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Biggest election on Earth: who to watch in India's rough-and-tumble April-May event and its giant numbers 10 Mar 2019 - 09:45 pm
India's Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora speaks during a press conference in New Delhi on March 10, 2019. AFP
India announces general election for April-May 10 Mar 2019 - 03:47 pm
Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi
Melania Trump 'mistook former female Australia FM for partner' 10 Mar 2019 - 12:55 pm
FILE PHOTO: Australia's former Foreign Minister Julie Bishop. Reuters
Democracy, DPRK style: North Korea holds election 10 Mar 2019 - 10:26 am
Voters queue to cast their ballots at the '3.26 Pyongyang Cable Factory' during voting for the Supreme People's Assembly elections, in Pyongyang on March 10, 2019. AFP / Ed Jones
Nine police killed in attack in Myanmar's Rakhine: police 10 Mar 2019 - 10:10 am
Bodies of policemen, killed in a militant attack, are covered at the Yoetayoke police station, near Sittwe in Rakhine State on March 10, 2019. AFP / STR
Tibet supporters in India mark 60 years since uprising 10 Mar 2019 - 09:46 am
Supporters and Tibetans living in exile attend the gathering at the Dalai Lama's temple during the 60th anniversary of the Tibetan Uprising Day that commemorates the 1959 Tibetan uprising, in McLeod Ganj on March 10, 2019. / AFP / Money SHARMA
Italian envoy confirms deaths of 2 climbers in Pakistan 09 Mar 2019 - 05:23 pm
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More than 80 injured in Japan ferry accident 09 Mar 2019 - 05:17 pm
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China denies offering cash to lure Rohingya to Myanmar 08 Mar 2019 - 11:21 pm
Rohingya refugee children play football at the Balukhali refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, March 5, 2019. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain
Five years on, five theories about MH370's disappearance 08 Mar 2019 - 09:16 pm
This file photo taken on March 7, 2015 shows Indian sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik creating a sculpture of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 on Puri beach in eastern Odisha state. AFP / J K Jagdev
Thousands march against Duterte on International Women's Day 08 Mar 2019 - 09:10 pm
Activists from Gabriela march toward Malacanang palace to commemorate International Women's Day in Manila on March 8, 2019. AFP / Ted Aljibe
6.0-magnitude quake hits off Philippines coast 08 Mar 2019 - 08:58 pm
Residents stand on the street following an earthquake in Kumamoto city, Japan April 14, 2016. AFP/ Jiji Press
Philippines survey shows 'shocking' plastic waste 08 Mar 2019 - 08:58 pm
A worker removes labels from recycled plastic bottles to be used in the construction of the sailboat Plastiki at Pier 31 in San Francisco, March 13, 2009. Reuters/Robert Galbraith
Mahathir meets Philippine Muslim rebel chief-turned-governor 08 Mar 2019 - 08:58 pm
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte introduces his cabinet members to Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad during the welcoming ceremony for the Malaysian leader at the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, March 7, 2019. Reuters/Eloisa Lopez
Lawyer sorry for 'tainting' Ghosn's fame with workman disguise 08 Mar 2019 - 01:56 pm
In this file photo taken on March 6, 2019, former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn (C-light blue cap) is escorted as he walks out of the Tokyo Detention House following his release on bail in Tokyo. / AFP / Behrouz MEHRI
Mahathir backs Philippines' Muslim autonomous region 07 Mar 2019 - 11:29 pm
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Bin Mohamad march together during the welcoming ceremony for the Malaysian leader at the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, Philippines, March 7, 2019. Reuters/Eloisa Lopez
Kerala to give workers a siesta to help beat the heat 07 Mar 2019 - 10:55 pm
A man rides a bicycle against the backdrop of monsoon clouds on the outskirts of Kochi in this Reuters file photo. Kerala, which suffered its worst floods in a century last year, is bracing itself for more extreme weather conditions in 2019 and the state'
North Korea state media airs feature on Trump-Kim summit 07 Mar 2019 - 07:52 pm
US President Donald Trump meets North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore, June 12, 2018. Kevin Lim/The Straits Times via Reuters

Europe

This picture taken on November 12, 2025 shows power poles near the lignite-fired power station operated by German energy giant RWE near Niederaussem, part of Bergheim, western Germany. Photo by Ina FASSBENDER / AFP Germany probes latest sabotage attacks on power grid
File photo BP appoints chairman to replace ousted predecessor
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File photo. Representational. Eurozone inflation hits 2026 high of 3.3 pct in August

Africa

Pic from social media. Low S.African stadium flyover under review, next scrapped
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Stranded passengers sit on the pavement as they wait with their luggage by the departure terminal of the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) after staff from the Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) and Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) airport workers' go-slow strike action continued into its second day, in Nairobi, on August 31, 2026. Photo by SIMON MAINA / AFP Kenya airport staff end strike
File photo Passengers stranded overnight by Kenya airport strike

Americas

US President Donald Trump looks on during an announcement on Healthcare Affordability in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 31, 2026. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP) Trump suggests renaming Strait of Hormuz 'Trump Strait'
US golfer Tiger Woods (L) appears in County Judge Darren Steele's courtroom for a plea hearing from an arrest in March at the Martin County Courthouse in Stuart, Florida in September 2, 2026. Photo by Crystal Vander Weit / POOL / AFP Tiger Woods pleads guilty to reckless driving, license suspended
View of Uruapan, Michoacan, Mexico, on April 18, 2026. Photo by ALFREDO ESTRELLA / AFP Mexican troops kill prominent cartel suspect
A 1996 photo of rapper Tupac Shakur (L) and Marion “Suge” Knight is shown on screens during closing arguments in the Duane Davis murder trial, related to the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, at Clark County District Court at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, on August 31, 2026. (Photo by STEVE MARCUS / POOL / AFP) Former gang member found guilty of murdering Tupac Shakur

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