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Lawyer for journalist Jia Jia says his client was taken away by police at Beijing airport as he prepared to travel to Hong Kong
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The UN ordered Pyongyang to refrain from further actions that violate UN resolutions, following ballistic missile tests on Friday
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Michael Kirby, who found evidence of systematic human rights abuses in the DPRK, suggests ways to address the ‘existential threat’ it poses
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Ridge patterns on soles seen as more reliable means of identification as victims’s fingers are sometimes damaged or missing
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Police seizure of 9,000 cannabis plants sees demand for marijuana far outstrip supply across New Zealand
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Punishment of Otto Warmbier is ‘unduly harsh’, says state department as experts decry ‘kangaroo court’ and political motivations
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Harry speaks at government reception in Kathmandu and meets prime minister Khadga Prasad Oli
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Military personnel referred for ‘administrative action’ after bombing of hospital in Kunduz in which 42 people died
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Narendra Modi’s Digital India campaign will put independent document registration clerks out of business – and chip away at the culture of bribery
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Brief letters: Michael White | Indian railways | Romford | Changing names
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White House spokesman Josh Earnest has commented on reports that a US student, Otto Warmbier, has beens convicted of ‘crimes against the state’ in North Korea
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Otto Warmbier, an American student who was arrested in North Korea for taking a political banner, has been found guilty and sentenced to 15 years of hard labor
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CCTV footage shows the moment a bus carrying government employees explodes in Peshawar on Wednesday, killing at least 16 people and wounding dozens
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Images from the annual Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, taking place at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing
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For the past six months about a dozen young women have been attending the Pak Shaheen boxing club in Karachi
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The three-day-long King’s Cup elephant polo tournament kicks off in the Samut Prakan Province of Thailand on Thursday
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Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg meets China propaganda chief in Beijing