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Hong Kong leader suspends controversial extradition bill after protests 15 Jun 2019 - 10:46 am
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam speaks at a news conference in Hong Kong, China, June 15, 2019. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
Hong Kong’s extradition law, from grisly murder to mass protests 14 Jun 2019 - 11:43 pm
Police officers dissolve the barricades placed by demonstrators in Hong Kong on June 13, 2019. AFP / Hector Retamal
Hong Kong's leader under pressure as protesters plan new march 14 Jun 2019 - 11:32 pm
Chief Executive Carrie Lam speaks during a press conference at the government headquarters in Hong Kong on June 10, 2019, a day after the city witnessed its largest street protest in at least 15 years as crowds massed against plans to allow extraditions t
Support wavers in Hong Kong for bill allowing extraditions to China after protests 14 Jun 2019 - 11:32 pm
Pro-democracy legislators speak to the media demanding the Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam withdraw a controversial extradition bill outside Government House, following a day of violence over an extradition bill that would allow people to be sent to
Indian police accuse man of spreading Islamic State ideology 14 Jun 2019 - 02:26 pm
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Two pilots killed in Vietnam military plane crash 14 Jun 2019 - 10:35 am
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Indian teenager shot dead posing for Tik Tok video 13 Jun 2019 - 06:37 pm
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UN rights boss welcome in China, including Xinjiang, envoy says 13 Jun 2019 - 06:37 pm
A Chinese police officer takes his position by the road near what is officially called a vocational education centre in Yining in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China September 4, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
Philippines protests sinking of boat in disputed waters 13 Jun 2019 - 02:58 pm
Activists and progressive legislators raise clinched fists during a protest in front of the Chinese consulate in Manila on June 12, 2019, against the Asian superpower's growing sway in the Philippines and as tensions rise over Beijing's presence in the di
Winds, rain batter western India as cyclone veers away 13 Jun 2019 - 12:49 pm
Waves crash against the jetty at a fishing harbour ahead of the expected landfall of Cyclone Vayu at Veraval, India, June 12, 2019. REUTERS/Amit Dave
Journalists beaten, arrested in northern Indian state 12 Jun 2019 - 05:34 pm
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Philippines blasts 'cowardly Chinese boat' over sinking 12 Jun 2019 - 02:13 pm
Activists burn a mock Chinese flag with a map of the South China sea during a protest in front of the Chinese consulate in Manila on June 12, 2019, against the Asian superpower's growing sway in the Philippines and as tensions rise over Beijing's presence
India set to launch second lunar mission; land rover on the moon 12 Jun 2019 - 01:45 pm
Kailasavadivoo Sivan, chairperson of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), arrives to attend a news conference at its headquarters in Bengaluru, India, June 12, 2019. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
Encephalitis from lychees kills 31 children in India: official 12 Jun 2019 - 12:05 pm
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"We will use force": Hong Kong police fire tear gas as protesters throw bottles 12 Jun 2019 - 11:08 am
Protesters are hit by police water cannon during a demonstration against a proposed extradition bill in Hong Kong, China June 12, 2019. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
Hijack hoax on lands business-class flyer in jail for life 12 Jun 2019 - 08:48 am
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India to evacuate thousands as cyclone nears west coast 11 Jun 2019 - 05:27 pm
Personnel from India's 6th National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) load life saving material on a truck at a NDRF camp, in Chiloda (also called Naroda), some 40 kms from Ahmedabad on June 11, 2019. AFP / SAM PANTHAKY
India finds wreckage of plane missing with 13 on board 11 Jun 2019 - 02:39 pm
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Norway's King Haakon VIII (R), Crown Princess Ingrid Alexandra (2ndR), Queen Sonja (2ndL) and Prince Sverre Magnus (L) attend a memorial church service for the late King Harald V at Asker Church in Asker, Norway, on August 30, 2026. Photo by Cornelius Poppe / NTB / AFP Norway's churches hold services to late King Harald
Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham smiles during a visit to Bath, western England, on July 22, 2026. Photo by Toby Melville / POOL / AFP Tests loom for popular UK PM Burnham as parliament returns
Police officers secure the area next to a poster advertising a rave where a shooting occurred, in Aarau, northern Switzerland, on August 30, 2026. Photo by Harold CUNNINGHAM / AFP Manhunt in Switzerland after fatal rave shooting
Police officers secure the area where a shooting occurred, in Aarau, northern Switzerland, on 30 August 2026 (Photo by Harold CUNNINGHAM / AFP) 'Several victims' in shooting near rave in northern Switzerland: police

Africa

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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