People hold up their phones with the light on in the Causeway Bay district of Hong Kong on June 4, 2021, after police closed the venue where Hong Kong people traditionally gather annually to mourn the victims of China's Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989 which the authorities have banned citing the coronavirus pandemic and vowed to stamp out any protests on the anniversary. Photo: AFP
05 June 2021
As the clock struck 8pm in Hong Kong's shopping district of Mong Kok, dozens of people...
A group of Rohingya refugees gather on a beach after arriving at Pulau Idaman, a small island off the coast of East Aceh in northern Sumatra on June 4, 2021. Photo: AFP
05 June 2021
A boat filled with dozens of Rohingya, mostly women and children, landed off the...
A general view of Bhashan Char Island in Noahali, Bangladesh. Photo: EPA
04 June 2021
The United Nations refugee agency said it was concerned by reports that Bangladeshi...
A general view of Bhashan Char Island in Noahali, Bangladesh. Photo: EPA
01 June 2021
Several thousand Rohingya staged "unruly" protests Monday against living conditions on a...
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31 May 2021
Three top leaders belonging to Manipur’s proscribed outfit, People’s Revolutionary Party...
(File) Indian people carry packs of drinks after buying alcohol at a liquor store as a one week curfew is announced in New Delhi, India, 19 April 2021. Photo: EPA
31 May 2021
At least 25 people have died after drinking toxic alcohol in northern India, police said...
The city of Guangzhou is home to nearly 15 million people (Photo: AFP)
30 May 2021
A neighbourhood in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou has been locked down as...
An Olympic Rings monument is seen at Odaiba Marine Park in Tokyo, Japan, 26 May 2021. Photo: EPA
29 May 2021
Japan will extend a coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo and other areas on Friday...
(FILE) - Jimmy Lai, Chairman of Next Media, speaks during a luncheon in Hong Kong, China, 11 July 2007. Photo: EPA
29 May 2021
Jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai was among eight democracy activists handed new...
A man takes photos of a high tide seen in the Bay Of Bengal before Cyclone Yaas arrives in Digha, 205km South of Kolkata, Eastern India, 25 May 2021. Photo: EPA
26 May 2021
The second powerful cyclone to hit India in two weeks bore down on the east coast...
Nepalese wearing a facial masks walks in front of the Singh Durbar, the main secretariat of Nepal government, in Kathmandu, Nepal, 22 May 2021. Photo: EPA
23 May 2021
Nepal's parliament was dissolved for the second time in five months Saturday and new...
A nearly-deserted road in Connaught Place, one of the business and financial hubs during the lockdown in New Delhi, India, 21 May 2021. Photo: EPA
23 May 2021
India's government has ordered social media platforms to take down content that refers to...

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