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Oman to impose new excise tax this month to boost revenues 09 Jun 2019 - 10:26 am
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Sri Lanka MPs clash with president over Easter attacks probe 09 Jun 2019 - 09:41 am
Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena arrives at a commissioning handover ceremony of the P 626 ship by the US at the main port in Colombo, Sri Lanka June 6, 2019. Reuters/Dinuka Liyanawatte
G20 finance chiefs to say trade row has 'intensified' but delete call for resolution 09 Jun 2019 - 09:34 am
Japan's Finance Minister Taro Aso poses next to IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde and Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda for a family photo during the G20 finance ministers and central bank governors meeting, in Fukuoka, Japan, June 8, 2019. Fra
Iran urges Europe to normalise economic ties with it or face consequences 09 Jun 2019 - 09:19 am
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Thousands begin gathering in Hong Kong for huge rally against extradition laws 09 Jun 2019 - 09:14 am
Protesters attend a rally against a controversial extradition law proposal in Hong Kong on June 9, 2019. AFP / DALE DE LA REY
Kazakhs hold vote for first new leader in decades 09 Jun 2019 - 09:10 am
Officers, who are members of a local election committee, open a ballot box after polls closed due to all servicemen having voted, at the unit of Kazakhstan's Republican Guards during presidential election in Almaty, Kazakhstan, June 9, 2019. REUTERS/Pavel
4 dead in shootout between rival Indian political parties 09 Jun 2019 - 08:29 am
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Sudan protest group calls nationwide 'civil disobedience' 08 Jun 2019 - 07:44 pm
Sudanese protesters burn tyres and set up barricades on roads to army headquarters after the intervention of Sudanese army, during a demonstration in Khartoum, Sudan on June 3, 2019. Mahmoud Hjaj - Anadolu
Angelina Jolie urges international support for Venezuelan children 08 Jun 2019 - 06:59 pm
Special envoy for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Angelina Jolie speaks to people in Riohacha, Colombia June 7, 2019. Courtesy of UNHCR/Andrew McConnell
India spends big on Maldives security 08 Jun 2019 - 06:01 pm
FILE PHOTO: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks to the media after his meeting with President Ram Nath Kovind, to stake claim to form the new government at the Presidential Palace in New Delhi, India May 25, 2019. REUTERS/File Photo
Star footballer turned rebel icon dies in Syria fighting 08 Jun 2019 - 05:47 pm
The late Syrian rebel fighter Abdel-Basset al-Sarout (L) singing during a rally to commemorate the beginning of the Syrian revoltion, in the town of Maaret al-Numan in the jihadist-held Idlib province. AFP / OMAR HAJ KADOUR
India reports problems in retrieving climbers' bodies 08 Jun 2019 - 05:29 pm
Martin Moran was climbing Nanda Devi, India's second highest mountain.
New sanctions show Trump's call for talks is empty: Iran 08 Jun 2019 - 04:56 pm
FILE PHOTO: US President Donald Trump speaks before boarding Air Force One at Shannon Airport in Shannon, Ireland, and fly to Normandy, France, to attend the 75th D-Day Anniversary.  AFP / MANDEL NGAN
German FM in Iraq for talks on Mideast tensions 08 Jun 2019 - 04:30 pm
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas sits in the C-160 Transall military plane at the airport in Baghdad, Iraq, June 8, 2019. REUTERS/Sabine Seibold
Prince Harry, Meghan attend military parade to honour Queen Elizabeth 08 Jun 2019 - 01:49 pm
Britain's Meghan, Duchess of Sussex (L) and Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (R) make their way in a horse-drawn carriage to Horseguards parade ahead of the Queen's Birthday Parade, 'Trooping the Colour', in London on June 8, 2019. AFP / Daniel Leal
'Hurry up!': G20 urged to speed up digital tax 08 Jun 2019 - 12:43 pm
A woman walks past a banner for the upcoming G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting in Fukuoka on June 7, 2019. / AFP / Toshifumi KITAMURA
Trump calls off tariffs after Mexico vows to tighten borders 08 Jun 2019 - 12:20 pm
FILE PHOTO: US President Donald Trump participates in a roundtable discussion on immigration and border security at the U.S. Border Patrol Calexico Station before visiting the U.S.-Mexico border in Calexico, California, U.S., April 5, 2019. Reuters/Kevin
Philippines slams "unpardonable intrusions" by UN rights experts 08 Jun 2019 - 12:16 pm
FILE PHOTO: Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte arrives to greet the U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at Colonel Jesus Villamor Air Base in Manila, Philippines, Thursday, February 28, 2019. Andrew Harnik/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo