Afghanistan election: Kandahar votes after delay

Voters in Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province are going to the polls Saturday in legislative elections that were postponed for a week after an attack that claimed the life of the province's police chief.

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Jailed Reuters journalists: Families face life with no father

Eleven-week-old Thet Htar Angel still hasn't met her father.

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At least 14 children stabbed at kindergarten in China

A woman wielding a kitchen knife has attacked at least 14 children at a kindergarten in Chongqing in central China, local police said Friday.

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India prepares to inaugurate the world's tallest statue

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North, South Korea begin demilitarizing 'scariest place on earth'

North and South Korea have removed all weapons and ammunition from the Joint Security Area (JSA), the notorious spot between the two Koreas where soldiers from North and South stand face to face, guns at the ready.

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India's most valuable literature prize announces its first winner

India's most valuable literature prize has crowned south Indian writer Benyamin its inaugural winner for his novel "Jasmine Days," a story of a young women caught up in the Arab Spring protests of 2011.

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Donald Trump's unconventional diplomacy is pushing China and Japan closer together

The Trump administration's unconventional foreign policy toward trade and military alliances has left Tokyo feeling unsure of the US support which has underlined its international relations since the end of World War II.

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China's government is trying to hijack a viral meme for propaganda

The Chinese government is trying to hijack one of this year's hottest social trends for its own propaganda purposes.

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Singaporean paraglider who saved Palu quake victims dies in India

A Singaporean paraglider who helped rescue trapped people in last month's earthquake in Indonesia has died while paragliding in India, according to a memorial posted by the Air Sports Federation of Singapore (AFS).

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That rectangular iceberg spotted by NASA is real

A strikingly rectangular, naturally formed ice sheet has been spotted by NASA during a regular flyover on October 16.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping opens world's longest sea-crossing bridge

Chinese President Xi Jinping officially opened the world's longest sea-crossing bridge Tuesday at a ceremony in the southern city of Zhuhai.

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US sails warships through Taiwan Strait

The US Navy sailed two warships through the Taiwan Strait Monday, a show of force that is bound to irritate Beijing and comes amid heightened US-China tensions on a range of issues.

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Witness in case of nun's alleged rape in India found dead

Father Kuriakose Kattuthara, a witness in the trial of Indian Catholic bishop Bishop Franco Mulakkal has died, prompting an official investigation.

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China mining accident: 18 trapped in tunnel

More than 170 rescue workers are trying to free 18 coal miners trapped in a tunnel in China's Longyun Coal Mining Company in Yuncheng County, reported CCTV.

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At least 22 dead and 171 injured in Taiwan train derailment

At least 22 people have been killed and 171 others injured after a train derailed in Yilan County in northeastern Taiwan, according to an update from the country's transport ministry.

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