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Police fire teargas at protesters after they deface a Chinese flag, set fires and vandalise a station
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Incumbent president says election is vital to give government a democratic mandate in talks with Taliban -
Two 13-year-olds arrested after authorities condemn ‘radicals’ and vow to restore order across city
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Forty were also injured in the Wednesday attack which struck farmers and labourers who just finished work, Afghan officials say
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Controversial Padmaavat film also triumphs as Indian ‘Oscars’ held in country for first time -
Federal court rules the family has a prima facie case to stay, and government cannot deport them to Sri Lanka until a final hearing -
Three separate attacks have taken place Afghanistan in the last 24 hours, leaving at least 48 people dead
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Hong Kong police fired water cannon and teargas at protesters who lobbed molotov cocktails outside the Hong Kong government office complex Sunday
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Kolkata, one of Asia’s great melting pots, is the last place on Earth where rickshaw wallahs still haul people and goods through narrow lanes. With just hundreds left, Palani Mohan’s images capture them as they disappear -
Uncle Wong is part of Protect the Children, a community group whose members put their bodies between the police and young Hongkongers protesting against the government. But as tensions rise, so does the emotional burden on Uncle Wong
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The Pulitzer prize-winning photojournalist Liu Heung Shing’s images record China’s rise from self-imposed ruin to today’s superpower -
The annual Infra Jatra festival, named after the god of rain and heaven, is celebrated by worshipping, singing, dancing and feasting in Kathmandu valley -
One of the strongest typhoons to hit the Japanese capital in recent years made landfall just east of Tokyo on Monday, bringing record-breaking winds, stinging rain and sending some rivers close to the top of their banks
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