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World / Asia

Hong Kong protesters use skin and ink to support movement 28 Oct 2019 - 08:46 am
A general view of the city of Hong Kong from the Peak Tower, China October 22, 2019. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
Hong Kong police fire tear gas at protesters on harbourfront 27 Oct 2019 - 01:56 pm
Pro-democracy protesters attend a rally in the Tsim Sha Tsui district in Hong Kong on October 27, 2019.  AFP / Philip FONG
Hong Kong protesters in standoff with police after tear gas breaks up rally 27 Oct 2019 - 12:17 pm
Anti-government protesters standoff with riot police at Tsim Sha Tsui is in Hong Kong, China, on October 27, 2019. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
World's costliest parking space sold for almost $1mn 26 Oct 2019 - 03:03 pm
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Fishy business: Stinking ponyfish blanket Thai tourist beach 26 Oct 2019 - 02:25 pm
This handout from the Phuket Fisheries Office taken on October 24, 2019, and received on October 26, 2019, shows dead ponyfish on a beach on Koh Naka Yai, east of Phuket. AFP / PHUKET FISHERIES OFFICE
More Vietnamese fear relatives are among 39 dead in truck 26 Oct 2019 - 09:46 am
Hoang Thi Thuong, wife of Nguyen Dinh Tu, a Vietnamese suspected victim in a truck container in UK, holds her son Nguyen Dinh Dan at their home in Nghe An province, Vietnam October 26, 2019. REUTERS/Kham
Four million slum dwellers in Delhi to win property rights 25 Oct 2019 - 11:31 pm
A woman stands after filling her containers with drinking water from a municipal tanker in New Delhi, India, June 28, 2019. Reuters / Adnan Abidi
Young Thais battle seniority culture to raise climate awareness 25 Oct 2019 - 11:31 pm
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Bored of male heroes, Afghan girl coders build their own champions 25 Oct 2019 - 10:41 pm
Afghan students attend a class at the Code to Inspire school in Herat on September 4, 2019. AFP / Hoshang Hashimi
Nepal gang-rape victim sees attackers convicted after years-long battle 25 Oct 2019 - 10:41 pm
Pooja Bohara, a rape victim, poses for a picture inside the Raksha Nepal rehabilitation centre in Kathmandu January 16, 2015. Reuters/Navesh Chitrakar
Amid crises, Xi seems set to uphold Party's rule at secretive China conclave 25 Oct 2019 - 08:07 pm
Souvenir plates with images of  late Chairman Mao Zedong and Chinese President Xi Jinping are seen in Beijing, October 21, 2017. Reuters / Tyrone Siu
Lion Air crash report points to Boeing, pilots, maintenance 25 Oct 2019 - 07:21 pm
People carry the coffin of Alfiani Hidayatul Solikah, a cabin crew of Lion Air flight JT610, during the funeral at Mojorejo village in Madiun, Indonesia, November 14, 2018. Antara Foto / Siswowidodo /  Reuters
Heavy rains prompt Japan evacuation orders weeks after typhoon 25 Oct 2019 - 11:50 am
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Pakistan, India sign deal on visa-free corridor for Sikh pilgrims 24 Oct 2019 - 12:09 pm
Border Security Force (BSF) personnel check identity documents of motorcyclists at Dera Baba Nanak, some 50 kms from Amritsar on October 24, 2019. AFP / NARINDER NANU
Lost their way: Chinese orienteering team caught cheating 24 Oct 2019 - 10:32 am
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China could tap N. Korea rare earth mine in exchange for solar investment: Report 24 Oct 2019 - 09:38 am
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Sixteen sentenced to death after Bangladesh teen burnt alive 24 Oct 2019 - 08:49 am
Accused people are taken out of the court premises after they were given death sentences in a murder case in Feni, Bangladesh, October 24, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer
UN mission head says risk of genocide recurring in Myanmar 23 Oct 2019 - 10:48 pm
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