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World / Asia

India checking report IL&FS employees held hostage by staff in Ethiopia 01 Dec 2018 - 09:11 am
File picture of the IL&FS office in India. Reuters
China looking to boost agricultural exports to India, President Xi tells PM Modi 01 Dec 2018 - 02:10 am
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) is welcomed by Argentina's President Mauricio Macri at Costa Salguero in Buenos Aires during the G20 Leaders' Summit, on November 30, 2018.  AFP / Alexander Nemenov
Modi's popularity at risk as farmers' protest hits New Delhi 01 Dec 2018 - 02:10 am
Farmers march towards the parliament house during a rally to protest soaring farm operating costs and plunging prices of their produce, in New Delhi, India, November 30, 2018. Reuters/Adnan Abidi
Lawsuit opens in Germany over deadly Pakistan factory fire 30 Nov 2018 - 09:54 pm
Saeeda Khatoon, mother of Aijaz Ahmed, who died in a fire in a Pakistani textile factory, and supporters of the civil trial against the textile discounter KiK, then the factory's main customer, hold a banner in front of the regional court in Dortmund on N
Air New Zealand Christmas ad replicates Trump's U.N. laughter moment 30 Nov 2018 - 11:54 am
Collage of a child wearing a
China rejects US academic report calling for retaliatory action 30 Nov 2018 - 08:27 am
Peninsula
Indonesian island clean-up nets 40 tons of rubbish daily 30 Nov 2018 - 08:20 am
In this picture taken on March 17, 2018 workers clear up garbage piling up in Jakarta Bay area as part of the earliest local government combat against waste on its waters. / AFP / DASRIL ROSZANDI
Five dead, 32 injured in Hong Kong coach crash 30 Nov 2018 - 08:17 am
A policeman walks past a crushed taxi after a coach (back) collided with it in Hong Kong on November 30, 2018. / AFP / ANTHONY WALLACE
N.Korea FM in Vietnam for lessons on economic reform 30 Nov 2018 - 08:06 am
Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh (R) shakes hands with his North Korean counterpart Ri Yong Ho (L) at the Government guesthouse in Hanoi, Vietnam, November 30, 2018. MINH HOANG/Pool via REUTERS
UK security firm G4S says five employees among 10 killed in Kabul attack 30 Nov 2018 - 03:31 am
Afghan security forces and investigators gather at the site of a suicide bomb attack outside a British security firm's compound in Kabul, a day after the blast on November 29, 2018.  AFP / Noorullah Shirzada
Indian Air Force will have largest ever induction of indigenous aircrafts: Air Chief Marshal 30 Nov 2018 - 03:31 am
Peninsula
Smog-choked cities get no relief as Modi's gas goals stall 30 Nov 2018 - 03:31 am
Farmers wave flags and shout slogans as they march towards Ramlila Ground during a protest rally demanding a complete waiver of debt and fixed assurances on crop prices, in New Delhi, India, November 29, 2018. Reuters/Anushree Fadnavis
First police conviction in Philippine drug war killing 30 Nov 2018 - 03:06 am
Supporters of Kian delos Santos protest outside the police station where three policemen involved in Kian's killing were assigned in Manila on November 29, 2018.  AFP / Noel Celis
Woman describes torture, beatings in Chinese detention camp 30 Nov 2018 - 03:04 am
People make their way through the Old City in Kashgar, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China September 6, 2018. Picture taken September 6, 2018. Reuters/Thomas Peter
Marathas now entitled to 16% quotas in Maharashtra 29 Nov 2018 - 08:42 pm
Maharashtra Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis pays respect at the Police Memorial, during an event to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the 2008 Mumbai militant attacks in Mumbai on November 26, 2018. AFP/Indranil Mukherjee
BSNL employees to go on indefinite strike from Dec 3 29 Nov 2018 - 08:42 pm
An Indian slum dweller uses a mobile phone in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata, August 23, 2005 (Reuters)
Delhi's air quality falls, expected to deteriorate further 29 Nov 2018 - 08:42 pm
Indian pedestrians walk near the India Gate monument amid heavy smog in New Delhi, October 28. (AFP)
Farmers' mega protest on Friday In Delhi; No police permission yet 29 Nov 2018 - 07:42 pm
Farmers in a march organised by the All India Kisan Sabha and CPI(M) along with other leftist groups in New Delhi on November 29, 2018, as they call for pro-farmer legislation in the Indian parliament.  AFP / Chandan Khanna