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Rioters torch buildings as chaos erupts again in Indonesia's Papua 29 Aug 2019 - 04:58 pm
An Indonesian policeman helps evacuate a family as houses burn after hundreds of demonstrators marched near Papua's biggest city Jayapura on August 29, 2019. AFP / Indra Thamrin Hatta
Thai court upholds death sentence for Myanmar men over Brit killings 29 Aug 2019 - 04:58 pm
 Myanmar prisoners Zaw Lin (C) and Win Zaw Tun (R) leave the court in Nonthaburi after the verdict on August 29, 2019. AFP / Mladen Antonov
China says rotated troops will protect Hong Kong's stability 29 Aug 2019 - 08:36 am
A Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldier guards the entrance to the PLA Hong Kong Garrison headquarters in the Central Business District in Hong Kong, China, August 29, 2019. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
Myanmar: Christian leader sued, commented on oppression 28 Aug 2019 - 10:34 pm
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Rohingya restless in India as deportation threat looms 28 Aug 2019 - 09:02 pm
An estimated 40,000 Rohingya took refuge in India over several decades.
Indian state expands work scheme to tackle exploitation 28 Aug 2019 - 08:39 pm
Rescued bonded labourer Srikrushna Rajhansiya recalls his days in bondage outside his home in Sargul village in Odisha. Reuters
Indian state bans unnecessary surgery on intersex babies 28 Aug 2019 - 08:39 pm
Unisex signs hanging outside bathrooms at Toast Paninoteca in Durham, North Carolina, May 9 2016.  AFP / Getty Images North America / Sara D Davis
500 protests, hundreds injured in Kashmir lockdown: govt source 28 Aug 2019 - 05:53 pm
Kashmiri people walk past burning tyres during a protest after the scrapping of the special constitutional status for Kashmir by the Indian government, in Srinagar, August 27, 2019. Picture taken on August 27, 2019. REUTERS/Danish Ismail
245 rescued from burning ferry in Philippine waters, 3 dead 28 Aug 2019 - 01:56 pm
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Taliban kill 14 pro-government militia in Afghanistan - officials 28 Aug 2019 - 10:19 am
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Supreme Court agrees to examine scrapping of Kashmir autonomy 28 Aug 2019 - 09:40 am
An Indian paramilitary trooper patrols at the top of a hill in Srinagar on August 25, 2019. / AFP / Tauseef Mustafa
Two dead as Japan orders 670,000 to flee heavy rains 28 Aug 2019 - 09:19 am
An aerial view shows submerged houses and facilities at a flooded area in Takeo, Saga prefecture, southern Japan August 28, 2019, in this photo taken by Kyodo. Kyodo/via REUTERS
Ferry fire kills 3 in southern Philippines; 245 rescued 28 Aug 2019 - 09:10 am
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China drafts law to combat illegal fishing, safeguard stocks 28 Aug 2019 - 08:35 am
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Australia moves to protect universities from foreign interference 28 Aug 2019 - 08:13 am
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Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh warned to be wary with human trafficking rising 27 Aug 2019 - 10:16 pm
A child stands in front of three toilets at the Kutupalong Refugee Camp in south east Bangladesh on August 5, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Naimul Karim
'Water women' quench thirst of central India's parched villages 27 Aug 2019 - 10:09 pm
Kiran Aherwal, a Jal Saheli, or a woman water friend, supervises the making of a water outlet in Agroutha village of Bundelkhand, India on July 16, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Annie Banerji
Japan says North Korea developing warheads to penetrate missile defenses 27 Aug 2019 - 08:09 pm
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un with military officers as he observes a drill in a photo by Korean Central News Agency on March 25 2016. KCNA/REUTERS