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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