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Myanmar hopes envoy's visit will bring change 16 Jan 2017 - 12:06 am
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India’s top court queries land use in special economic zones 15 Jan 2017 - 09:38 pm
A woman carries her baby as she walks through a wheat field in Amroha district in Uttar Pradesh, April 17, 2014 (REUTERS / Adnan Abidi)
Rise in Afghans returning home threatens overstretched resources, UN says 15 Jan 2017 - 09:21 pm
An Afghan family who were living as refugees in Pakistan carries bundles of supplies at a humanitarian aid station in Torkham, Afghanistan, October 22, 2016 (REUTERS / Josh Smith)
Abducted Spanish Red Cross worker freed in Afghanistan 15 Jan 2017 - 06:45 pm
FILE PHOTO: An Afghan man holds up the dead body of a child killed by an air strike called in to protect Afghan and US forces during a raid on suspected Taliban militants in Kunduz, November 3. 2016 (REUTERS / Nasir Wakif)
Myanmar Muslims hope UN envoy's visit will bring change 15 Jan 2017 - 02:43 pm
UN special rapporteur on Myanmar, Yanghee Lee (C) arrives at a Muslim quarter in Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine State on January 13, 2017 as part of a 12-day visit to investigate escalating violence in Myanmar's restive ethnic border areas. AFP / WAI MOE
Roadside bomb kills seven Afghan civilians: officials 15 Jan 2017 - 01:30 pm
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Azerbaijani soldier martyred by Armenian gunfire 15 Jan 2017 - 01:20 pm
Photo: AA.
Two Chinese ships join Pakistan navy for joint security 15 Jan 2017 - 12:59 pm
Photo: AA.
Japan aborts smallest satellite-carrying rocket launch 15 Jan 2017 - 12:38 pm
The world's smallest rocket SS-520 carrying a mini satellite for observation of the Earth's surface is launched from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Uchinoura Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, on January 15, 2017 (AFP Photo/Jiji Press).
Beijing reiterates One China policy ‘nonnegotiable’ 15 Jan 2017 - 12:34 pm
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India boat accident toll rises to 26, more dead feared 15 Jan 2017 - 09:16 am
Relatives look at the images of people who drowned in a boat accident on the river Ganges near Patna in eastern India, on January 15, 2017. AFP
Selling shells in opera costume 15 Jan 2017 - 04:39 am
A customer buys a packet of dried river shells from Mak Sobin (L) in Phnom Penh on January 14, 2017. Mak Sobin, 25, who has been selling dried river shells as a snack for seven years, started wearing the opera costume 1.5 months ago as an attempt to attra
Japan and Australia boost defence ties 15 Jan 2017 - 04:39 am
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Australian counterpart Malcolm Turnbull applaud as Japan's Ambassador to Australia Sumio Kusaka (left) and Australia's Ambassador to Japan Bruce Miller (right) shake hands during a joint signing ceremony at the co
Anti-Pakistan Protest in Afghanistan 15 Jan 2017 - 04:35 am
Afghan people shouts slogans and hold banners during a protest against Pakistan in front of the Pakistani Embassy in Herat, Afghanistan on January 14, 2017. Protesters accuse Pakistan government for the recent attacks in Afghanistan. (Mir Ahmad Firooz - A
Abu Sayyaf releases two hostages 15 Jan 2017 - 04:32 am
Captain Chul Hong Park (left), a South Korean national, and 2nd officer Glenn Alindajao (second left) arrive in Davao City with Philippine Peace Adviser Secretary Jesus Dureza, yesterday.
Myanmar ethnic party snubs UN envoy 15 Jan 2017 - 04:31 am
UN special rapporteur on Myanmar Yanghee Lee (centre) departs from Sittwe to visit areas of northern Rakhine State, yesterday
Dhaka cafe siege: Another Another suspected mastermind held 15 Jan 2017 - 04:27 am
Bangladesh police escort alleged Islamist militant Jahangir Alam (C) in Dhaka on January 14, 2017, after his arrest in connection with an attack on the Holey Artisan Bakery attack last year. Bangladeshi police on January 14 said they arrested an Islamist
One-China policy can’t be bargaining chip, Beijing warns trump 15 Jan 2017 - 04:01 am
Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen (left) walks with El Salvador's President Salvador Sanchez Ceren before a decoration ceremony at the presidential house in San Salvador, El Salvador, yesterday.

Europe

Britain's Catherine, Princess of Wales (L) and Britain's Prince William, Prince of Wales (R) walk with their 13-year-old son, Britain's Prince George of Wales (C), as he arrives for his first day at Eton College, in Eton, west of London, on September 8, 2026. (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / POOL / AFP) UK's Prince George starts at Eton College
This undated wanted poster handed out on September 6, 2026 by the Brandenburg Police shows a man suspected in connection with possible planned attacks on electricity substations across Germany. Photo by Handout / Brandenburg Police / AFP German police arrest suspect in sabotage attacks on power grid
People row on the Main river during the sunset in front of the European Central Bank's (ECB) headquarters and banking district skyline in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on September 1, 2026. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP) German exports fall for first time in five months
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Africa

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Pic from official website of Egyptian Presidency. Egypt seeks broader AIIB cooperation in energy, transport, ports and logistics
An aerial view of residents and relatives of the victims killed in a bus crash gathering during their funeral at Sao Lourenco Church in the town of Sao Lourenco, on the island of Fogo, on September 6, 2026. (Photo by Herculano da Luz / AFP) Two days of national mourning declared in Cabo Verde following Fogo Island bus accident
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Americas

Peninsula US Department of the Treasury announces new Iran sanctions
Representational photo. More than 130 doctors in Mexico fall ill after Salmonella outbreak
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Debra Martin Robinson, mother of Australian brothers Callum and Jake Robinson, murdered in April 2024 during a surfing trip, looks through a courtroom window during the trial of three murder suspects in Ensenada, Baja California state, Mexico, on September 7, 2026. (Photo by Guillermo Arias / AFP) Trial begins in Mexico for alleged killers of Australian and American Surfers

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