imperi
Hindu monks, activists rally in New Delhi demanding Ayodhya temple 09 Dec 2018 - 10:14 am
Supporters of the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), a Hindu nationalist organisation, shout slogans during a rally demanding the construction of a temple on a disputed religious site in the northern Indian town of Ayodhya, in Ahmedabad, India, December 6, 2018
Body found in search for British tourist in New Zealand 09 Dec 2018 - 08:00 am
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As election nears, religious tensions surge in an Indian village 08 Dec 2018 - 02:05 pm
Loudspeakers are seen kept inside a mosque as a Muslim man talks to a reporter in Nayabans village in Bulandshahr district, Uttar Pradesh, India December 5, 2018. Reuters/Adnan Abidi
Pakistan will no longer fight someone else's war: Imran Khan 08 Dec 2018 - 02:27 am
India's ruling BJP seen losing ground in key state polls before national vote 08 Dec 2018 - 02:27 am
Indian men stand in queue to cast their vote at a local polling station during Rajasthan's Legislative Assembly election, in Jodhpur on December 7, 2018. AFP / Chandan Khanna
China's Xi urges North Korea, United States to meet halfway 08 Dec 2018 - 01:58 am
China's President Xi Jinping speaks to North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China December 7, 2018. Fred Dufour/Pool via Reuters