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Photo Story: Dussehra festival celebrations in Jammu

An effigy of demon king Ravana burns during the Dussehra festival celebrations in Jammu, the winter capital of Kashmir, India. Dussehra is an annual Hindu religious festival which follows the…

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North Korean fishing boat collides with Japanese patrol boat

A handout photo made available by the Japan Coast Guard shows Fisheries Agency patrol boat Okuni (R), which reportedly collided with a North Korean fishing boat, in waters locally known…

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Thousands defy anti-mask law at Hong Kong march

Tens of thousands of protesters marched through central Hong Kong on Sunday wearing face masks in defiance of a law which bans them from hiding their faces. Under the law,…

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No success in U.S.-North Korea nuclear talks

Working-level nuclear talks between North Korea and the United States have broken off, North Korea’s chief negotiator said. “The negotiations have not fulfilled our expectation and finally broke off,” the…

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Hong Kong braces for further protests on Sunday

Hong Kong’s rail operator partially reopened the city’s metro system on Sunday after an unprecedented shutdown but kept many typically busy stations closed as the Chinese territory braced for large…

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Photo Story: The Masks of Hong Kong

A combo picture shows protesters wearing face masks during a protest against an anti-mask law meant to deter anti-government protesters, in Hong Kong, China, 04 October 2019. Hong Kong Chief…

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Hong Kong to ban wearing face masks at public gatherings

Hong Kong's government announced a ban on wearing face masks at public gatherings. Hong Kong’s embattled leader Carrie Lam on Friday invoked colonial-era emergency powers for the first time in…

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Shock in India as Gandhi’s ashes stolen and photo defaced on 150th birthday

Thieves stole some of Mahatma Gandhi's remains on what would have been his 150th birthday, police say. The ashes were taken from a memorial in central India, where they had…

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Photo Story: Durga Puja festival in Kolkata

A makeshift pandal, a temporary structure set up to usually venerate the god and goddess, made of wood, fiber, metal and bamboo under the theme 'Urbanization' by artist Rintu Das ahead…

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About $4 billion Hong Kong deposits may have left territory due to protests

Hong Kong may have lost as much as $4 billion in deposits to rival financial hub Singapore between June and August as political unrest escalated in the Chinese city, Goldman…

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Typhoon Mitag makes landfall in South Korea

A view of submerged cars in a flooded street in the aftermath of Typhoon Mitag, in Samcheok, South Korea, 03 October 2019. Seoul was expected to receive 30 to 80…

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North Korea confirms it test fired a missile from the sea

North Korea has confirmed it test-fired a new type of a ballistic missile, a significant escalation from the short-range tests it has conducted since May. The missile - which was…

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Outrage in Malaysia as Pygmy Elephant killed with 70 shots

A handout photo made available by the Sabah Wildlife Department shows a Borneo Pygmy elephant carcass at a riverbank in Kalabakan, Sabah, Malaysia (issued 02 October 2019). The pygmy elephant…

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Photo Story: Aftermath of pro-democracy protest in Hong Kong

A man cleans broken pavement from a road, a day after violent clashes between protestors and police, in Hong Kong, China. Tsang Chi-kin, a Form Five student at the school,…

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Photo Story: Commemoration of the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi in New Delhi

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi pays tributes to the Mahatma Gandhi in the parliament house in New Delhi. India commemorates the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, amid hundreds of…

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Typhoon Mitag approaches South Korea

A handout satellite image made available by the Korea Meteorological Administration shows Typhoon Mitag, the season's 18th, moving toward South Korea (issued 02 October 2019). Mitag is forecast to land…

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Bridge collapses in Taiwan, leaving 10 people injured, 2 dead

Photos made available by the Taiwan Military News Agency shows rescuers searching for victims near the collapsed Nanfangao Cross-Port Bridge in Nanfangao, Yilan County, north-eastern Taiwan. The arch bridge collapsed…

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Possible missile launch from North Korean submarine

North Korea may have fired a ballistic missile from a submarine, according to officials in South Korea. The missile is thought to have been launched near the port of Wonsan…

