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Body of trapped Indian miner found after 36 days 17 Jan 2019 - 08:01 am
FILE PHOTO: Indian Navy personnel come out of a coal mine during a rescue operation in Ksan, in the northeastern state of Meghalaya, India, December 31, 2018. Reuters/Anuwar Hazarika
China brushes off international concern over death sentence for Canadian 16 Jan 2019 - 12:48 pm
Canadian Robert Lloyd Schellenberg appears in court for a retrial of his drug smuggling case in Dalian, Liaoning province, China, January 14, 2019, in this handout picture received by Reuters January 15, 2019. Intermediate People's Court of Dalian/Handout
Pakistan kills 2 men linked to 2011 abduction of American 15 Jan 2019 - 08:41 pm
A Pakistani vendor of women garments reads the Quran while waiting for customers at his shop in Lahore on January 15, 2019. AFP / Arif Ali
Fake rain to fight air pollution in Bangkok 15 Jan 2019 - 06:46 pm
Bangkok authorities wash the dust off streets in the capital city after the particulate matter (PM2.5) reached hazardous levels in Bangkok, Thailand January 14, 2019. Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun
Bird sparks a flap on Singapore to London flight 15 Jan 2019 - 06:18 pm
A video circulating on social media showed the bird perched on top of a headrest, about two hours before the flight was due to arrive in the British capital.
Taliban suicide bomber kills 4, wounds over 100 in Kabul 15 Jan 2019 - 10:16 am
Afghan security forces gather at the site of a powerful truck bomb attack a day after it detonated near a foreign compound in Kabul on January 15, 2019. AFP / WAKIL KOHSAR
Tokyo court denies request for Nissan Ghosn's release on bail 15 Jan 2019 - 10:07 am
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Australian state to pump oxygen into rivers as fish die 15 Jan 2019 - 09:39 am
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China sentences Canadian to death, raises diplomatic tension 14 Jan 2019 - 09:19 pm
A view of the Intermediate People's Court of Dalian, where the trial for Robert Lloyd Schellenberg, a Canadian citizen on drug smuggling charges, will be held, in Liaoning province, China January 14, 2019. Reuters
Indian police charge student leader, 9 others, in sedition case 14 Jan 2019 - 09:19 pm
Kanhaiya Kumar speaks to the media at Hyderabad Central University on March 23, 2016. AFP Noah Seelam
Nine dead in Papua New Guinea floods 14 Jan 2019 - 11:13 am
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Second black box from Lion Air crash found: Indonesian officials 14 Jan 2019 - 08:46 am
This handout picture taken on January 14, 2019 and released by the Indonesian Navy TNI-AL shows an Indonesian Navy diver with the second
India temple trailblazers braving threats and family anger 14 Jan 2019 - 07:58 am
In this photo taken on January 11, 2019, Bindu Ammini (R) and Kanakadurga (L), the two Indian women who entered the Sabarimala Ayyapa temple, pose for photographs during an interview with the media in Kochi in the southern state of Kerala. / AFP / STR /
UN experts urge Pakistan not to execute mentally ill prisoner 13 Jan 2019 - 06:49 pm
The execution of Khizar Hayat, sentenced to death in 2003 for killing a colleague, was suspended by Pakistan's Supreme Court on Saturday, his legal team said, just three days before the 55-year-old was due to be hanged. (Reuters file photo)
Protesters in Thailand rally anew against risk of election delay 13 Jan 2019 - 03:47 pm
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Alliance in key Indian state threatens Modi's re-election bid 12 Jan 2019 - 06:45 pm
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav (R) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Mayawati take part in a press conference to announce their political alliance in Lucknow on January 12, 2019. (AFP)
Myanmar court rejects appeal by jailed Reuters reporters 11 Jan 2019 - 10:16 am
This file photo taken on September 03, 2018 shows Myanmar journalist Wa Lone (C) is escorted by police after being sentenced by a court to jail in Yangon. / AFP / Ye Aung THU
Four civil defence volunteers gunned down at school in southern Thailand 10 Jan 2019 - 01:47 pm
Paramedics take away a body after four Thai civil defence volunteers were shot and killed outside of a school in the restive southern province of Pattani on January 10, 2019. AFP / Tuwaedaniya Meringing

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People sit in the shade of the Colosseum during an early-season heatwave in Rome on May 28, 2026. Photo by TIZIANA FABI / AFP Italy declares red heatwave alert for Rome, four other cities
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks during a press conference on Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, at the UN health agency's headquarters in Geneva on May 20, 2026. Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP WHO chief heading to Ebola-hit DR Congo
This photo illustration shows the logo of fast fashion e-commerce company Temu displayed on a mobile phone in Brussels, on November 4, 2024. Photo by Nicolas TUCAT / AFP EU fines Temu 200 mn euros for allowing sale of illegal products
Image used for representation only. Three wounded in blade attack at Swiss train station: police

Africa

Kenya Interior minister Kipchumba Murkomen | X Fire in Kenya girls' school dorm kills 16
A medical worker puts on protective suits before the burial of an Ebola victim in Mongbwalu, Ituri province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), May 24, 2026. Photo for representational purposes only. (Str/Xinhua) Ethiopia intensifies coordinated Ebola preparedness, inspection measures
Members of the Ugandan dance group 'the Ghetto Kids' rehearse at their home in Nakawuka, Wakiso, Uganda, on May 25, 2026. (Photo by Badru Katumba / AFP) Uganda Ghetto Kids 'can't wait' to join Shakira at World Cup
File Photo S.Africa government holds urgent talks over anti-migrant tensions

Americas

A woman holding an umbrella crosses the street in the rain in New York City, on May 24, 2026. Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP More Americans going hungry than in pandemic: New York Fed
This photograph taken on May 20, 2026, shows mountaineers climbing a slope lined up during their ascent from the Hillary Step to summit Mount Everest in Nepal. Photo by Furte Sherpa / AFP US climber smashes Everest speed record
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