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WhatsApp wars over India protests divide families 24 Dec 2019 - 01:16 pm
FILE PHOTO: Apps for Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp and other social networks on a smartphone in Chennai. AFP / ARUN SANKAR
Bus falls into ravine in Indonesia; 24 killed 24 Dec 2019 - 10:41 am
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Indian states propose land rights amid citizenship fears 23 Dec 2019 - 10:08 pm
A taxi drives past a poster of Mamata Banerjee, the Chief Minister of West Bengal state, in Kolkata, February 9, 2019. Reuters / Rupak De Chowdhuri
India's main opposition party stages protest against new law 23 Dec 2019 - 02:04 pm
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Three university students found dead in flooded Indonesian cave 23 Dec 2019 - 10:24 am
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Fazle Abed, founder of world's biggest non-government organisation BRAC, dies aged 83 22 Dec 2019 - 10:40 pm
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Australia's leader apologizes for vacation amid wildfires 22 Dec 2019 - 09:31 pm
Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison greets a volunteer during a visit to the Wollondilly Emergency Control Centre in Sydney, Australia, December 22, 2019. AAP Image/Joel Carrett/via Reuters
26 dead as Modi seeks to soothe India's Muslims over new citizenship law 22 Dec 2019 - 08:58 pm
Demonstrators clash with police officers during a protest against a new citizenship law in Seelampur area of Delhi, India on December 17, 2019. (Imtiyaz Khan/Anadolu Agency)
North Korean leader holds party meeting to bolster military 22 Dec 2019 - 03:48 pm
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during the Third Enlarged Meeting of the Seventh Central Military Commission (CMC) of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) in this undated photo released on December 21, 2019. KCNA via REUTERS
Afghanistan's Ghani wins slim majority of presidential vote in preliminary results 22 Dec 2019 - 01:38 pm
Head of the Afghan Independent Election Commission (IEC) Hawa Alam Nuristani (C) takes part in a press conference to announce the preliminary elections results in Kabul on December 22, 2019. (AFP / FARSHAD USYAN)
Afghan president wins 2nd term in preliminary vote count 22 Dec 2019 - 10:32 am
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Bushfires hit emergency level on Sydney's outskirts; one dead in S.Australia 21 Dec 2019 - 05:46 pm
Flames engulf a row of trees. New South Wales, Australia. December 21, 2019. in this still image taken from social media video/Reuters
11 killed during anti-citizenship law protests in India 21 Dec 2019 - 01:57 pm
Police personnel look at a burning vehicle during clashes over citizenship law in Bulandshahar, Uttar Pradesh, India December 20, 2019 in this still image taken from a video.
Five new deaths, including child, in India protests: Police 21 Dec 2019 - 10:20 am
Police clash with protesters during demonstrations against India's new citizenship law in Lucknow on December 19, 2019. (AFP)
Australia's bushfires circle Sydney as temperatures soar 21 Dec 2019 - 10:03 am
A fireman fights a bushfire to protect a property in Balmoral, 150 kilometres southwest of Sydney on December 19, 2019. (AFP / PETER PARKS)
Rohingya weep in Myanmar court as they face charge of illegal travel 21 Dec 2019 - 02:12 am
Police vehicles transport Rohingya Muslims, charged with illegally travelling without proper documents, in Pathein, Ayeyarwady, Myanmar December 20, 2019. Reuters/Ann Wang
Earthquake rattles Afghanistan, Pakistan and Indian Kashmir 21 Dec 2019 - 02:12 am
People gather outside buildings after a 6.1-magnitude earthquake in Islamabad on December 20, 2019. A strong earthquake rattled Afghanistan and Pakistan on December 20 afternoon, the US Geological Survey said, forcing residents into the streets in Islamab
India bans citizenship law protests, death toll rises to 14 20 Dec 2019 - 10:46 pm
Demonstrators attend a protest against a new citizenship law, in Chennai, India, December 20, 2019. Reuters/P Ravikumar

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SNCF workers stand next to a derailed train carriage in Cléon, northwestern France, on September 12, 2026, the morning after the train derailed. (Photo by Guillaume Saligot / AFP) French police suspect train derailment was sabotage: police source
Representational file photo Belgium authorities investigate first probable local West Nile human infection case
Representational file photo of a member of the UK police UK police ban masks at planned protests
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Nigeria's Inspector-General of Police Olatunji Disu poses for a portrait inside his office at the Nigeria Police Force Headquarters, Louis Edet House, in Abuja, on September 9, 2026. (Photo by Light Oriye Tamunotonye / AFP) Nigeria police chief vows 'safe, secure' vote despite insecurity
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