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Taiwan cancels flights, closes schools as typhoon nears

Authorities in Taiwan have shut financial markets, canceled flights and put soldiers on standby as the island braces for the powerful Mitag typhoon. President Tsai Ing-wen urged residents to stay…

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More than 100 dead in floods in India

More than 100 people have died due to flooding caused by heavy rains in the Indian states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, officials have said. Dramatic images of the impact…

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China pays respect to Mao ahead of 70-year celebrations

Chinese Communist Party leader and President Xi Jinping led other top officials Monday in paying respects to the founder of the communist state, Mao Zedong, ahead of a massive celebration…

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Photo Story: Cargo ship catches fire in South Korea

A fire burns on a cargo ship after an explosion, in the port city of Ulsan, South Korea, 28 September 2019. All crew members aboard the ship were rescued,…

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At UN, Modi says India gave world ‘Buddha, not war’

In his address to the UN General Assembly’s general debate on Friday, the Prime Minister of India outlined how the world’s largest democracy has embodied the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)…

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Pakistan’s Khan warns of all-out conflict amid rising tensions over Kashmir

In a fiery address on Friday to the UN General Assembly, Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Imran Khan, warned of an all-out conflict with neighbouring India, saying that there will be a…

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At UN Assembly, China says ‘it will not ever be cowered by threats’

In his address to the UN General Assembly on Friday, the State Councillor and Foreign Minister of China declared that his country will not ever be cowered by threats or…

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Presidential elections in Afghanistan

Voters line up at a polling station to cast their ballot during the presidential elections, in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. The Afghan presidential elections will take place nationwide on 28 September amidst…

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Death toll rises in Indonesia earthquake

Indonesian officials announced on Friday that 23 people have died, with around 100 more people suffering from injuries from an earthquake that rattled the country on Thursday. While the region has…

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Photo Story: Durga Puja festival preparations in Dhaka

A Bangladeshi artist gives the final touches to an idol of the Goddess Durga ahead of the largest Durga Puja festival of the Bengali Hindus community in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The…

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One dead after strong earthquake in Indonesia

At least one person died on Thursday after a magnitude 6.5 earthquake hit Indonesia’s eastern province of Maluku, damaging buildings and sending people fleeing to the hills, officials and witnesses…

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Photo Story: Protests in Jakarta

A plainclothes police officer escorts a high school student during clashes outside the parliament compound in Jakarta, Indonesia, 25 September 2019. Hundreds high school students staged protests against new law…

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Death toll mounts in Pakistan earthquake

At least 24 people were killed and 450 injured in an earthquake that hit Pakistani Kashmir, local officials said on Wednesday, but they added that rescue work was in full…

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UN Human Rights Council informed that China is killing religious and ethnic minorities and harvesting their organs

The Chinese government is harvesting and selling organs from persecuted religious and ethnic minorities on an industrial scale, the UN Human Rights Council has been told. Speaking at the council’s headquarters in Geneva…

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Search and rescue underway after powerful Pakistan earthquake

Pakistan's military said "aviation and medical support" teams had been dispatched to the area hit by Tuesday's powerful earthquake. Tremors were felt as far away as the capitals of Pakistan…

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EPA’s Eye in the Sky: Xuzhou, China

An aerial view of the fish nurse ponds made on the river, and fishing boats in Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, China. Photo: EPA-EFE/ALEKSANDAR PLAVEVSKI

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Photo Story: Military exercises in the Philippines

Soldiers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines take cover beside a wall during an assault exercise at Fort Magsaysay military camp in Nueva Ecija province, north of Manila, Philippines,…

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Forest fire continues to rage in Indonesia

A resident runs away as fire gets closer to his house in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Firefighters, military personnel and water-dropping helicopters are deployed to douse the land fires in…

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Photo Story: Preparations for the upcoming 70th anniversary of the founding of the PRC

Chinese military aircraft fly over a suburban district during a rehearsal in Beijing, China, 22 September 2019. China will hold a massive military parade on 01 October 2019 to…

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Photo Story: Typhoon Tapah approaches South Korea

