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Thailand arrests man amid #royalmotorcade controversy 08 Oct 2019 - 08:56 am
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India on the frontline of the fight against tuberculosis 08 Oct 2019 - 08:52 am
In this photograph taken on September 26, 2019, a tuberculosis (TB) patient holds his daily dose of medicine at a DOTS (directly observed treatment, short-course) Centre in New Delhi. AFP / Money SHARMA
Dissidents under late Uzbek leader still out in the cold 07 Oct 2019 - 08:48 pm
Uzbek journalist and former prisoner Dilmurod Said holds photos of his wife and daughter, who died in a 2009 car crash en route to visit him in a jail, during an interview with AFP in Tashkent on July 26, 2019.  AFP / Temur Ismailov
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena exits, with many promises unfulfilled 07 Oct 2019 - 07:42 pm
Maithripala Sirisena speaks during an interview with Reuters at his residence in Colombo, Sri Lanka May 4, 2019. Reuters/Dinuka Liyanawatte
North Korea's deadline on denuclearisation talks looms, but what does it mean? 07 Oct 2019 - 07:42 pm
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a wreath-laying ceremony at a WWII memorial in the far-eastern Russian port of Vladivostok on April 26, 2019. AFP / Kirill Kudryavtsev
Bangladesh student killing sparks university protests 07 Oct 2019 - 06:00 pm
A Bangladeshi student sits during a protest in Dhaka on October 7, 2019, next to a portrait of Abrar Fahad, who was allegedly beaten to death by ruling party activists. AFP / Munir Uz Zaman
North Korea warns US, Europeans against raising its missile tests at UN 07 Oct 2019 - 06:00 pm
Members of the North Korean delegation arrive to Arlanda airport north of Stockholm on October 3, 2019. AFP / Jonathan Nackstrand
Serial killings: Woman kills 6 from a family with cyanide-laced food over 14 years 07 Oct 2019 - 03:02 pm
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Fake news sparks panic among Indonesia quake victims 07 Oct 2019 - 09:57 am
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Cutting 2,700 trees for Mumbai Metro project ignites protests 07 Oct 2019 - 08:55 am
A view of the construction site of a metro train parking shed for an upcoming subway line is seen in the Aarey Colony suburb of Mumbai, India, October 5, 2019. REUTERS/Prashant Waydande
UN investigator: Myanmar is not safe for Rohingyas to return 06 Oct 2019 - 10:07 pm
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet talks to a teacher during a visit at the Rohingya Integrated School of Excellence in Kajang, Malaysia. October 4, 2019. Reuters/Lim Huey Teng
What's in a name? India's citizenship drive hits women hardest 06 Oct 2019 - 09:28 pm
Binita Biswas at a meeting in Bakorichapari village in Assam, India, September 17, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Anuradha Nagaraj
Vietnamese roll out Transformers-inspired robot with green message 06 Oct 2019 - 08:39 pm
Vietnamese men looking at Transformers-inspired designs at a workshop in Hanoi on September 30, 2019. AFP / Nhac Nguyen
Police block thousands marching in Pakistani Kashmir 06 Oct 2019 - 06:53 pm
FILE PHOTO: Pakistani Kashmiri Salima Bibi, 24, a victim of landmine wearing an artificial limb before giving an awareness campaign talk to local residents at a village in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir. AFP / Sajjad Qayyum
North Korea: No more talks until US ends 'hostile policy' 06 Oct 2019 - 06:53 pm
Farmers in a field as a section of the Great Wall is seen on the Chinese side of the Yalu River north of the town of Sinuiju in North Korea and Dandong in Chinese Liaoning province, April 2, 2017. Reuters / Damir Sagolj
Video of mainlander assaulted in Hong Kong sparks outrage in China 06 Oct 2019 - 11:43 am
Protesters are detained by Hong Kong police during clashes the Wanchai district in Hong Kong on October 6, 2019. AFP / Mohd RASFAN
Six wild elephants drown after slipping off waterfall in Thai park 06 Oct 2019 - 09:37 am
This photo by Thai News Pix taken on October 5, 2019 shows two elephants (one behind the other) trapped on a small cliff at a waterfall at Khao Yai National Park in central Thailand as rescuers work to save them. AFP / THAI NEWS PIX / PANUPONG CHANGCHAI
Hong Kong reopens part of metro but braces for more protests 06 Oct 2019 - 09:26 am
Anti-government protesters shelter from the rain under their umbrellas at the start of a demonstration in Tsim Sha Tsui district, in Hong Kong, China October 6, 2019. REUTERS/Susana Vera