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Women soldiers of Kachin Independence Army, one of the ethnic armed groups,    in a military camp near Laiza, Kachin State, northern Myanmar. Photograph: Seng Mai/EPA Myanmar faces new crisis as ethnic armies attack military
  • November 21, 2016, 16:15

Armed groups assault security forces in north of country defying Suu Kyi’s goal of peace

Rescue workers at the site of an accident where coaches of an Indore-Patna Express train derailed, near Pukhrayan, in Kanpur, India on Sunday. Photograph: Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP At least 119 people dead after train derails in India
  • November 20, 2016, 14:52

Police say more than 150 people have been injured after carriages came off track near Kanpur

 Protesters wearing cut-outs of South Korean president park Geun-hye (R) and Choi Soon-sil attend a protest denouncing Park over a recent influence-peddling scandal in central Seoul, South Korea last month. Photograph: Reuters South Korea’s Park Geun-hye identified as accomplice in corruption
  • Clifford Coonan
  • November 20, 2016, 10:43

Embattled president has immunity but impeachment calls grow

Men scuffle as people gather outside a bank to deposit and exchange demonetised 500- and 1000-rupee notes in Rohtak, India, on Friday. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images Indian government holds firm amid chaos over scrapped notes
  • Rahul Bedi
  • November 18, 2016, 16:42

Opposition parties claim dozens have died in mayhem that followed demonetisation move

The main sources of pollution in Beijing, China,  are coal-fired power plants  and vehicle exhaust emissions. Photograph:  Greg Baker/AFP/Getty China’s pollution challenge resurfaces as smog blankets Beijing
  • Clifford Coonan
  • November 18, 2016, 16:15

Officials warn of formidable task despite significant progress on ‘persistent affliction’

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte lambasted critics for complaining about his deadly war on drugs. Photograph: Cerilo Ebrano/EPA Duterte says Philippines would welcome refugees
  • November 18, 2016, 15:39

President criticises ‘hypocrisy’ of West for closing borders to exodus of refugees

Residents evacuating Kaikoura  using helicopters (unseen). Photograph: Amanda McErlich/NZ Defence Force/EPA   Aid reaches quake-hit New Zealand town as damage bill mounts
  • November 18, 2016, 13:39

Military trucks reach Kaikoura five days after community was cut off by huge landslides

 A fire damaged ATM at the Melbourne bank. Photograph: Julian Smith/EPA More than 20 injured after fire in Australian bank
  • November 18, 2016, 08:39

Man allegedly starts fire in Melbourne which critically injures six and forces evacuations

Posters promoting local elections in Beijing, which took place this week. Photograph: Gilles Sabrie/New York Times China goes to polls in strictly controlled local elections
  • Clifford Coonan
  • November 17, 2016, 17:37

Some 900 million can vote but official committees choose candidates

Dialling Donald Trump? Australia’s prime minister Malcolm Turnbull. Photograph: AAP/Lukas Coch/Reuters Convoluted route awaits refugees in US-Australia swap deal
  • Pádraig Collins
  • November 17, 2016, 16:03

Sydney Letter: Post-Trump, what happens next for deal cut with Obama is uncertain

The China Daily has said president-elect Donald Trump should consider supporting a Beijing-backed free trade deal in the Asia-Pacific. Photograph: Al Drago/The New York Times US should consider Beijing-backed trade deal – Chinese media
  • Clifford Coonan
  • November 16, 2016, 01:00

China to seek support for two trade models seen as competitors to TPP at Peru summit

(L) Picture of sinkhole taken on November 8th; (R) road after restoration on November 15th. Photograph: Kyodo News via AP Japan fixes huge city sinkhole in less than a week
  • November 15, 2016, 10:32

Fukuoka city’s mayor says affected ground is now 30 times stronger than before

A New Zealand Defence Force helicopter landing at Woodend after evacuating some tourists from Kaikoura. Photograph: Chris Foley/AFP/Getty Images New Zealand earthquake: Town evacuated amid aftershocks
  • November 15, 2016, 06:45

Supplies flown in to Kaikoura as officials say about 1,200 tourists stranded in area

Protesters  demand the resignation of South Korea’s president Park Geun-Hye  in Seoul on Saturday. Photograph:  Michael Heiman/Getty Images Anti-graft prosecutors to interview South Korea’s president
  • Clifford Coonan
  • November 14, 2016, 17:48

Largest anti-government rally ever in South Korea increases pressure on Park Geun-hye

Waiau Lodge Hotel, in Waiau, 120km north of Christchurch, damaged after a 7.5 magnitude earthquake. Photograph: Matias Delacroix/Getty New Zealanders count cost of earthquake devastation
  • Eleanor Ainge Roy
  • November 14, 2016, 15:55

With much infrastructure smashed in New Zealand, rescue planned for Kaikoura

Indians line up outside a bank to deposit and exchange discontinued 500-rupee and 1,000-rupee notes in New Delhi. Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP Chaos in India as people rush to change demonetised notes
  • Rahul Bedi
  • November 14, 2016, 15:21

Prime minister Narendra Modi accused of overturning lives with anti-corruption measure

Fethullah Gulen’s family home in Korucuk, eastern Turkey. Photograph: Stephen Starr Turkey crackdown: deep unease in Fethullah Gulen’s home village
  • Stephen Starr
  • November 14, 2016, 14:23

People are fearful in Korucuk, former home of US-based cleric blamed for July’s failed coup

Chinese President Xi Jinping offered his congratulations to Donald Trump. Photograph: Fred Dufour/Getty Images Chinese president tells Trump ‘co-operation is the only choice’
  • Clifford Coonan
  • November 14, 2016, 09:10

‘Mutual respect’ established as China congratulates Donald Trump on election win

Cracks have appeared in roads around Centre Port, Wellington, after an earthquake based around Cheviot in the South Island shook the New Zealand capital. Photograph: Ross Setford/EPA Two dead after powerful earthquake strikes New Zealand
  • November 13, 2016, 20:47

Quake of 7.8 magnitude hits South Island prompting tsunami warning and evacuations

Indian people queue inside a bank as they wait to deposit and exchange 500 and 1,000 rupee notes in Allahabad. Photograph: Sanjay Kanojia/AFP/Getty Images Anger grows in India as banks struggle to swap banned notes
  • November 12, 2016, 16:06

Thousands queue to exchange high-value notes abolished in corruption crackdown

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