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Philippine peasants fight for land 30 years after reform 31 May 2018 - 11:22 pm
Activists and farmers demanding land stand at their camp outside the provincial agriculture office in Tagum City, Philippines. March 21, 2018. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Rina Chandran
Nipah virus death toll rises to 15, two new cases found in Kerala 31 May 2018 - 09:43 pm
Doctors and relatives wearing protective gear dig a grave to bury a victim of the brain-damaging Nipah virus in Kozhikode, Kerala, India, May 24, 2018. Reuters/Stringer
'A city like no other': hopes on hold for model Indian capital 31 May 2018 - 12:17 pm
This handout photo taken on April 7, 2018 and released on May 22, 2018 by the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority (AP Govt) shows an aerial view of the under construction
Hotel valet has lucky escape, but Porsche gets crunched 31 May 2018 - 11:14 am
Hotel staff and guests can be seen near a car accident outside the main entrance of a hotel located in the central business district (CBD) of Sydney, Australia, May 31, 2018. REUTERS/Paul Tait
Afghan troops free prisoners held by Taliban; bomb wounds 6 31 May 2018 - 10:30 am
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Spectacular blaze engulfs office building in Australia's Sydney 31 May 2018 - 08:49 am
Flames can be seen coming from a building on fire in Sydney's central business district in Australia, May 31, 2018. Zorry Coates/via REUTERS
Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov in Pyongyang: KCNA 31 May 2018 - 08:17 am
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends a meeting with his counterpart from Mozambique Jose Pacheco in Moscow, Russia May 28, 2018. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin
Islamic State claims suicide bombing at Afghan ministry in Kabul 30 May 2018 - 04:25 pm
Afghan security forces inspect them at the gate of an Interior ministry after an attack in Kabul, Afghanistan May 30, 2018. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail
Militants kill one, wound five in attack on interior ministry in Kabul 30 May 2018 - 01:25 pm
An Afghan policeman keeps watch near the site of an attack and gunfire in Kabul, Afghanistan May 30, 2018. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail
Attack on interior ministry in Kabul over, militants killed: police chief 30 May 2018 - 12:51 pm
Afghan policemen stand guard amid an attack and gunfire in Kabul, Afghanistan. Reuters/Mohammad Ismail
China plane makes emergency landing after window cracks 30 May 2018 - 12:43 pm
Peninsula
Car bomb and gunfire near Afghan interior ministry in Kabul 30 May 2018 - 11:42 am
Peninsula
Indonesia, India plan to develop strategic Indian Ocean port 30 May 2018 - 11:33 am
This handout photograph taken and released by India's Press Information Bureau (PIB) on May 30, 2018, shows Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) meeting with the Indonesian President Joko Widodo in Jakarta. AFP PHOTO / PIB
Malaysia plans to build island on strategic Singapore Strait rocks 30 May 2018 - 11:19 am
Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad speaks beside Deputy Prime Minister Wan Azizah Wan Ismail during a news conference after a weekly cabinet meeting in Putrajaya, Malaysia in a still image taken from a Reuters TV footage on May 30, 2018. REUTERS/R
Explosion and gunfire near Afghan interior ministry - police 30 May 2018 - 10:54 am
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Top North Korean to meet Pompeo ahead of US summit 30 May 2018 - 12:32 am
This combination of file pictures shows US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (L) and Vice Chairman of North Korea's ruling Workers' Party Central Committee Kim Yong Chol AFP / Mandel Ngan & Patrick Semansky
Accident averted after wheel on Gorakhpur-Yashwantpur Express breaks 29 May 2018 - 11:44 pm
In a separate incident, Railway officials and policemen inspect a damaged carriages after a fire incident took place in a long distance train parked at the yard of Chatrapati Shivaji Terminal (CST), in Mumbai on May 29, 2018. AFP / Punit Paranjpe
Massive fire in south Delhi factory, 34 tenders at spot 29 May 2018 - 11:18 pm
A firefighter works to douse the fire inside a warehouse caused by a truck in New Delhi on May 29, 2018.  AFP / Chandan Khanna