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Typhoon Trami brings Tokyo to a standstill with train halt 30 Sep 2018 - 05:55 pm
A passenger checks a message board announcing last train services ending earlier due to Typhoon Trami, at East Japan Railway Company's station in Tokyo, Japan, September 30, 2018. REUTERS/Issei Kato
Warning system might have saved lives in Indonesian tsunami 30 Sep 2018 - 04:42 pm
Samidah, a relative of a victim, cries while gathered outside the collapsed Roa Roa hotel in Palu, Indonesia's Central Sulawesi on September 30, 2018, following the September 28 earthquake and tsunami.  AFP / Bay Ismoyo
Apple employee killed in Indian police shooting, two constables arrested 30 Sep 2018 - 02:59 pm
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Crumpled hotel becomes focus in Indonesia rescue effort 30 Sep 2018 - 12:15 pm
A search and rescue team evacuates a victim from the ruins of the Roa-Roa Hotel in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia September 30, 2018 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Antara Foto/BNPB/ via REUTERS
Powerful typhoon bears down on flood-battered Japan 30 Sep 2018 - 11:39 am
A person reacts to the weather as ship washed ashore caused by Typhoon Trami is seen at a port in Yonabaru, on the southern island of Okinawa, Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo September 29, 2018. Kyodo via REUTERS
Indonesian air traffic controller hailed as quake hero 30 Sep 2018 - 11:26 am
The image tweeted by the official twitter account of AirNav Indonesia
Death toll from Indonesian quake, tsunmai rises to 832 - agency 30 Sep 2018 - 09:53 am
People search through debris in a residential area following an earthquake and tsunami in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia September 30, 2018 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Antara Foto/Darwin Fatir/via REUTERS
Hundreds killed in Indonesia quake-tsunami 29 Sep 2018 - 05:04 pm
Residents trying to salvage belongings from their homes which collapsed after an earthquake and tsunami hit Palu on Sulawesi island on September 29, 2018.   AFP / MUHAMMAD RIFKI
Powerful typhoon batters Okinawa, churns to Japan mainland 29 Sep 2018 - 11:49 am
Waves hit the seawalls at a coast of Shibushi city, Kagoshima prefecture, on Kyushu island, on September 29, 2018, as typhoon Trami approaches. AFP / Behrouz Mehri
Indonesian quake and tsunami devastates coast, many victims 29 Sep 2018 - 10:28 am
A woman cries as people look at the damages after an earthquake and a tsunami hit Palu, on Sulawesi island on September 29, 2018. AFP / MUHAMMAD RIFKI
Seeking global attention, Philippines moves human rights probe to New York 28 Sep 2018 - 08:52 pm
Philippines' Human Rights commissioners Leah Tanodra-Armamento (left) and Roberto Eugenio Cadiz (center) listen to expert testimonies at a hearing held at the New York City Bar Association in New York City, September 27, 2018. Thomson Reuters Foundation/S
India's top court orders activists to stay under house arrest 28 Sep 2018 - 10:27 am
A general view of the Supreme court of India is pictured in New Delhi on September 27, 2018.  AFP / Money Sharma
Cash cows: Pakistan PM's house auctions buffalos for austerity 28 Sep 2018 - 10:27 am
A Pakistani man looks on as he checks a buffalo during an auction at the premises of the Prime Minister house in Islamabad on September 27, 2018.  AFP / Aamir Qureshi
Vietnam's hardline president laid to rest 28 Sep 2018 - 10:27 am
People attend the funeral service of Vietnam's president Tran Dai Quang in his hometown Ninh Binh province on September 27, 2018. Quang died on September 21 at age 61 after a prolonged illness that officials described only as a
Juggling duties, New Zealand leader brings baby to UN 27 Sep 2018 - 09:27 am
Clarke Gayford (C) claps holding his daughter Neve Te Aroha Ardern Gayford, as his partner Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand speaks during the Nelson Mandela Peace Summit September 24, 2018 in New York. AFP / Don EMMERT
Australia moves to revive confidence in strawberries 27 Sep 2018 - 09:18 am
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, flanked by the Liberal Member for Fisher Andrew Wallace, poses with a tray of strawberries during a visit to the Ashbern strawberry farm on the Sunshine Coast, Australia, September 27, 2018. AAP/Dan Peled/via REUT
'Flying news': Humanitarian media counter Rohingya refugee rumours 26 Sep 2018 - 07:46 pm
A Rohingya refugee carries two children in buckets as they arrive in Bangladesh at Shah Porir Dwip in Teknaf on September 9, 2017, as they flee violence in neighbouring Myanmar (AFP/Emrul Kamal)
Indonesia touts agrarian reform, but activists say success hinges on indigenous rights 26 Sep 2018 - 07:46 pm
Indonesian farmers attend a large protest over land reform and other agricultural issues in central Jakarta, June 8, 2004. (Reuters/Darren Whiteside)