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Careem and China's Didi Chuxing are set to work together. Victor Besa / The National

Careem deal opens up new front in Didi's battle with Uber

BusinessAugust 08, 2017

Asean foreign ministers link hands 'the Asean way' at the opening ceremony of the 50th Asean meeting at the Philippine International Convention Centre this week. Mohd Rasfan / AP

Asean deserves a pat on the back on its 50th anniversary

OpinionAugust 08, 2017

A carved watermelon is displayed during a fruit and vegetable carving competition in Bangkok. AFP

Food art: Appetite still strong for Thailand's royal tradition - in pictures

AsiaAugust 07, 2017

The very first meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Bangkok on 08 August, 1967. AFP PHOTO / HO / THAI MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

50 Years of Asean: how five ministers forged a region

AsiaAugust 07, 2017

China's foreign minister Wang Yi, right, shakes hands with Philippine foreign secretary Alan Peter Cayetano during the gala dinner of the Association of South-East Asian Nations Foreign Ministers Meeting (AMM) and Related Meetings in Manila, on August 6, 2017. Mark R Cristino / AFP

South-East Asian nations finally give voice to concerns over South China Sea

AsiaAugust 06, 2017

Officials link arms as they pose before a meeting of the 50th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers Meeting at the Philippine International Convention Center in Manila on August 5, 2017. AFP / Erik De Castro

Vietnam challenges China at security talks

AsiaAugust 05, 2017

Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte speaks during the 113th Founding Anniversary of the Bureau of Internal Revenue in metropolitan Manila on August 2, 2017. A presidential aide said on August 4 that the president had decided to make education free at all state universities. Aaron Favila / AP Photo

Duterte makes education free in Philippines' state universities

AsiaAugust 04, 2017

A Royal Malaysian Customs (RMC) officer displays seized pangolin scales during a press conference at the Customs Cargo Complex near Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Malaysia on August 2, 2017. EPA / Ahmed Yusni

Malaysia seizes rare animal parts worth almost Dh3.6 million

AsiaAugust 02, 2017

British home secretary Amber Rudd is visiting Silicon Valley to urge major internet companies to do more to remove extremist comment. Alastair Grant / AP

UK home secretary urges internet companies to take more action on extremist comment

EuropeAugust 01, 2017

Yemenis Rafek Al Sanani, right, and Abdel Rahman Zaid look through their documents in Serdang, on the outskirts of the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur, where they are waiting to travel on to the United States after winning the US government's "green card" lottery. Rozanna Latiff / Reuters / July 20, 2017

Yemen appeals to US to let in citizens stranded in Malaysia

July 31, 2017

Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte gestures during his second state of the nation address at the House of Representatives in Quezon city, north of Manila, on July 24, 2017. Aaron Favila / AP

Philippine mayor accused of drugs trafficking shot dead by police

AsiaJuly 30, 2017

Tropical storm Gorio brings deluge to the Philippines - in pictures

Tropical storm Gorio brings deluge to the Philippines - in pictures

AsiaJuly 27, 2017

Venezuela's angry opposition is pushing for a boycott of an upcoming vote that it dismisses as a ploy by president Nicolas Maduro to cling to power. AFP / Ronaldo Schemidt

Venezuela opposition to start two-day anti-Maduro shutdown

AsiaJuly 26, 2017

TOPSHOT - Hijab-clad Malaysian Muslim girls from the Little Caliphs kindergarten circumambulate a mockup of the Kaaba, Islam's most sacred structure located in the holy city of Mecca, during an educational simulation of the Hajj pilgrimage in Shah Alam, outside Kuala Lumpur on July 24, 2017. Thousands of Malaysian children took part in a practice run for the Muslim hajj pilgrimage on July 24, walking round a model of the holy Kaaba shrine under the tropical sun. The hajj is one of the five pillars of Islam, which capable Muslims must perform at least once, and marks the spiritual peak of their lives. / AFP PHOTO / MOHD RASFAN

Young pilgrims in Malaysia practice for a journey to Mecca - in pictures

AsiaJuly 25, 2017

Rescuers carry a body bag containing the remains of a victim of the fighting in Marawi during a mass burial at a public cemetery in the city on July 24, 2017. Ted Aljibe / AFP

Fighting continues in Philippine city of Marawi — video

AsiaJuly 24, 2017

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