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World / Asia

Xi may extend power as China poised to lift term limits 25 Feb 2018 - 01:54 pm
(FILE PHOTO) Chinese President Xi Jinping. AFP / WANG ZHAO
Villagers flee Kashmir front line as India, Pakistan trade artillery fire 25 Feb 2018 - 12:48 pm
Incense sticks burn as an Indian Border Security Force (BSF) officer salutes to a coffin containing the body of a soldier, who according to BSF died on Wednesday after he was injured in a gunfire on Tuesday at the Line of Control (LOC) with Pakistan in Ka
North Korea condemns U.S. sanctions as officials gather for Olympic ceremony 25 Feb 2018 - 12:22 pm
(FILES) This file picture taken on December 13, 2007 shows North Korea's chief delegate Kim Yong Chol (C) and North Korean soldiers crossing the border which divides the two Koreas to attend the inter-Korean general talks at the South's side of the truce
China Communist Party proposes removing presidential term limits 25 Feb 2018 - 12:15 pm
This file photo taken on October 25, 2017 shows Chinese President Xi Jinping waving at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. AFP / WANG ZHAO
Six months after attacks began, Rohingya see no end in sight 25 Feb 2018 - 08:06 am
A man cooks a meal in his makeshift restaurant on the island of Bhasan Char in the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh February 14, 2018. Picture taken February 14, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer
Bollywood actress Sridevi passes away at the age of 54 25 Feb 2018 - 04:54 am
In a still from Sridevi-starrer English Vinglish
Speeding jeep kills 9 schoolchildren in eastern India 24 Feb 2018 - 03:46 pm
9 schoolchildren killed
Inmates escape Philippine jail after guard leaves 24 Feb 2018 - 01:09 pm
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At least 23 killed in multiple attacks in Afghanistan 24 Feb 2018 - 11:39 am
Afghan officials inspect the site after a suicide bomb attack in the Shash Darak area of Kabul, near NATO headquarters and not far from the US Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan on February 24, 2018. Haroon Sabawoon / Anadolu Agency
2 sailors die after yacht capsizes in Western Australia 24 Feb 2018 - 11:18 am
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Three bombs hit capital of Myanmar's Rakhine state 24 Feb 2018 - 09:09 am
Bomb debris are seen after explosion outside building in Sittwe, Myanmar February 24, 2018 in this picture obtained from social media. Courtesy of Ministry of Information Webportal Handout/via REUTERS
Official: Suicide bomber kills 1 in diplomatic area in Kabul 24 Feb 2018 - 08:59 am
Afghan security personnel stand guard near the site of a suicide bombing at Shash Darak in kabul on February 24, 2018. AFP / WAKIL KOHSAR
India-bound gas pipeline breaks ground on Afghan section 24 Feb 2018 - 12:26 am
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani (C) with Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov President of Turkmenistan (2L), Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi (R) and India's External Affairs Minister Shri M. J. Akbar (L) look on during the (TAPI) gas pipeline project i
Suspect in Filipina's Kuwait freezer death arrested 24 Feb 2018 - 12:26 am
Funeral workers carry a crate containing the body of Joanna Demafelis, a Filipina domestic helper who was killed and found inside a freezer in Kuwait, in her hometown in Iloilo province in the Philippines February 17, 2018. Reuters/Erik De Castro
Indonesia president says toxic river should be clean enough to drink within 7 yrs 24 Feb 2018 - 12:13 am
Indonesian President Joko Widodo (L) greeted by Secretary General PDI-P party Hasto Kristiyanto (R) at the opening of party meeting in Sanur, Bali, Indonesia, February 23, 2018. Antara Foto/Nyoman Budhiana/ via Reuters
Ivanka Trump to push for 'maximum pressure' on North Korea 24 Feb 2018 - 12:10 am
South Korean President Moon Jae-In (R) shakes hands with Ivanka Trump during their dinner meeting at the Presidential Blue House in Seoul on February 23, 2018. AFP  / Kim Min-Hee
US imposes more North Korea sanctions; targets ships, firms 23 Feb 2018 - 09:14 pm
US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin briefs on North Korea at the White House in Washington, February 23, 2018. Reuters/Jonathan Ernst
Singapore school test papers stolen in transit to British examiner 23 Feb 2018 - 03:58 pm
Image of a classroom used as representation.