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Pakistan's double-Oscar winner vows to tell untold stories 16 Dec 2016 - 08:52 pm
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China gifts solar plant to Islamabad 16 Dec 2016 - 08:52 pm
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One dead in Indian shelling on school van 16 Dec 2016 - 08:51 pm
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Scrapped Indian currency notes sail to Dubai to end up as furniture 16 Dec 2016 - 07:43 pm
Briquettes of shredded notes (Photo courtesy: Gulf News)
China seizes US naval underwater probe in South China Sea: defense official 16 Dec 2016 - 07:19 pm
FILE PHOTO: A Chinese Coast Guard ship is seen near a Vietnam Marine Guard ship in the South China Sea about 210 km off shore of Vietnam, May 14, 2014 (REUTERS / Nguyen Minh)
Too big to fail: China maps out its Trump strategy 15 Dec 2016 - 08:55 pm
Donald Trump (AFP / RHONA WISE)
South Korea: Grim discovery points to North Korea fishing tragedy 15 Dec 2016 - 07:41 pm
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gives field guidance to the August 25 Fishery Station of the Korean People's Army in this undated picture provided by KCNA in Pyongyang on November 20, 2016. KCNA/via Reuters
Corruption, caste keep poor from owning land in northern India 15 Dec 2016 - 07:24 pm
A woman carries her baby as she walks through a wheat field, in Amroha district in Uttar Pradesh April 17, 2014. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo
Myanmar: Evidence suggests army did burn Rohingya homes 15 Dec 2016 - 06:45 pm
This handout photograph taken on December 12, 2016 and released on December 13, 2016 by the Myanmar State Counsellor Office shows a military official (C) briefing Myanmar Vice President Myint Swe (2nd R, in blue jacket), head of the Rakhine State Investig
China installs new weapons in South China Sea 15 Dec 2016 - 03:05 pm
Photo: Reuters.
Bangladesh police investigate death of teenage textile worker 15 Dec 2016 - 02:09 pm
Children under the age of 14 are not allowed to work under Bangladeshi law but child labour is common in the country. / File Photo.
Putin, Abe hold talks on Japan-Russia territorial dispute 15 Dec 2016 - 01:36 pm
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gestures while speaking to Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting at a hot springs resort in Nagato, Japan, December 15, 2016. REUTERS/Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool
Rubber trapper shot dead in Thailand’s south 15 Dec 2016 - 01:30 pm
Photo: AA.
Pakistan, Russia hold first-ever bilateral consultation 15 Dec 2016 - 01:13 pm
Photo: AA.
More than 85,000 now displaced by Indonesia quake 15 Dec 2016 - 01:07 pm
Photo: AA.
Trump appoints PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi to strategic, policy forum 15 Dec 2016 - 12:53 pm
Indra Nooyi, CEO of PepsiCo, takes part in a panel during the Women In The World Summit in the Manhattan borough of New York April 8, 2016. Reuters/Lucas Jackson/File Photo
Kabul security gates in storage as Afghan officials trade accusations 15 Dec 2016 - 11:43 am
Afghan policemen inspect passengers at a Kabul entrance gate checkpoint in Kabul, Afghanistan December 7, 2016. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail
Beijing issues red alert for severely high air pollution 15 Dec 2016 - 09:56 am
Pedestrians wear masks on a polluted day in Beijing on December 12, 2016. Authorities issued a yellow alert on December 11 for pollution in areas of northern China, including Beijing. / AFP / GREG BAKER