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North Korea pulls out of inter-Korean liaison office: Seoul 22 Mar 2019 - 11:15 am
File photo of a North Korean flag flies on a mast at the Permanent Mission of North Korea in Geneva October 2, 2014. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
New Zealand Muslims will be 'safe' after mosque attack: NZ minister to OIC 22 Mar 2019 - 11:09 am
New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern gestures as she departs following a gathering for congregational Friday prayers and two minutes of silence for victims of the twin mosque massacre, at Hagley Park in Christchurch on March 22, 2019.  / AFP / Mart
Indonesia's Garuda says to cancel 49-jet Boeing 737 deal after crashes 22 Mar 2019 - 11:03 am
This picture taken on May 15, 2018 shows a Garuda Indonesia Boeing 737 Max 8 at Jakarta International airport in Jakarta.  / AFP / IHWAN IDAMIN HARAHAP
"We are one" says PM Ardern as New Zealand mourns with prayers, silence 22 Mar 2019 - 10:24 am
New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern leaves after the Friday prayers at Hagley Park outside Al-Noor mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand March 22, 2019. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
Guns and tourists: Aboard the unlikely India-Pakistan 'friendship bus' 22 Mar 2019 - 10:17 am
The India-Pakistan 'friendship bus' is pictured at the Wagah-Attari border crossing, India, March 15, 2019.  REUTERS/Alasdair Pal
Police in Kazakhstan detain dozens of anti-government protesters 22 Mar 2019 - 10:10 am
File photo of policemen detain an opposition supporter during a protest rally in Almaty, Kazakhstan May 10, 2018. REUTERS/Mariya Gordeyeva
Australian state election will be trial run for PM's federal contest in May 22 Mar 2019 - 10:05 am
Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks to the media during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, March 20, 2019. AAP Image/Andrew Taylor/via REUTERS
Hun Sen denies Cambodia is Chinese 'colony' as work on $2 bn road begins 22 Mar 2019 - 10:00 am
File photo of premier Hun Sen. AFP
The junta leader who's running for prime minister of thailand 21 Mar 2019 - 09:30 pm
Thai junta chief Prayut Chan-ocha  (AFP)
Bangladesh town barbers face fines for 'foreign' cuts 21 Mar 2019 - 07:54 pm
Representational image: A Rohingya refugee cuts the hair of a kid at a temporary shelter in Beras Pati after arrived from Aceh Shelter in Medan of North Sumatra, Indonesia on November 25, 2016. (Jefri Tarigan / Anadolu Agency)
New Zealand bans 'military-style' guns after mosque attacks 21 Mar 2019 - 05:42 pm
A police officer stands guard as relatives of victims of mosque attack arrive to attend the funeral of a victim who died at the mosque attack at Memorial Park Cemetery, in Christchurch, New Zealand on March 21, 2019.  Peter Adones - Anadolu
Six dead, dozens injured as blast rocks China chemical plant 21 Mar 2019 - 04:19 pm
A vehicle of paramilitary police is seen near smoke following an explosion at a chemical industrial park in Xiangshui county, Yancheng, Jiangsu province, China March 21, 2019. REUTERS
Six killed in blasts as Kabul marks Persian New Year 21 Mar 2019 - 03:37 pm
Afghan people gather around the Shrine of Saint Sakhi Saib as they celebrate the Persian New Year Nowruz in Kabul, Afghanistan on March 21, 2019. Haroon Sabawoon - Anadolu
Six dead, dozens injured as blast rocks China chemical plant 21 Mar 2019 - 02:47 pm
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Pilots searched for right checklist before Lion Air crash - investigators 21 Mar 2019 - 02:05 pm
Soerjanto Tjahjono (R), the head of Indonesia's national transportation safety committee (KNKT) and Nurcahyo (L), head of the flight accident sub-committee of KNKT, brief journalists during a press conference about the Lion Air Boeing 737 Max 8 crash in 2
New Zealand bans assault weapons within days of massacre 21 Mar 2019 - 01:13 pm
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks about changes in gun laws in Wellington, New Zealand, March 21, 2019, in this still image taken from video. TVNZ/via REUTERS TV
Forced evictions illegal, slum dwellers have right to city: Delhi court 20 Mar 2019 - 08:01 pm
Sushila Devi, who lost her son and husband in a water dispute, poses for a photo outside her one-room shanty in Delhi, India, June 26, 2018. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Annie Banerji
New Zealand to hold memorial service for terror victims 20 Mar 2019 - 05:05 pm
Floral tributes to those who were gunned down at the two mosques are seen against a wall bordering the Botanical Garden in Christchurch on March 19, 2019.   AFP / Marty MELVILLE