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India's finance minister hits back at RBI, says it allowed lending excesses 30 Oct 2018 - 01:45 pm
File photo of India's Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
Maldives court suspends jail term for ex-President Nasheed 30 Oct 2018 - 01:36 pm
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Japanese Princess Ayako gives up royal status to marry commoner 30 Oct 2018 - 11:43 am
This picture taken on October 29, 2018 shows Japanese Princess Ayako (R) and her husband Kei Moriya answering questions from journalists after their wedding ceremony at the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo. Japan OUT / AFP / JAPAN POOL / JIJI PRESS
Indonesia deploys divers, "pinger locators" in hunt for doomed plane's cockpit recorders 30 Oct 2018 - 10:39 am
Indonesian SAR members display personal items of passengers of the ill-fated Lion Air flight JT 610 at the Jakarta port on October 30, 2018. / AFP / ADEK BERRY
Indonesia plane crash search finds remains, debris at sea 29 Oct 2018 - 06:21 pm
A boat sails in the background as debris from the ill-fated Lion Air flight JT 610 floats at sea in the waters north of Karawang, West Java province, on October 29, 2018. AFP / ADEK BERRY
21 dead in east China mining accident 29 Oct 2018 - 02:24 pm
This photo taken on October 21, 2018 shows the front gate of the Longyun Coal Mining Co. Ltd. in Yuncheng County in China's eastern Shandong province. AFP
Indonesia rescuers expect no survivors from crashed Lion Air plane 29 Oct 2018 - 01:11 pm
Rescue team members carry the boat heading to the Lion Air, flight JT610, sea crash site off the coast of Karawang regency, West Java province, Indonesia, October 29, 2018. REUTERS/Beawiharta
S. Korean sisters call for their father's execution 29 Oct 2018 - 12:17 pm
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Bangladesh court hands former PM new jail term 29 Oct 2018 - 10:33 am
Bangladeshi police stand guard in front of a jail-turned-court where a verdict was being delivered on a graft case against Bangladesh opposition leader Khaleda Zia in Dhaka on October 29, 2018. / AFP / Sam JAHAN
Indonesia says crashed plane sought return to base before losing contact 29 Oct 2018 - 08:03 am
Relatives of passengers of Lion Air flight JT610 that crashed into the sea, cry at Depati Amir airport in Pangkal Pinang, Indonesia, October 29, 2018. Antara Foto/Elza Elvia via REUTERS
Indonesian Lion Air plane crashes into sea with 188 passengers, crew 29 Oct 2018 - 08:00 am
Workers of PT Pertamina examine recovered debris of what is believed from the crashed Lion Air flight JT610, onboard Prabu ship owned by PT Pertamina, off the shore of Karawang regency, West Java province, Indonesia, October 29, 2018. Antara Foto/PT Perta
Zika virus detected in second Indian state 28 Oct 2018 - 03:56 pm
An Indian attendant places a mosquito net to a bed at an isolation ward for Zika Virus patients at Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation-run Vadilal Sarabhai (VS) Hospital in Ahmedabad on October 27, 2018. AFP / SAM PANTHAKY
Two dead after China bus plunges 60 metres into river 28 Oct 2018 - 02:20 pm
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Thailand's biggest political party selects new leaders ahead of poll 28 Oct 2018 - 12:21 pm
Thai politician Khunying Sudarat Keyuraphan (C), speaks to journalists after being named Puea Thai Party's strategy committee chairwoman in Bangkok on October 28, 2018. / AFP / Lillian SUWANRUMPHA
Aussie cops to the roo-scue as kangaroo caught in surf 28 Oct 2018 - 12:04 pm
Police officers attempt to rescue a kangaroo struggling in the sea at Safety Beach, Victoria, Australia, October 27, 2018, in this still image taken from a video obtained from social media. Mia Grant/via REUTERS
Sacked Sri Lanka PM stays put as crisis deepens 28 Oct 2018 - 11:10 am
Supporters of sacked Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe wait outside the Prime Minister official residence in Colombo, Sri Lanka October 28, 2018. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte
Afghans vote in south Kandahar's delayed elections 27 Oct 2018 - 12:59 pm
Afghan policemen stand guard as voters wait to cast their votes at a polling centre for the country's legislative election in Kandahar on October 27, 2018. AFP / JAWED TANVEER
Radicals attack Hindu retreat as gender protests mount 27 Oct 2018 - 12:32 pm
Charred vehicles are pictured at a spiritual retreat after it was set ablaze in Kundamankadavu on the outskirts of Thiruvananthapuram in southern Kerala state on October 27, 2018. AFP

Europe

People row on the Main river during the sunset in front of the European Central Bank's (ECB) headquarters and banking district skyline in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on September 1, 2026. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP) German exports fall for first time in five months
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Africa

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Pic from official website of Egyptian Presidency. Egypt seeks broader AIIB cooperation in energy, transport, ports and logistics
An aerial view of residents and relatives of the victims killed in a bus crash gathering during their funeral at Sao Lourenco Church in the town of Sao Lourenco, on the island of Fogo, on September 6, 2026. (Photo by Herculano da Luz / AFP) Two days of national mourning declared in Cabo Verde following Fogo Island bus accident
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Americas

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Debra Martin Robinson, mother of Australian brothers Callum and Jake Robinson, murdered in April 2024 during a surfing trip, looks through a courtroom window during the trial of three murder suspects in Ensenada, Baja California state, Mexico, on September 7, 2026. (Photo by Guillermo Arias / AFP) Trial begins in Mexico for alleged killers of Australian and American Surfers
A parking lot filled with Tesla Cybercabs is seen in the foreground as the nose of a Prime Air cargo plane rests on the ground after the aircraft overran the runway and struck cars the previous day at Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida, on September 7, 2026. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP) Amazon cargo plane crash flight data recorders recovered
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