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Taliban minister defends closing universities to women as global backlash grows 22 Dec 2022 - 10:45 pm
Afghan female university students stop by Taliban security personnel stand next to a university in Kabul on December 21, 2022. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar / AFP)
Afghan women stage street protest against university ban 22 Dec 2022 - 05:18 pm
Afghan women chant slogans in protest against the closure of universities to women by the Taliban in Kabul, Afghanistan, December 22, 2022. (REUTERS)
Sysmex says Japan approves blood test for Alzheimer's marker 22 Dec 2022 - 11:56 am
Peninsula
'The Serpent' Charles Sobhraj due to be freed from Nepal prison 22 Dec 2022 - 11:06 am
Nepal police personnel stands guard at the entrance of Central Jail where Charles Sobhraj is kept in Kathmandu, Nepal December 22, 2022. Reuters/Navesh Chitrakar
WHO chief 'very concerned' about Covid situation in China 21 Dec 2022 - 08:09 pm
An elderly woman receives a Covid-19 vaccine in Danzhai, in China's southwestern Guizhou province province on December 21, 2022. (AFP) 
Covid surge hits Shanghai with crowded hospitals, empty streets 21 Dec 2022 - 05:52 pm
A woman crosses a street on the Bund in the Huangpu district in Shanghai on December 21, 2022. (Photo by Hector Retamal / AFP)
Armed guards stop Afghan women entering universities after Taliban ban 21 Dec 2022 - 05:03 pm
Members of the Taliban stand guard at the entrance gate of Kabul University in Kabul, Afghanistan, December 21, 2022. (REUTERS/Ali Khara)
Relatives despair as search continues for Thai marines missing at sea 21 Dec 2022 - 02:45 pm
A helicopter carries an injured sailor and a body of a Royal Thai Navy sailor during a rescue mission after a Navy corvette sank in the Gulf of Thailand, in Prachuap Khiri Khan province, December 21, 2022. REUTERS/Napat Wesshasartar
India on lookout for new COVID variants as cases in other countries climb 21 Dec 2022 - 02:36 pm
Women walk past a graffiti amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New Delhi, India, February 7, 2022. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
Malaysia landslide toll hits 26 after man found hugging dog 21 Dec 2022 - 02:19 pm
Peninsula
Man survives croc-, shark-filled Australian waters by clinging to flotsam 21 Dec 2022 - 12:47 pm
Pic: Australian Maritime Safety Authority - AMSA
End of Japan Covid curbs triggers surge in visitors to near 1 mln in November 21 Dec 2022 - 11:20 am
People walk through Ginza area in Tokyo on December 20, 2022. (Photo by Yuichi Yamazaki / AFP)
Taliban-led Afghan administration suspends university education for women 21 Dec 2022 - 10:33 am
Afghan female university students stop by Taliban security personnel stand next to a private university in Kabul on December 21, 2022. Photo by Wakil Kohsar / AFP
Taliban ban university education for Afghan girls 20 Dec 2022 - 10:59 pm
Children walk past a locked school gate after Taliban militants seized a police station in Bannu on December 20, 2022. (Photo by Karim ULLAH / AFP)
Pakistani forces retake anti-terrorism centre, free hostages: Sources 20 Dec 2022 - 02:04 pm
A Pakistani policeman checks a car in front of a shuttered market after Taliban militants seized a police station in Bannu on December 20, 2022. (Photo by Karim Ullah / AFP)
Survivor rescued as Thai navy continues search for 29 sailors 20 Dec 2022 - 01:34 pm
Sailors gather onboard HTMS Kraburi at Bang Saphan Pier in Prachuap Khiri Khan on December 20, 2022, during the search operation for survivors . (Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha / AFP)
Quiet before Christmas in Seoul night-life district of deadly crowd crush 19 Dec 2022 - 04:02 pm
People read condolences messages attached to the wall of a narrow alley of Itaewon where the deadly Halloween crush that killed more than 150 in October happened, in Seoul, South Korea, December 18, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
Air quality plummets in Indian capital as temperature falls 19 Dec 2022 - 02:53 pm
Commuters’ cross railway tracks amid foggy conditions on a wintry morning near a railway station in Amritsar on December 19, 2022. (Photo by Narinder NANU / AFP)

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