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Flouting ban, Hong Kong protesters flood city streets 31 Aug 2019 - 12:17 pm
Demonstrators react after police fired tear gas during a protest in Hong Kong, China August 31, 2019. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
Two million face statelessness as India publishes citizenship list 31 Aug 2019 - 11:01 am
Indian security personnel patrol on a road ahead of the publication of the final draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) at Kachari Para village, in Hojai district, northeastern state of Assam, India August 30, 2019. REUTERS/Anuwar Hazarika
Hong Kong activists arrested including Joshua Wong in crackdown on protests 31 Aug 2019 - 12:19 am
Pro-democracy activists Agnes Chow (L) and Joshua Wong (R) speak to the press after they were released on bail at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts in Hong Kong on August 30, 2019. AFP / Lillian Suwanrumpha
Xi, Duterte fail to reach agreement on South China Sea 31 Aug 2019 - 12:19 am
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (L) and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang shake hands during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, August 30, 2019. How Hwee Young/Pool via Reuters
Pakistan to build community bunkers on Kashmir border 31 Aug 2019 - 12:19 am
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Citizenship list in Indian state sparks fears for millions 30 Aug 2019 - 10:20 pm
Security personnel patrol on a road ahead of the publication of the final draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) at Kachari Para village, in Hojai district, Assam, August 30, 2019. Reuters/Anuwar Hazarika
Bangladesh says Myanmar lacks 'will' to repatriate Rohingya 30 Aug 2019 - 09:46 pm
Rohingya Muslims live in makeshift camps on hills at Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh on September 11, 2017. Zakir Hossain Chowdhury / Anadolu Agency
Myanmar to join US-ASEAN maritime drills despite sanctions 30 Aug 2019 - 09:46 pm
A Myanmar Air Force Mi-35 flies over the sky in Lashio, Shan state on August 24, 2019. AFP / Ye Aung Thu
Assam security tight for Indian 'citizens list' release 30 Aug 2019 - 08:37 pm
Security personnel patrol on a road ahead of the publication of the final draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) at Kachari Para village, in Hojai district, of Assam August 30, 2019. Reuters/Anuwar Hazarika
Pakistan PM leads demonstration on Kashmir in bid to win over world opinion 30 Aug 2019 - 08:37 pm
Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan addresses the nation outside the Prime Minister Secretariat building in Islamabad on August 30, 2019. AFP / Aamir Qureshi
Myanmar court sends filmmaker to prison for army remarks 30 Aug 2019 - 01:19 am
Myanmar human rights activist and film director Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi speaks to journalists after a court verdict in Yangon on August 29, 2019. AFP / Sai Aung Main
India's top ports on alert for attacks from 'Pakistan-trained commandos' 30 Aug 2019 - 12:28 am
A general view of a container terminal is seen at Mundra Port in the western Indian state of Gujarat, India April 1, 2014. Reuters/Amit Dave
Politicians, sports fraternity pay tribute to Dhyan Chand 30 Aug 2019 - 12:28 am
Indian students hold placards as they take part in a walk the first day of the
Villagers say they're tired of living dangerously in Kashmir 30 Aug 2019 - 12:28 am
Pakistani troops patrol near the Line of Control (LoC) --- the de facto border between Pakistan and India -- in Chakothi sector, in Pakistan-administered Kashmir on August 29, 2019. AFP / Aamir Qureshi
Retrials ordered for ex-South Korean leader Park and Samsung heir 30 Aug 2019 - 12:27 am
Supporters of South Korea's former president Park Geun-hye attend a protest demanding her release from prison, outside the Supreme Court in Seoul on August 29, 2019. South Korea's top court on August 29 set aside former president Park Geun-hye's convictio
Hong Kong protest organizer attacked by armed masked men 30 Aug 2019 - 12:27 am
Military vehicles of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) pass Huanggang Port for a routine troop rotation in Hong Kong, August 29, 2019. Xinhua via Reuters
Violent protest erupts in capital of Indonesia's Papua 30 Aug 2019 - 12:27 am
A motorist ride past a burning building after hundreds of demonstrators marched near Papua's biggest city Jayapura on August 29, 2019, where they set fire to a regional assembly building and hurled rocks at shops and hotels. AFP / Indra Thamrin Hatta
New hope for child rights after India gets tough on traffickers 29 Aug 2019 - 06:03 pm
According to officials, 80% of the children working in Jaipur are trafficked from Bihar - more than 800 miles to the east - to make bangles and other handicrafts.

Europe

File photo used for representation only Turkiye discusses extending Hejaz Railway to Oman as alternative trade route to Strait of Hormuz
A police officer in protective gear collects evidences at site of a small plane crash, which killed 4 people, in Medulin on Croatia's northern Adriatic coast, on June 4, 2026. Photo by AFP Four killed in plane crash in Croatia: police
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This handout photograph taken and released by the UK Parliament's House of Commons on June 3, 2026 shows Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaking during the weekly session of Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs). (Photo by Handout / House of Commons / AFP) UK PM says Elon Musk 'trying to whip up division' over student's murder

Africa

A passenger's temperature is checked at Bunia Airport in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo on June 3, 2026. Photo by GLODY MURHABAZI / AFP WHO warns Ebola outbreak had 'big head-start' but response 'catching up'
A researcher works inside the Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Laboratory at the Uganda Virus Research Institute in Entebbe, Uganda. (Xinhua/Nie Zuguo) Uganda confirms 6 new Ebola cases, total rises to 15
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World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrives in Bunia, in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, on May 30, 2026. (Photo by Glody Murhabazi / AFP) WHO chief visits epicentre of Ebola outbreak in DR Congo

Americas

US President Donald Trump speaks to the press in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 3, 2026. (Photo by Mandel Ngan / AFP) Trump slams 'unpatriotic' US House vote to end Iran war
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A view of the playground area is seen from the Nelson Mandela Skyroom atop the museum tower at the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / AFP) Obama's 'Star Wars' center touts his legacy
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