A yacht is pushed to shore by strong tides in Ulsan, South Korea, 22 September 2019, as Typhoon Tapah approaches the country. In Japan, the typhoon hit Japan’s southern Okinawa…

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Massive deployment of police around Hong Kong airport

Hong Kong riot police took up position at the main rail station serving the airport on Sunday to prevent a new anti-government protest targeting air travel after a night of…

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Tear gas used to disperse protesters in Hong Kong

Hong Kong police fired tear gas to disperse democracy protesters marching in sweltering heat on Saturday after pro-China groups pulled down some of the "Lennon Walls" of anti-government messages in…

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Media preview of the US Air Force ‘Air Power Day 2019’ in South Korea

Highlight from the media preview of the US Air Force Air Power Day that is being held at Osan Air Base in Osan-city, South Korea. The US Air Force…

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U.S. drone kills 30 farm workers in Afghanistan

A U.S. drone strike intended to hit an ISIS hideout in Afghanistan killed at least 30 civilians resting after a day’s work in the fields. The attack on Wednesday night…

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Deadly Taliban attack ‘destroys’ hospital

At least 15 people have died after a truck packed with explosives was detonated by Taliban militants outside a hospital in southern Afghanistan. Many of the victims in the attack…

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Photo Story: Haze in Singapore

A man fishes while pictured against the backdrop shrouded by haze in Singapore, 19 September 2019. Fires from the Indonesian provinces of Sumatra and Borneo brought on by a drought…

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Investors withdraw gold from Hong Kong

Private investors have begun to shift their holdings of gold from Hong Kong, months into the financial centre’s worst political crisis. Gold is moving to Singapore and Switzerland as some…

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India bans e-cigarettes

Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that e-cigarettes will be banned in India. Envisioned as a tool to combat tobacco addiction, electronic cigarettes and other vaping products have become a…

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Monsoon destroys Rohingya shelters, sparking record UN emergency food agency response in Bangladesh

Unusually heavy monsoon rains have inundated shelters in refugee camps in southern Bangladesh creating “havoc”, the World Food Programme (WFP) said, as it launched its biggest emergency response of the…

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Photo Story: Preparations for the upcoming 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China

A Chinese woman using a mobile phone takes pictures of an installation celebrating the upcoming the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, in Beijing, China,…

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Hong Kong reopens after violent weekend

Hong Kong’s businesses and underground rail stations re-opened as usual on Monday morning, after a chaotic Sunday that saw police fire water cannon, tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters…

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Kim invited Trump to visit Pyongyang

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un invited U.S. President Donald Trump to visit Pyongyang in a letter sent in August, a South Korean newspaper reported on Monday, citing diplomatic sources.…

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Scuffles between rival protesters in Hong Kong

Pro-China supporters’ scuffle with anti-government protesters inside a shopping mall in Hong Kong, China, 14 September 2019. Shopping malls have become the latest hot spots in the city as large…

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Moderately strong earthquake jolts the Philippines

A moderately strong earthquake has jolted areas of the northern Philippines including the capital Manila, where office workers streamed out of buildings and train services were briefly disrupted. There are…

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Photo Story: Floods in the Philippines

Villagers hold on a rope at a flooded village in Zamboanga City, southern Philippines, 13 September 2019. Heavy rain is expected across Philippines, which may cause flooding as tropical depression…

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Overloaded boat capsizes killing 11 in Bhopal, India

People stand on the shore of a lake as members of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) undertake a rescue operation at Khatlapura Ghat in Bhopal, India 13 September 2019.…

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Trump willing to meet again with North Korean leader

U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters on Thursday he would be willing to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to resume denuclearisation talks at some point later this year.…

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Exiting nuclear power unrealistic for Japan, minister says, disputing colleague

Exiting nuclear power in Japan is unrealistic, the country’s new industry minister said on Thursday, in comments that reiterated the government’s line but are at odds with those made earlier…

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Japan’s new environment minister says country should stop using nuclear power

Japan’s newly installed environment minister, Shinjiro Koizumi, wants the country to close nuclear reactors to avoid a repeat of the Fukushima catastrophe in 2011. The comments by the son of…

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