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Bangladesh seeks extended oil credit from Saudi Arabia 02 Feb 2023 - 03:43 pm
Vehicles are stuck in traffic in the afternoon in Dhaka, Bangladesh, June 8, 2022. File Photo: REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain
Hong Kong offers free flights after Covid isolation 02 Feb 2023 - 02:26 pm
A general view of the Hong Kong skyline from the kowloon district of Hong Kong on February 2, 2023. Photo by ISAAC LAWRENCE / AFP
Indian journalist walks free after two years in jail 02 Feb 2023 - 11:22 am
Journalist Siddique Kappan (C) walks out from Lucknow District jail after being granted bail in a money laundering case, in Lucknow on February 2, 2023. (Photo by AFP)
Pandemic to paradise: Chinese tourists return to Bali after three years 02 Feb 2023 - 10:46 am
First batch of Chinese tourists arrived at Ngurah Rai InternationalÊAirport following the Chinese Government's resumption of travel for citizens in Bali, Indonesia, January 22, 2023 Antara Foto/Fikri Yusuf/via REUTERS
Pakistan mosque suicide bomber 'was in police uniform': police chief 02 Feb 2023 - 10:38 am
Policemen stand guard along a street in Peshawar on February 1, 2023, days after a mosque suicide blast inside a police headquarters. - A mosque blast that killed 101 people -- mostly police officers -- in northwest Pakistan this week has put a city long scarred by violence back on edge, residents said. (Photo by Farooq NAEEM / AFP)
Australia to remove British monarch from banknotes 02 Feb 2023 - 10:13 am
Australian $5 banknotes with a portrait of the late Queen Elizabeth II are seen in this picture illustration taken February 2, 2023. REUTERS/Loren Elliott/Illustration
Why is Gautam Adani's Indian empire in turmoil? 02 Feb 2023 - 09:31 am
Men ride a motorbike past an Adani Group advertisement billboard in Ahmedabad on February 2, 2023. - India's beleaguered Adani group cancelled a $2.5 billion share sale on February 1, with the embattled tycoon saying it would not be
Pakistan inflation hits 48-year high as IMF visits 01 Feb 2023 - 05:28 pm
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Pakistan police detain 23 suspects after deadly mosque blast 01 Feb 2023 - 05:21 pm
Police officers chant slogans as they protest to condemn the suicide blast in a mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan February 1, 2023. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz
Japan trading house says workers can be YouTubers to top up $100,000 salaries 01 Feb 2023 - 02:56 pm
Men walk past in front of an electric screen showing Japan's Nikkei share average outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, August 5, 2019. File Photo: REUTERS/Issei Kato
Myanmar streets empty in protest on coup anniversary 01 Feb 2023 - 02:48 pm
People walk past on a bridge an almost empty street during a
Magnitude 6 earthquake hits Mindanao, Philippines - EMSC 01 Feb 2023 - 02:35 pm
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Suspects arrested over Pakistan mosque blast, police focus on how bomber got in 01 Feb 2023 - 12:59 pm
Relatives and police officials pray for a police officer Irfan Khan who was killed in a mosque suicide blast inside the police headquarters, during a condolence meeting at his residence in Peshawar on February 1, 2023. - A suicide blast at a mosque inside a Pakistan police headquarters was a targeted revenge attack, a police chief said, as rescue efforts ended with the death toll standing at 100. (Photo by Abdul MAJEED / AFP)
NATO chief hails Japan plans to expand defence spending 01 Feb 2023 - 12:11 pm
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg gestures as he answers questions during a visit and presentation at Keio University in Tokyo on February 1, 2023. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP)
Indonesian residents file climate case against Holcim in Swiss court 01 Feb 2023 - 10:58 am
A woman walks home after fishing at a beach in Peukan Bada in Indonesia's Aceh province on February 1, 2023. (Photo by CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN / AFP)
Clouds of smoke off Vanuatu coast as volcano rumbles into life 01 Feb 2023 - 10:43 am
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Missing radioactive capsule found in Western Australia 01 Feb 2023 - 10:39 am
A handout image shows Department of Fire and Emergency Services crew searching for a radioactive capsule, in Australia in this picture obtained on January 28, 2023. AAP Image/Department Of Fire And Emergency Services/Handout via Reuters
India to ramp up spending, cut deficit in last full budget ahead of 2024 vote 01 Feb 2023 - 10:10 am
India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman holds up a folder with the Government of India's logo as she leaves her office to present the federal budget in the parliament, in New Delhi, India, February 1, 2023. Reuters/Adnan Abidi