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Pakistan denies bail to 'Afghan Girl' from National Geographic photo

November 2nd, 20161289 A Pakistani court on Wednesday denied bail to Sharbat Gula, who was arrested for illegally living in Pakistan and is best known as the green-eyed Afghan girl...

World

Boat sinks off Indonesian island killing 18 migrant workers

November 2nd, 20161985 A speedboat carrying 93 Indonesian migrant workers from Malaysia sank off an Indonesian island on Wednesday, killing 18 of them, police said. The boat set...

World

Vietnam PM orders probe after karaoke blaze kills 13

November 2nd, 2016779 A fire that broke out at a karaoke lounge in Vietnam's capital killed at least 13 people, the government said on Wednesday, in a rare accident of its kind for...

World

China debuts J-20 stealth jet in show of strength at country's biggest air expo

November 1st, 2016962 China showed its Chengdu J-20 stealth fighter in public for the first time on Tuesday, opening the country's biggest meeting of aircraft makers and buyers with...

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South Korean prosecutors arrest woman at centre of political crisis

November 1st, 2016828 The woman at the centre of a scandal that has plunged the South Korean presidency into crisis was held for a second day on Tuesday after being detained...

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Iranians arrested after celebrating ancient Persian king Cyrus the Great

October 31st, 20161983 Iran's Islamic Republic has arrested the organisers of a march last week near the tomb of the ancient Persian king Cyrus the Great that attracted thousands of...

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Smog chokes Indian capital as pollution hits hazardous levels

October 31st, 2016975 Residents of New Delhi woke up to a blanket of smog on Monday as air quality deteriorated sharply overnight in India's capital, triggering warnings that even...

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S.Korea's Park accepts resignations of top aides amid crisis

October 30th, 20161116 South Korean President Park Geun-hye has accepted the resignations of her top presidential aides, including the chief of staff, the presidential office said on...

World

Vietnam reports first microcephaly case likely linked to Zika - govt agency

October 30th, 2016894 Vietnam's health ministry on Sunday reported a microcephaly case that it says is likely to be the country's first linked to the mosquito-borne Zika...

World

Thais gather at palace to view late king's funeral urn

October 29th, 20161281 Tens of thousands of Thais gathered at Bangkok's glittering Grand Palace on Saturday hoping to pay their respects before the funeral urn of late King Bhumibol...

World

Pakistan police fire tear gas at stone-throwing supporters of opposition leader Imran Khan

October 28th, 20161309 Pakistani police on Friday fired tear gas at stone-throwing supporters of opposition leader Imran Khan who defied a ban on public gatherings, adding to...

World

Philippine mayor among 10 killed in shootout as drug war enters new phase

October 28th, 2016847 By Manuel Mogato and Tom Allard A mayor on Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's wanted list for alleged drugs links was killed along with nine of his...

World

British banker calmly details how he slit throats of two women in Hong Kong

October 26th, 20161124 British banker Rurik Jutting calmly detailed to police his cocaine-fuelled descent into a torture and killing binge that ended in the deaths of two Indonesian...

World

Philippine's Duterte tells Japan his China visit was just economics, blasts US

October 26th, 20161216 Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte sought to assure Japan on Wednesday that his high-profile visit to China last week was about economics not security, and...

World

British banker's torture video stuns jury in Hong Kong murder trial

October 25th, 20161298 The jury in the trial of a British investment banker accused of murdering two Indonesian women in his Hong Kong apartment on Tuesday watched a horrific video...

World

Gunmen kill 59 in attack on police academy in Pakistani city of Quetta

October 25th, 20161244 By Gul Yusufzai At least 59 people were killed and more than 100 wounded when gunmen wearing suicide vests stormed a Pakistani police training academy in...

World

Hong Kong jury to see 'torture' video as British banker's trial begins

October 24th, 20161064 A Hong Kong judge warned jurors that they will have to view video filmed by former British banker Rurik Jutting of the torture and vicious killing of two...

World

Chile's president forgets to sign name at voting booth, leaves behind ID

October 23rd, 2016978 Chilean President Michelle Bachelet had a rocky go of voting in the nation's local elections on Sunday, having to return to the polls twice after leaving her...

World

Japanese suicide pensioner blows himself up in park, injures three others (Update 1)

October 23rd, 20161200 A 72 year-old retired soldier blew himself up in a park in the Japanese city of Utsunomiya, killing himself and injuring three other people in an apparent...

World

Opium crops spread in Afghanistan as Taliban gains ground, U.N. says

October 23rd, 20161253 The cultivation of opium poppy in Afghanistan, the world's main source of heroin, has risen to its third-highest level in more than 20 years, the United...

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