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Japan's navy appoints first woman to command warship squadron 06 Mar 2018 - 12:30 pm
Newly-appointed Commander of First Escort Division of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Ryoko Azuma (2nd L), who is the first female commander of a navy destroyer squadron in Japan, salutes to soldiers on JMSDF's helicopter carrier Izumo at a port
Sri Lanka declares state of emergency after Buddhist-Muslim clash 06 Mar 2018 - 11:43 am
File picture used for representation. Reuters
Smell of coffee permeates streets of tea-obsessed Kabul 06 Mar 2018 - 09:56 am
File photo of Najibullah Sharyari waiting for customers at his coffee cart in Kabul, January 8, 2018. / AFP / SHAH MARAI /
Afghan official: Sticky bomb kills 2 in eastern province 06 Mar 2018 - 09:50 am
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'Ethnic cleansing' of Myanmar's Rohingya continues: UN 06 Mar 2018 - 09:07 am
A Myanmar security personnel keeps watch along the Myanmar-Bangladesh border as Rohingya refugee sit outside their makeshifts shelters near Tombru, in the Bangladeshi district of Bandarban on March 1, 2018. AFP / MUNIR UZ ZAMAN
N.Korea leader wants to advance Korea ties, makes agreement with South -KCNA 06 Mar 2018 - 08:00 am
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shakes hands with Chung Eui-yong who is leading a special delegation of South Korea's President, in this photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on March 6, 2018. KCNA/via Reuters
Sri Lanka imposes curfew in Kandy after anti-Muslim riots 05 Mar 2018 - 07:51 pm
Mobs set fire to Muslim-owned businesses and attacked a mosque in the east of the country last week after a Muslim chef was accused of adding contraceptives to food sold to Sinhalese. (Reuters file photo)
Malaysia's Najib pushes to outlaw "fake news" before election 05 Mar 2018 - 02:18 pm
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US aircraft carrier arrives in Vietnam on landmark visit 05 Mar 2018 - 11:02 am
A Vietnamese soldier keeps watch in front of US aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson after its arrival at a port in Danang, Vietnam March 5, 2018. Reuters/Kham
Magnitude 6.0 aftershock rattles quake-hit PNG highlands as toll rises 05 Mar 2018 - 10:34 am
The ExxonMobil Hides Gas Conditioning Plant process area is seen in Papua New Guinea in this handout photo dated March 1, 2018. ExxonMobil/Handout via REUTERS
Fears of rising PNG death toll after region's 'worst quake in century' 04 Mar 2018 - 12:03 pm
File photo shows damage to a road near Mendi in Papua New Guinea's highlands region after a 7.5-magnitude earthquake, February 27, 2018. / AFP / Melvin LEVONGO
China defends planned scrapping of presidential term limits 04 Mar 2018 - 11:57 am
Zhang Yesui, the spokesperson of China's National People's Congress, waves during a press conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 4, 2018. AFP / Nicolas Asfouri
Hindu woman elected to Pakistan's senate in historic first 04 Mar 2018 - 09:08 am
Krishna Kumari (L) a member of the Pakistan People's Party, has been elected for the senate. Image source: Pakistan People's Party twitter handle.
South Korea to send envoys to North on Monday 04 Mar 2018 - 08:43 am
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China says to 'take necessary measures' if US harms trade 04 Mar 2018 - 08:35 am
File picture of a worker walking through a warehouse at the Han-steel plant in Handan in China's northern Hebei province, April 21, 2016. / AFP / WANG ZHAO
Indian prime minister's party notches key state election win 03 Mar 2018 - 09:16 pm
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures during the state election results of three northeast states at the BJP headquarters in the Indian capital New Delhi on March 3, 2018. (AFP / SAJJAD HUSSAIN)
Australia confirms 2 nationals wounded in Kabul bombing 03 Mar 2018 - 04:22 pm
Afghan security officials inspect the explosion site in Kabul, Afghanistan on March 2, 2018. Haroon Sabawoon - Anadolu
Indian Prime Minister Modi's party ahead in state elections 03 Mar 2018 - 02:04 pm
Amit Shah, president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), celebrates with supporters the state election results in three northeast states, outside the BJP headquarters in the Indian capital New Delhi on March 3, 2018. / AFP / SAJJAD HUSSAIN

Europe

Smoke rises after a Phantom F-4 military jet crashed during the Athens Flying Week air show at the military airport of Tanagra, near Athens on September 5, 2026. (Photo by Theophile BLOUDANIS / AFP) Greek military aircraft crashes during airshow
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This picture shows a field of dry sunflowers in Bois-de-Cene, western France, on September 3, 2026. Photo by Loic VENANCE / AFP France allocates more than EUR 1 billion to support agricultural sector
Peninsula Cyprus ferry toll rises to 12 as two more bodies found

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(FILE PHOTO) The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf AU welcomes UN's adoption of maps that show accurate size of Africa
Representational file photo. DR Congo launches updated 180-day Ebola response plan, seeks 1.3-bln-USD funding
Representational file photo. Malaria kills 122 in Namibia as cases top 122,000

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File photo for representational purposes only. US says shot down over 300 cartel drones linked to 'drug trade'
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The container ship CMA CGM Arctic, sailing under the Maltese flag, passes through the Cocoli Locks of the Panama Canal in Panama City on September 3, 2026, ahead of reduced transit measures linked to the El Nino weather phenomenon that are set to come into force on September 4. (Photo by MARTIN BERNETTI / AFP) Panama Canal begins reducing crossings due to El Nino

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