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Early results show PM Hasina heading for landslide win: Bangladesh TV 30 Dec 2018 - 04:24 pm
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina gestures after casting her vote in the morning during the general election in Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 30, 2018.
India university official urges students to kill instead of complaining 30 Dec 2018 - 04:06 pm
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Congo votes for successor to Kabila in long-delayed election 30 Dec 2018 - 02:52 pm
A woman in a polling booth asks for help while casting her ballot at the Matcha polling station in Sake, North Kivu, on December 30, 2018.  AFP / PATRICK MEINHARDT
Turkey arrests 30 Islamic State suspects in Ankara 30 Dec 2018 - 02:33 pm
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Juncker to Britain on Brexit: 'Get your act together' 30 Dec 2018 - 01:55 pm
FILE PHOTO: European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker attends a news conference after a European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium December 14, 2018. REUTERS/Eric Vidal/File Photo
Bangladesh TV station taken off air for election day 30 Dec 2018 - 12:43 pm
Bangladeshi army personnel drive a military vehicle through a street adorned with election posters near a polling station in Dhaka on December 30, 2018. AFP / Munir UZ ZAMAN
Bali's Agung volcano spews ash in fresh eruption 30 Dec 2018 - 11:47 am
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DR Congo goes to the polls after troubled odyssey 30 Dec 2018 - 11:03 am
A man shows a ballot paper in an improvised polling station in the streets of a district in Beni, on December 30, 2018. AFP / ALEXIS HUGUET
Philippine storm death toll rises to 22 30 Dec 2018 - 10:39 am
This general view shows a flooded area in the town of Baao in Camarines Sur province on December 30, 2018. AFP
France investigates ex-Macron aide's diplomatic passports 29 Dec 2018 - 08:21 pm
French president Emmanuel Macron looks on as he holds a press conference at the presidential palace in N'Djamena, on December 23, 2018.  AFP / Ludovic MARIN
Russia slaps ban on dozens of Ukrainian products 29 Dec 2018 - 07:49 pm
A still image taken from a video footage shows a 60-kilometre fence separating Crimea peninsula from continental Ukraine in Armyansk region, Crimea, December 28, 2018. MILLET TV/REUTERS
US evacuates first military warehouse in Syria 29 Dec 2018 - 06:55 pm
US forces' vehicles and structures are seen on the outskirts of the northern Syrian town of Manbij on December 26, 2018.   AFP / Delil souleiman
Brazil's president-elect plans decree allowing wider gun ownership 29 Dec 2018 - 06:05 pm
In this file photo taken on November 14, 2018 Brazil's President-elect Jair Bolsonaro, gestures during a meeting with the newly elected governors in Brasilia. (AFP / Sergio LIMA)
Russian and Turkish ministers meet for Syria talks 29 Dec 2018 - 04:50 pm
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Sergey Lavrov (2nd R) and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, Mevlut Cavusoglu (R) speak to press members after their meeting on Syria in Moscow, Russia on December 29, 2018. ( Sefa Karacan - Anadolu
Rights groups decry 'crackdown' before Bangladesh polls 29 Dec 2018 - 04:19 pm
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Five crew rescued after explosion on oil tanker in Cyprus 29 Dec 2018 - 04:06 pm
A man is seen on the M/V Athlos tanker, which is anchored following a fire that broke out on board injuring two members of the crew, according to local media, off the shores of Zygi, Cyprus December 29, 2018. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou
Thai cave divers, Twiggy, Monty Python's Palin on UK honours list 29 Dec 2018 - 03:35 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 16, 2018 British divers involved in the Tham Luang cave rescue in Thailand, (L-R) Chris Jewell, Connor Roe, Jim Warny and Rob Harper, pose for a photograph at a reception hosted by Britain's Prince William, Duke
Syrian army take control of strategic city near Turkey: Russia 29 Dec 2018 - 03:01 pm
Armed men stand guard the streets in the northern Syrian town of Manbij, controlled by Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), on December 29, 2018.  AFP / Delil SOULEIMAN