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Guns and tourists: Aboard the unlikely India-Pakistan 'friendship bus' 22 Mar 2019 - 10:17 am
The India-Pakistan 'friendship bus' is pictured at the Wagah-Attari border crossing, India, March 15, 2019. REUTERS/Alasdair Pal
Police in Kazakhstan detain dozens of anti-government protesters 22 Mar 2019 - 10:10 am
File photo of policemen detain an opposition supporter during a protest rally in Almaty, Kazakhstan May 10, 2018. REUTERS/Mariya Gordeyeva
Australian state election will be trial run for PM's federal contest in May 22 Mar 2019 - 10:05 am
Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks to the media during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, March 20, 2019. AAP Image/Andrew Taylor/via REUTERS
Hun Sen denies Cambodia is Chinese 'colony' as work on $2 bn road begins 22 Mar 2019 - 10:00 am
File photo of premier Hun Sen. AFP
The junta leader who's running for prime minister of thailand 21 Mar 2019 - 09:30 pm
Thai junta chief Prayut Chan-ocha (AFP)
Bangladesh town barbers face fines for 'foreign' cuts 21 Mar 2019 - 07:54 pm
Representational image: A Rohingya refugee cuts the hair of a kid at a temporary shelter in Beras Pati after arrived from Aceh Shelter in Medan of North Sumatra, Indonesia on November 25, 2016. (Jefri Tarigan / Anadolu Agency)
New Zealand bans 'military-style' guns after mosque attacks 21 Mar 2019 - 05:42 pm
A police officer stands guard as relatives of victims of mosque attack arrive to attend the funeral of a victim who died at the mosque attack at Memorial Park Cemetery, in Christchurch, New Zealand on March 21, 2019. Peter Adones - Anadolu
Six dead, dozens injured as blast rocks China chemical plant 21 Mar 2019 - 04:19 pm
A vehicle of paramilitary police is seen near smoke following an explosion at a chemical industrial park in Xiangshui county, Yancheng, Jiangsu province, China March 21, 2019. REUTERS
Six killed in blasts as Kabul marks Persian New Year 21 Mar 2019 - 03:37 pm
Afghan people gather around the Shrine of Saint Sakhi Saib as they celebrate the Persian New Year Nowruz in Kabul, Afghanistan on March 21, 2019. Haroon Sabawoon - Anadolu
Six dead, dozens injured as blast rocks China chemical plant 21 Mar 2019 - 02:47 pm
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Pilots searched for right checklist before Lion Air crash - investigators 21 Mar 2019 - 02:05 pm
Soerjanto Tjahjono (R), the head of Indonesia's national transportation safety committee (KNKT) and Nurcahyo (L), head of the flight accident sub-committee of KNKT, brief journalists during a press conference about the Lion Air Boeing 737 Max 8 crash in 2
New Zealand bans assault weapons within days of massacre 21 Mar 2019 - 01:13 pm
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks about changes in gun laws in Wellington, New Zealand, March 21, 2019, in this still image taken from video. TVNZ/via REUTERS TV
Forced evictions illegal, slum dwellers have right to city: Delhi court 20 Mar 2019 - 08:01 pm
Sushila Devi, who lost her son and husband in a water dispute, poses for a photo outside her one-room shanty in Delhi, India, June 26, 2018. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Annie Banerji
New Zealand to hold memorial service for terror victims 20 Mar 2019 - 05:05 pm
Floral tributes to those who were gunned down at the two mosques are seen against a wall bordering the Botanical Garden in Christchurch on March 19, 2019. AFP / Marty MELVILLE
Kazakhstan renames capital as new president takes office 20 Mar 2019 - 04:11 pm
Acting President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev kisses a flag as he takes part in a swearing-in ceremony during a joint session of the houses of parliament in Astana, Kazakhstan March 20, 2019.
Pakistan sentences Czech model to 8 years on drug charge 20 Mar 2019 - 03:23 pm
Czech model Tereza Hluskova weeps after the court decision to sentence her to eight years and eight months in prison for attempted heroin smuggling, in Lahore on March 20, 2019. AFP / ARIF ALI
Chasing youth vote, Indian parties blitz smartphones with political cartoons 20 Mar 2019 - 01:30 pm
A man speaks on a phone next to a hoarding with cartoons of India's main opposition Congress Party President Rahul Gandhi and Sanjay Nirupam, President of the Mumbai Regional Congress Committee, alongside a road in Mumbai, India, February 22, 2019. REUTER
UK police arrest wealthy Indian jeweler Nirav Modi 20 Mar 2019 - 11:42 am
A demonstrator holds an effigy depicting billionaire jeweller Nirav Modi during a protest in Kolkata, India, February 18, 2018. Reuters/Rupak De Chowdhuri

Europe

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File photo Hantavirus outbreak nearing its end: WHO
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

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

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A rescue dog from the Argentine search and rescue team searches for bodies in the rubble of a collapsed building in Caraballeda, La Guaira state, Venezuela, on June 28, 2026, following twin earthquakes. (Photo by Miguel Medina / Pool / AFP) Venezuela search teams scramble as hope fades of finding quake survivors
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

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