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US Navy aircraft with 11 aboard crashes in Philippine Sea: Military 22 Nov 2017 - 11:07 am
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Philippines' Duterte cancels communist peace talks 22 Nov 2017 - 10:10 am
A file photo of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Reuters.
Thousands flee over Bali volcano eruption fears 22 Nov 2017 - 08:59 am
A handout photo from Indonesia's Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) taken and released on November 21, 2017 shows Mount Agung volcano spewing smoke in Karangasem on Indonesia's resort island of Bali. AFP PHOTO /Indonesia's Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB)
Skype joins list of apps on China blacklist 22 Nov 2017 - 08:30 am
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Australia welcomes cancellation of French war graves wind farm 21 Nov 2017 - 12:07 pm
About 10,000 Australians were killed or wounded in 1917 at Bullecourt, northern France, the scene of some of the heaviest Australian losses in World War I. (Photo: AFP / Denis Charlet).
Seoul hopes for peaceful solution to N. Korea's crisis 21 Nov 2017 - 12:01 pm
U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania attend a state dinner hosted by South Korea's President Moon Jae-in at the Blue House in Seoul, South Korea November 7, 2017. Source: Reuters/Jonathan Ernst.
Thailand seeks to prosecute ousted PM Thaksin in absentia in two graft cases 21 Nov 2017 - 11:39 am
FILE PHOTO: Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra looks on as he speaks to Reuters during an interview in Singapore February 23, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo.
Amnesty accuses Myanmar of imposing 'apartheid' on Rohingya 21 Nov 2017 - 11:28 am
More than 600,000 Rohingya refugees have fled to neighbouring Bangladesh in two-and-a-half months. (AFP/Dibyangshu SARKAR).
Sharapova named in India luxury housing fraud probe 21 Nov 2017 - 11:18 am
A file photo of Maria Sharapova. Reuters.
Seven missing after Japan boat found capsized off Palau 21 Nov 2017 - 11:07 am
A file photo of the Japan Coast Guard. Reuters.
Myanmar hopes for deal with Bangladesh on Rohingya refugees - Suu Kyi 21 Nov 2017 - 10:06 am
EU's diplomatic chief Federica Mogherini (2L) talks to Rohingya refugees during her visit to the Kutupalong refugee camp in the Bangladeshi distrcit of Ukhia on November 19, 2017. /AFP /Munir UZ ZAMAN
Australia welcomes cancellation of French war graves wind farm 21 Nov 2017 - 09:56 am
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Thais hunt 20 ethnic Uighurs after detention centre breakout 21 Nov 2017 - 09:38 am
An image of the detention center with square holes near the Thailand-Malaysia border in Hatyai November 20, 2017.  Dailynews/ via REUTERS
Japan woman claims to have dumped babies in concrete buckets 21 Nov 2017 - 09:19 am
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Foreign students, backpackers face 'endemic wage theft in Australia' 21 Nov 2017 - 08:20 am
A file photo of graduated students. AFP.
India's Rahul Gandhi set to take over as Congress party chief 20 Nov 2017 - 02:28 pm
Indian National Congress party Vice-President Rahul Gandhi (C) looks on during the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting at the Congress party headquarters in New Delhi on November 20, 2017. AFP / MONEY SHARMA
Twenty killed as truck topples onto van in Pakistan 20 Nov 2017 - 01:18 pm
Photo: AFP.
Japan 'Twitter killer' faces first murder charge 20 Nov 2017 - 12:29 pm
Takahiro Shiraishi has been charged with murder, the first of an expected series of charges for a man who has admitted killing and dimembering nine peopl in his Tokyo apartment AFP/STR.