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Indian capital in "day-to-day battle" with smog as cool weather sets in 13 Nov 2019 - 09:34 am
People walk in front of the smog covered India Gate war memorial in New Delhi, India, November 12, 2019. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
Suspected suicide bomber dies in attack on police in Indonesia's Medan 13 Nov 2019 - 08:48 am
Indonesian police secure their headquarters in Medan, North Sumatra, on November 13, 2019, after a suicide attack occurred during their morning roll call. A suspected suicide bomber blew himself up outside a police station in Indonesia with at least one o
At least 7 killed in Kabul car bomb blast: interior ministry 13 Nov 2019 - 08:09 am
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Hong Kong universities become 'battlefields' as citywide violence spreads 12 Nov 2019 - 09:53 pm
Bystanders (foreground) watch from a shopping mall as protesters (back) gather on a road below in Hong Kong's Central district on November 11, 2019.  AFP / Anthony Wallace
Pakistan installs statue of Indian pilot shot down over Kashmir 12 Nov 2019 - 05:40 pm
Students take a selfie in front of the statue of Indian pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman (2R) whose plane was shot down over Kashmir earlier this year, put on display at Pakistan Air Force Museum in Karachi on November 12, 2019. AFP / Asif Hassan
16 dead as trains collide in Bangladesh 12 Nov 2019 - 04:52 pm
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Aircraft fight Sydney blaze as Australians take shelter from intense bushfires 12 Nov 2019 - 12:09 pm
A bushfire burns outside a property near Taree, 350km north of Sydney on November 12, 2019. AFP / PETER PARKS
51 children injured in chemical attack at China kindergarten 12 Nov 2019 - 10:58 am
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Afghanistan to swap Taliban militants for American, Australian captives 12 Nov 2019 - 09:27 am
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Protesters hit Hong Kong commute as western powers urge restraint 12 Nov 2019 - 08:39 am
A demonstrator wears a Guy Fawkes mask during an anti-government protest in Central, Hong Kong, China November 12, 2019. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
Head-on collision of Bangladesh trains kills 16, injures 40 12 Nov 2019 - 08:33 am
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"Too late to leave": Australians take shelter from intense bushfires 12 Nov 2019 - 08:17 am
Smoke from a large bushfire is seen outside Nana Glen, near Coffs Harbour, Australia, November 12, 2019. AAP Image/Dan Peled/via REUTERS
As lightning strikes surge, Bangladesh plants a defence 11 Nov 2019 - 09:10 pm
A view of the widow of Mongol Chandra Sarker (in white sari) with her daughter and son in front of the family's tin house in central Bangladesh's Ghior sub-district, September 1, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/A.Z.M. Anas
Japanese women fight for right to wear glasses to work 11 Nov 2019 - 09:10 pm
Women assemble an Aquos television at Sharp Corp Tochigi plant in Yaita, north of Tokyo, November 19, 2015. Reuters / Reiji Murai
Votes for women? Not without facial recognition technology in Afghanistan 11 Nov 2019 - 09:10 pm
Afghan women stand in line while waiting for their turn to vote at a polling station in Mazar-i-sharif April 5, 2014. Reuters/Zohra Bensemra
Myanmar faces genocide lawsuit at top UN court 11 Nov 2019 - 05:06 pm
Ethnic Rakhine men attend a police training course as a civilian force will be deployed in the north of the Rakhine state in Sittwe, Myanmar, November 15, 2016. Reuters / Soe Zeya Tun
Hong Kong police investigating videos of man set alight 11 Nov 2019 - 11:20 am
A woman holds flowers at Tamar Park, outside the Legislative Council (Legco) building, during a prayer and remembrance ceremony in Hong Kong, China, November 9, 2019. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood
Tesla flaunts first China-built cars as start of sales nears 11 Nov 2019 - 10:33 am
Workers carry building materials for a new Tesla showroom in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China October 25, 2019. Picture taken October 25, 2019. REUTERS/Yilei Su