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Police use face-recognition software as India protests intensify 28 Dec 2019 - 11:15 am
Congress Party activists and supporters take part in a rally to commemorate the party's 134th foundation day and to protest against India's new citizenship law in Mumbai on December 28, 2019. / AFP / Indranil MUKHERJEE
Vietnam court sentences ex-minister to life in MobiFone corruption scandal 28 Dec 2019 - 09:14 am
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Nearly 2,000 evacuated, one missing as 'scary' cyclone hammers Fiji 28 Dec 2019 - 08:52 am
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Citizenship law: Protesting Indians get creative 27 Dec 2019 - 09:52 pm
Demonstrators hold placards during a protest against a new citizenship law in Mumbai, India, December 27, 2019. Reuters/Francis Mascarenhas
Nepal cracks down on illegal 'menstrual huts' after deaths 27 Dec 2019 - 09:52 pm
In this 2014 archive photo, a 14-year old girl sits inside a Chaupadi shed in the hills of Legudsen village in Achham District in western Nepal. Reuters / Navesh Chitrakar
Noisy birds to holograms, eight curious property rights debates in 2019 27 Dec 2019 - 09:52 pm
Small boats maneuver through the Amphawa floating market at Samut Songkhram province March 16, 2013. Reuters/Damir Sagolj
Philippines bans US senators, mulls visa for Americans 27 Dec 2019 - 09:52 pm
Donald Trump shakes hands with Rodrigo Duterte during the gala dinner marking ASEAN 50th anniversary in Manila, November 12, 2017. Reuters / Athit Perawongmetha
China launches Long March rocket as space race heats up 27 Dec 2019 - 06:18 pm
The Long March-5 Y3 rocket, China's largest carrier rocket, is transported to the launching site at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Wenchang, Hainan province, China December 21, 2019. China Daily via Reuters
Hundreds of Indonesians hold solidarity rally for Uighurs 27 Dec 2019 - 05:01 pm
Indonesian hardline Muslim group members take part in an anti-China rally in front of the Chinese colsulate in Surabaya, East Java, on December 27, 2019, to condemn China's government for rounding up an estimated one million Uighurs and other mostly Musli
India clamps down on marches, internet after deadly protests 27 Dec 2019 - 05:01 pm
A policewoman tries to detain a demonstrator during a protest against a new citizenship law, in New Delhi, India, December 27, 2019. Reuters/Anushree Fadnavis
12 killed, 49 hurt after plane crashes in Kazakhstan 27 Dec 2019 - 11:39 am
This handout picture taken on December 27, 2019 and released by Kazakhstan's emergencies committee shows resquers working at the site of a passenger plane crash outside Almaty. ( AFP / Kazakhstan's emergencies committee)
Norwegian, 71, told to leave India after joining citizenship law protest 27 Dec 2019 - 11:39 am
Demonstrators prepare placards before attending a protest march against a new citizenship law, in Kochi, India, December 23, 2019. (REUTERS/Sivaram V)
Sizzling temperatures hit Australia as wildfires persist 27 Dec 2019 - 11:22 am
Firetrucks are seen stationed on a road as a bushfire burns in Bargo, southwest of Sydney on December 21, 2019. (AFP / PETER PARKS)
Oxygen bar to fake rain: 10 ways India tried to beat its 'airpocalypse' 26 Dec 2019 - 08:28 pm
Indian policemen stand as traffic passes through the Civil Lines area of Allahabad on December 14, 2016. AFP / Sanjay Kanojia
Japan executes first foreigner in 10 years in family murder 26 Dec 2019 - 03:33 pm
Japan's Justice Minister Masako Mori (top) speaks during a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on December 26, 2019. (AFP / Kazuhiro Nogi)
Australia firefighters brace for extreme heatwave at weekend 26 Dec 2019 - 11:50 am
A bushfire burns near the Lithgow Correctional Centre compound in Marrangaroo, New South Wales, Australia December 19, 2019 in this picture obtained from social media.
'It doesn't matter if it's Christmas' - Hong Kong pro-democracy activists keep up protests 25 Dec 2019 - 10:13 pm
A man with a Santa hat stands in front of riot police during a protest in Mong Kok district in Hong Kong on December 25, 2019. AFP / Philip Fong
Protests continue in India against new citizenship law 25 Dec 2019 - 07:10 pm
A man wearing a Santa Claus costume gives hats to kids during a protest against a new citizenship law, outside the Jamia Millia Islamia university in New Delhi, India, December 25, 2019. Reuters/Adnan Abidi

Europe

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This aerial view taken on August 28, 2026, shows a panoramic view of Reykjavik, Iceland, with Hallgrimskirkja, (Photo by Halldor KOLBEINS / AFP) Voting begins in Iceland's neck-and-neck EU referendum
A participant waves an Icelandic flag during a rally of supporters of the 'No' campaign against reopening Iceland's European Union accession negotiations in Reykjavik, Iceland, on August 27, 2026, two days ahead of a national referendum. Icelanders will vote on August 29 on whether the country should resume EU accession negotiations, which were suspended in 2013. (Photo by Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AFP) Iceland votes on whether to resume EU membership talks

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File photo showing the AU logo outside the headquarters building in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. AU condemns armed attacks on UN peacekeepers in South Sudan
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A woman inspects her damaged house after it was burned down in a forest fire in Bordj T'har, a town and commune in Algeria's northeastern Jijel Province, on August 27, 2026. (Photo by AFP) Algeria rallies in solidarity as wildfires hit northeast

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(FILES) Ecuador's former president (2017–2021) Lenin Moreno speaks with the media as he leaves the National Court of Justice over a corruption case in Quito, on May 11, 2026. (Photo by Rodrigo BUENDIA / AFP) Ecuador ex-president sentenced to 5 years for corruption

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