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Delhi rolls out 'anti-smog' mist cannon in trial run 20 Dec 2017 - 12:17 pm
A view of an anti-smog gun trial in New Delhi on December 20, 2017. / AFP
S. Korea seeks US military drill delay for Olympics 20 Dec 2017 - 10:54 am
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Duterte orders Christmas truce with communist 'terrorists' 20 Dec 2017 - 09:36 am
A file photo of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte.
Hong Kong's underused military land a potential goldmine - but a minefield for government 20 Dec 2017 - 09:05 am
A file photo of People's Liberation Army Navy soldiers take part in a parade with a banner
Ten bodies found in Myanmar mass grave: Army 20 Dec 2017 - 08:37 am
Afile photo of a Hindu villager reacts while identifying the bodies of relatives found by government forces, that authorities suspected were killed by insurgents last month, in a mass grave near Maungdaw in the north of Myanmar's Rakhine state, September
India metro train crashes into station on trial run 19 Dec 2017 - 05:07 pm
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Rohingya refugees to start returning from January: officials 19 Dec 2017 - 04:40 pm
Rohingya refugees make their way at the Kutupalong refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh December 19, 2017. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
Philippine military removes navy chief, but won’t say why 19 Dec 2017 - 03:26 pm
An Australian soldier (back L) supervises as Philippine Marines fire their weapons during a demonstration at Military Operation Urbanized Terrain (MOUTH) training exercises at the marine base in Ternate, Cavite province, southwest of Manila on December 18
Philippine storm toll rises to 43 as hopes fade for dozens missing 19 Dec 2017 - 10:32 am
Villagers wade through a flooded street in Brgy Calingatngan, in Borongan, on easterm Samar in central Philippines on December 16, 2017. / AFP.
Australian yachtsman dies after Philippine fishermen rescue three adrift for days 19 Dec 2017 - 09:51 am
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Japan to beef up missile defence system against N. Korea 19 Dec 2017 - 09:50 am
A truck-mounted anti-ship missile at Japan Ground Self-Defense Force in Hokkaido, Japan on Sept. 8, 2017. Kazuhiro Nogi / AFP.
K-pop star bemoans loneliness in suicide note 19 Dec 2017 - 09:31 am
The portrait of Kim Jong-Hyun, a 27-year-old lead singer of the massively popular K-pop boyband SHINee, is seen on a mourning altar at a hospital in Seoul on December 19, 2017.  / AFP / pool / CHOI Hyuk
Myanmar army investigating mass grave in Rakhine 19 Dec 2017 - 08:58 am
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Modi steers party to state election wins; majority dips in Gujarat 18 Dec 2017 - 06:43 pm
Indian Prime Minister and head of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Narendra Modi (R) and party president Amit Shah talk at the start of a speech at the party headquarters in New Delhi on December 18, 2017. (AFP / SAJJAD HUSSAIN)
Militant attack ongoing at Kabul intelligence training centre: ministry 18 Dec 2017 - 11:40 am
Afghan security forces arrive at the side of an ongoing attack in Kabul on December 18, 2017. Militants stormed an intelligence agency training facility in Kabul on December 18, officials said, triggering intense fighting with police in the latest attack
Gunmen seize building in Afghan capital, firing on security forces 18 Dec 2017 - 10:59 am
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Islamic State claims pre-Christmas suicide bombing of Pakistan church, eight dead 17 Dec 2017 - 05:05 pm
Pakistani security personnel rescue an injured woman after suicide bombers attacked a Methodist Church during a Sunday service in Quetta on December 17 2017.  AFP / BANARAS KHAN
26 dead in landslides after Philippine storm 17 Dec 2017 - 03:11 pm
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