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Indian police detain Belgian-born economist and social activist 28 Mar 2019 - 10:01 pm
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India's opposition Congress pledges to cut business red tape in bid to woo young 28 Mar 2019 - 10:01 pm
New businesses would not require any government permissions in the first three years of operations, Rahul Gandhi said in a tweet addressed to
India's Modi launches election blitz, trumpets space feat 28 Mar 2019 - 10:01 pm
A supporter of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wearing a mask of Narendra Modi checks his mobile phone as he attends an election campaign rally being addressed by Modi in Meerut in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, India, March 28, 2
Promise of handouts by India's Congress could dent Modi's momentum 28 Mar 2019 - 10:01 pm
A supporter wearing an inflatable symbol of India's main opposition Congress party walks during a public meeting in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India, March 12, 2019. The words read:
Quotas set to change the balance of power for women in India 28 Mar 2019 - 10:01 pm
A taxi drives past a poster of Mamata Banerjee, Chief Minister of West Bengal state, in Kolkata, India, February 9, 2019. Reuters/Rupak De Chowdhuri
India's slavery survivors forced back into bondage as compensation delayed 28 Mar 2019 - 06:35 pm
Jagdish Ahirwal (R) stands with a friend in Sunwaha village of Madhya Pradesh, India, December 12, 2018. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Roli Srivastava
Nine arrested in Thailand for posting election 'fake news' 28 Mar 2019 - 03:25 pm
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Dhaka office block inferno kills five with many feared trapped 28 Mar 2019 - 02:33 pm
A person looks on as firefighters attempt to extinguish a fire at a multi-storey commercial building in Dhaka, Bangladesh, March 28, 2019. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain
Fire crews battling blaze in Dhaka skyscraper: official 28 Mar 2019 - 12:13 pm
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Cambodia returns land taken from indigenous people in 'unprecedented' move 27 Mar 2019 - 10:17 pm
Workers collect rubber sap at a farm in Tbong Khmum province, Cambodia, February 10, 2019. Reuters/Samrang Pring
India's election commission examining Modi address on anti-missile test 27 Mar 2019 - 07:39 pm
Teachers and students release coloured smoke as they celebrate after India shot down one of its satellites in space with an anti-satellite missile in a test, inside their school premises in Ahmedabad, India, March 27, 2019. Reuters/Amit Dave
Austria considers dissolving far-right group amid New Zealand probe 27 Mar 2019 - 07:39 pm
Martin Sellner, the local leader of the Identitarian Movement (IBOe) far right group, speaking during a rally organised by IBOe in Vienna, Austria, on July 27, 2016. AFP / APA / Roland Schlager
Money trail ties New Zealand gunman to Austrian far-right group 27 Mar 2019 - 07:39 pm
A surfer runs under the New Brighton Pier in Christchurch on March 24, 2019, as the city attempts to resume normal life after the shootings in local mosques. AFP / William West
Bangladesh mother has twins one month after first birth 27 Mar 2019 - 02:31 pm
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India shoots down satellite, joining space 'super league': Modi 27 Mar 2019 - 10:16 am
A man watches Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address to the nation on a local news channel in New Delhi on March 27, 2019. AFP / Prakash SINGH
Millions of Indian women, homeless 'left behind' ahead of elections 26 Mar 2019 - 08:09 pm
Women wrap themselves in blankets in a government shelter for homeless people to escape the cold in Delhi, India January 16, 2017. Reuters/Cathal McNaughton
Dozens of Bangladesh migrants trafficked to Vanuatu stuck in limbo 26 Mar 2019 - 07:05 pm
People sit at a kava bar operating with limited electricity days after Cyclone Pam in Port Vila, capital city of the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu March 19, 2015. Reuters/Edgar Su
No cemetery, no vote: Mumbai's Christian voters warn ahead of polls 26 Mar 2019 - 05:33 pm
Archive Photo: A woman prays beside the grave of her relative at a cemetery during the observance of All Souls Day in Mumbai, India November 2, 2016. Reuters/Danish Siddiqui

Europe

A woman takes a photo toward St. Paul's from the south side of the River Thames in central London on June 28, 2026, as people come out to take advantage of cooler temperatures following days of extreme heat. The UK broke the record for a June temperature for the third day in a row on June 26, the Met Office weather agency said, as a sweltering heatwave strained schools and hospitals and drove down business. (Photo by CARLOS JASSO / AFP) Latest developments in Europe's heatwave
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This photograph shows the wreckage of a Pilatus PC-6 light aircraft after it crashed at Tomblaine, on the outskirts of Nancy, eastern France on June 28, 2026. Photo by Jean-Christophe VERHAEGEN / AFP Skydiving plane crash kills 11 in France
An employee prepares a booth at the EUROBIKE 2026 fair of the international bicycle industry in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany on June 23, 2026. (Photo by Kirill Kudryavtsev / AFP) Cycling industry bets on smart bikes to boost sales

Africa

(Files) Muhoozi Kainerugaba (C), son of Yoweri Museveni and Uganda's Chief of Defence Forces, inspects a military parade on May 12, 2026. (Photo by Badru Katumba / AFP) Uganda army chief shuts down leading independent media group
A South African fan cheers for her team during the 2026 World Cup Group A football match in Guadalupe, Mexico, on June 24, 2026. (Photo by Julio Cesar Aguilar / AFP) South Africans celebrate in the streets after World Cup advance
Healthcare workers carry on a stretcher a patient suffering from the Ebola virus disease from an ambulance at the Ebola Treatment Center (ETC) in Bunia, Ituri, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo on June 23, 2026. (Photo by Benediction MURHABAZI / AFP) Global Ebola risk 'remains low', WHO chief says
Members of specialized response teams enter the morgue of the Evangelical Medical Center of Nyankunde (CME) with the body of a person who died from Ebola virus disease to allow relatives to pay their last respects after washing, disinfection and safe body-wrapping procedures in Bunia, Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of Congo, on June 13, 2026. (Photo by Jospin Mwisha / AFP) DR Congo Ebola outbreak tops 1,000 cases, kills 254

Americas

The turtles were tied in knotted socks when US officials found them (Photo from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) $1.4m turtle sock smuggling operation earns Chinese man a 2-year prison sentence
People cool off with the water of a fountain in Berlin on June 28, 2026. (Photo by Ralf Hirschberger / AFP) Take brutally hot weather seriously, heatstroke survivor warns
This aerial view shows collapsed buildings in Catia La Mar, La Guaira state, Venezuela, on June 27, 2026, following earthquakes that struck the region. Nearly 1,000 people have been killed and more than 50,000 remain missing after two consecutive earthquakes in Venezuela, where growing anger has been reported over the lack of official aid to swiftly rescue survivors. (Photo by Federico PARRA / AFP) Venezuela quake toll rises to 1,430: national assembly chief
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