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High security as Afghanistan marks independence day 19 Aug 2017 - 11:18 am
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani (L) places a wreath of flowers next to the minaret of liberty during Afghan Independence Day celebrations in Kabul, Afghanistan August 19, 2017. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail
Earthquake of 6.4 magnitude strikes Tonga 19 Aug 2017 - 09:30 am
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Philippine police kill 21 in bloodiest overnight anti-drug raids 15 Aug 2017 - 07:45 pm
FILE PHOTO: An investigator takes notes next to the body of a man killed in a shoot-out with police in Manila,  October 21 2016
Father who lost daughter seeks 'truth' about Indian hospital as weekend deaths push toll to 85 15 Aug 2017 - 07:05 pm
Mohammad Zahid, who lost his five-and-a-half year old daughter Khushi, holds his daughter's photograph in Gorakhpur in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, on August 14, 2017. AFP / Sanjay Kanojia
North Korea holds off on Guam missile plan as China urges “brakes” on rhetoric 15 Aug 2017 - 06:49 pm
This picture taken on August 14, 2017 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on August 15, 2017 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (C) clapping hands while viewing a stage during his inspecting the Command of the Str
Taliban warn Trump against troop increase in open letter 15 Aug 2017 - 04:57 pm
Afghan security forces keep watch near the site of U.S. airstrike on a civilian vehicle in Haska Mina district Nangarhar province on August 12, 2017. (AFP / NOORULLAH SHIRZADA)
Outrage mounts after 64 infants died at Gorakhpur hospital 13 Aug 2017 - 06:59 pm
An Indian relative holds the body of a child while walking out of Baba Raghav Das Hospital in Gorakhpur, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, on August 13, 2017. AFP / Sanjay Kanojia
Strong 6.4 earthquake hits Indonesia's Sumatra 13 Aug 2017 - 06:50 am
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Partition key battleground in India, Pakistan textbook wars 13 Aug 2017 - 06:28 am
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Nepal revives railways as China, India vye for influence 13 Aug 2017 - 06:22 am
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End of an era as typewriting tests phased out in India 12 Aug 2017 - 07:11 pm
In this photograph taken on July 13, 2017, students practise at Abhyankar's Shorthand & Typewriting Institute in Mumbai. AFP / Indranil Mukherjee
India in talks with Myanmar, Bangladesh to deport 40,000 Rohingya 11 Aug 2017 - 07:41 pm
A girl from the Rohingya Muslim community walks past a makeshift settlement on the outskirts of Jammu, May 6, 2017 (REUTERS / Mukesh Gupta)
Myanmar sends hundreds of troops to Rakhine as tension rises 11 Aug 2017 - 07:35 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)
Trump warns US 'locked and loaded' as North Korea readies missiles 11 Aug 2017 - 07:30 pm
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China earthquake death toll rises to 24 11 Aug 2017 - 06:54 pm
This photo taken on August 10, 2017 shows rescuers walking through the damaged InterContinental Resort Jiuzhai Paradise in Jiuzhaigou in China's southwestern Sichuan province, after an 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck the province late on August 8. AFP
Sri Lanka foreign minister resigns over corruption charges 10 Aug 2017 - 02:20 pm
Ravi Karunanayake (AFP Photo/Ishara S.Kodikara / File photo)
North Korea details plan to fire missile salvo toward Guam 10 Aug 2017 - 12:35 pm
This picture taken on August 9, 2017 and released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on August 10, 2017 shows a rally in support of North Korea's stance against the US, on Kim Il-Sung square in Pyongyang. (AFP PHOTO/KCNA VIA KNS)
Presidential press passes for bloggers in Philippines 10 Aug 2017 - 12:05 pm
Mocha Uson (R), a blogger and supporter of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, onstage with her colleague displaying a T-shirt decorated with a mugshot of arrested legislator Senator Leila De Lima during a pro-Duterte rally at a park in Manila. (AFP / T