This photo taken on September 20, 2019 shows a giant Buddha on the Thai side of the Golden Triangle in Chiang Rai province, with Myanmar in the background and Laos on the right. Ninety-seven kilometres of rocks in Thai waters stand between Beijing and dominance over the Mekong, a mighty river that feeds millions as it threads south from the Tibetan plateau through five countries before emptying into the South China Sea. Photo: Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP
12 January 2020
Ninety-seven kilometres of rocks in Thai waters stand between Beijing and dominance over...
Indian Muslims shout against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a protest march against Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) issue in Kolkata, Eastern India, 10 January 2019. Photo: EPA
11 January 2020
People in Kolkata on Friday took out a march to protest against the Citizenship (...
(File) Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh (2-R), Japanese Defense Minister Taro Kono (2-L), Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar (R), and Japanese counterpart Toshimitsu Motegi (L) pose prior to a 2+2 meeting in New Delhi, India, 30 November 2019. Photo: EPA
10 January 2020
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday held a telephonic conversation with his...
The infection was first confirmed on December 31, 2019 in Wuhan, a central Chinese city with a population of over 11 million (AFP/File / STR)
10 January 2020
China believes a mysterious pneumonia outbreak that struck 59 people is caused by a new...
Chinese nationals, arrested on suspicion of operating a large-scale cyber fraud operation, are being escorted to a police vehicle for deportation in Kathmandu on January 8, 2020. (AFP Photo/PRAKASH MATHEMA)
09 January 2020
Nepal on Wednesday deported 122 Chinese nationals who were arrested on suspicion of...
View of snow-covered rooftops after a fresh snowfall in Srinagar, India, 06 January 2020. Photo: EPA
09 January 2020
European diplomats wanted to visit Jammu and Kashmir as a group, which was not possible...
Indian students hold placards and shout slogans during a protest Against the vandalism by unknown miscreants at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus at New Delhi, in Kolkata, India, 07 January 2020. Photo: EPA
08 January 2020
Female students of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on the intervening night of...
A general view of the India's iconic Taj Mahal in Agra, India. Photo: EPA
07 January 2020
Posters proclaiming the historic Taj Mahal complex a 'no-drone zone', in four languages,...
(FILE) - The seized luxury yacht Equanimity arrives at Port Klang, Selangor, Malaysia, 07 August 2018. Photo: EPA
07 January 2020
The fugitive Malaysian financier at the centre of a multi-billion-dollar corruption...
Bangladesh Border Guard (BGB) between paddy field behind the border of Bangladesh after they fled from Budichong, Myanmar, and were crossing the Naf river, near Palongkhali, Bangladesh. Photo: EPA
07 January 2020
The Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) has claimed to have killed two Rohingya men in a so-...
Indian protesters hold placards during a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) organized by women's groups, in Bangalore, India, 05 January 2020. Photo: EPA
06 January 2020
India’s Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) on Sunday condemned the violence in...
Rescue personnel carry a body from the wreckage of the collapsed building. Photo: AFP
06 January 2020
The search for victims in the rubble of a collapsed building in southern Cambodia drew to...

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