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India’s “anti-human trafficking caravan” tours villages and towns 24 May 2017 - 08:30 pm
Performers enact a play on human trafficking in Purnea district in eastern India’s Bihar state as part of a public awareness campaign organised by charities Banglanatak.org and Shakti Vahini. Shakti Vahini/Banglanatak.com
As Modi and his Hindu base rise, so too does a yoga tycoon 24 May 2017 - 06:56 pm
 Narendra Modi and Indian yoga guru Baba Ramdev (L) raise their hands as they chant patriotic slogans during a Yoga Mahotsav or festival, in New Delhi March 23, 2014. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Duterte threatens martial law for all of Philippines 24 May 2017 - 02:08 pm
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte attends a meeting with Russian President at the Kremlin in Moscow late on May 23, 2017. / AFP / POOL / MAXIM SHEMETOV
Banned rebel groups to attend Myanmar peace talks 24 May 2017 - 01:07 pm
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Indonesian ex-governor to drop appeal against jail term 24 May 2017 - 12:55 pm
FILE PHOTO - Former governor of Indonesia’s capital Jakarta Basuki Tjahaja Purnama.
10 troops killed in Afghan army base attack 24 May 2017 - 12:30 pm
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Four climbers found dead on Everest 24 May 2017 - 12:23 pm
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Recent global stock upturn fizzles after China rating downgrade 24 May 2017 - 12:18 pm
People walk through the lobby of the London Stock Exchange in London, Britain
Myanmar's Suu Kyi defends slow-moving peace process 24 May 2017 - 11:53 am
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Six die in North China colliery flooding 24 May 2017 - 11:36 am
Rescuers carry a casualty on a stretcher at Dong Yu coal mine where flooding occurred at a pit, in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, China May 23, 2017. Picture taken May 23, 2017. REUTERS.
Plane skids off Hong Kong runway in heavy rain 24 May 2017 - 10:41 am
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Taliban attack on Afghan army base kills 10 soldiers 23 May 2017 - 06:38 pm
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Pakistani opposition criticizes PM over Saudi-Trump summit 23 May 2017 - 04:09 pm
Pakistani opposition leader and head of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) party Imran Khan leaves the Supreme Court after attending a hearing on the Panama Papers case in Islamabad on May 22, 2017. (AFP / AAMIR QURESHI)
S. Korea says fires warning shots at object flown from N. Korea 23 May 2017 - 12:47 pm
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Militant attack on Afghan army base kills 10 soldiers 23 May 2017 - 12:32 pm
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Africa a top priority, will always stand shoulder to shoulder: Modi 23 May 2017 - 12:24 pm
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Quirky, cool food trucks going places - literally! 23 May 2017 - 11:17 am
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4 dead after scaling Mount Everest 23 May 2017 - 10:53 am
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