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India train derails, at least 119 killed, more than 150 injured (Update 4)

November 20th, 2016841 At least 119 people were killed and more than 150 injured when an Indian express train derailed in northern state of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, with the toll set...

Asia

Thousands march in Malaysian capital calling for PM Najib to step down

November 19th, 2016915 By Rozanna Latiff and Praveen Menon KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters marched in Malaysia's capital on...

Asia

Philippine dictator Marcos buried at heroes' cemetery amid protests

November 18th, 2016699 Former Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos was buried with military honours at a heroes' cemetery in Manila on Friday, almost 30 years after his death in...

Asia

Pakistan says seven soldiers killed by Indian shelling

November 14th, 20161676 Seven Pakistani soldiers were killed by Indian shelling across the frontier in the disputed Kashmir region overnight, Pakistan's military said on Monday, as...

World

Taliban bomber kills 4 Americans at Nato base in Afghanistan

November 12th, 20161039 A Taliban suicide bomber dressed as a labourer blew himself up at the Nato air base at Bagram north of the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday, killing four...

World

Blast at Pakistan shrine kills 43, wounds scores

November 12th, 2016915 An explosion claimed by militant group Islamic State ripped through a Muslim shrine in southwestern Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least 43 people and...

World

S. Korea's Park faces resignation calls at huge protest rally

November 12th, 2016961 South Korean President Park Geun-hye faced mounting pressure to step down on Saturday as hundreds of thousands of demonstrators marched in the capital to...

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Anger rising in India as banks slow to dispense cash to millions

November 12th, 20161276 By Sanjeev Miglani and Nidhi Verma Anger rose across India on Saturday as banks struggled to dispense cash after the government withdrew large...

Asia

Magnitude 6.2 earthquake strikes 70 km off coast of Japan - USGS

November 12th, 20161259 An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 struck off the coast of Japan, 65 km east-northeast of the city of Sendai, at 6:43 a.m. on Saturday (2143 GMT Friday),...

World

Factory blaze kills at least 13 Indian garment workers as they slept

November 11th, 2016992 At least 13 garment workers were killed after a fire broke out in a factory on the outskirts of the Indian capital, police and witnesses said on Friday. The...

World

Taliban claim deadly attack on German consulate in Afghan city (Updated)

November 10th, 20161048 A Taliban suicide bomber rammed a car packed with explosives into a wall around the German consulate in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif late on...

World

Kabul welcomes back National Geographic's green-eyed 'Afghan Girl'

November 9th, 20161298 Afghan's president on Wednesday welcomed back Sharbat Gula, the green-eyed 'Afghan Girl' whose 1985 photo in National Geographic became a symbol of her...

Asia

British banker jailed for life for 'sickening' Hong Kong murders

November 8th, 2016869 A British banker was jailed for life on Tuesday for the "sickening" murders of two Indonesian women he tortured in his Hong Kong apartment in what the judge...

World

Don't be swayed by disgust, jury in grisly Hong Kong murder trial told

November 7th, 2016899 A Hong Kong judge ordered the jury in British banker Rurik Jutting's double murder trial not to allow its verdict to be influenced by "passion or disgust" over...

Asia

Hong Kong police use pepper spray in Beijing oath-taking protest

November 6th, 20161067 Hong Kong police fired pepper spray at protesters on Sunday, as hundreds of activists rallied outside the office of Beijing's representative in the territory...

Asia

Dozens arrested for attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh

November 6th, 20161080 Police in Bangladesh have arrested dozens of people following fresh violence against Hindus, the country's biggest minority community, a senior officer told...

World

Pakistan to deport 'Afghan Girl' from famed National Geographic photo

November 4th, 20161476 A Pakistani judge on Friday ordered the deportation of Sharbat Gula, the green-eyed "Afghan Girl" whose 1985 photo in National Geographic became a symbol of...

World

Tens of thousands of Indonesian Muslims protest against capital's governor

November 4th, 2016770 Tens of thousands of hardline Muslim protesters in Indonesia rallied outside the presidential palace on Friday to demand the resignation of the governor of the...

World

Two US service members, many civilians dead in Afghanistan

November 3rd, 2016674 Two American service members were killed on Thursday fighting the Taliban near the northern Afghan city of Kunduz, and more than 30 civilians were killed in...

World

Pakistan train collision kills at least 16

November 3rd, 2016694 A long-distance train collided into stationary coaches in the Pakistani port city of Karachi on Thursday, killing at least 20 people, hospital officials said,...

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