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Libyan commander Haftar told Macron no ceasefire for now: French presidency 22 May 2019 - 09:21 pm
Khalifa Haftar attends General Security conference in Benghazi, October 14, 2017. Reuters / Esam Omran Al-Fetori
Fighting rages after Syria rebels retake northwest village 22 May 2019 - 08:13 pm
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Austrian tabloid offers trip to 'Ibiza-gate' villa after scandal 22 May 2019 - 07:53 pm
Austrian Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache reacts as he addresses the media in Vienna, Austria, May 18, 2019. Reuters/Leonhard Foeger
Masked attackers snatch voting machines in northeast India 22 May 2019 - 03:19 pm
Indian policeman stand guard outside a vote counting centre at Mundera Mandi where Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) are being kept on the eve of the counting day in India's general election in Allahabad on May 22, 2019.   AFP / SANJAY KANOJIA
Ukraine's Zelensky under fire over top appointment 22 May 2019 - 03:10 pm
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (2nd L) shakes hands with President of Lithuania, Dalia Grybauskaite (R) following his inauguration ceremony at the Ukrainian Parliament in Kiev, Ukraine on May 20, 2019.
Sri Lanka extends emergency a month after suicide bombings 22 May 2019 - 02:31 pm
Sri Lankan police officers stand guard outside a Sufi Islamic mosque during Friday Prayer in Colombo, Sri Lanka on May 17 , 2019.  Chamila - Anadolu
Opposition starts campaign for Istanbul mayor in re-run 22 May 2019 - 02:12 pm
Turkish opposition candidate for the Istanbul re-run for the mayor's election, Ekrem Imamoglu gestures as he delivers a speech on stage during his repeated political campaign coordination meeting on May 22, 2019 in Istanbul.  AFP / OZAN KOSE
Surge of algae kills millions of salmon in Norway 22 May 2019 - 01:56 pm
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Theresa May's Brexit gambit fails as her premiership fades 22 May 2019 - 10:19 am
Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May grimaces during her speech on Brexit in London, Britain May 21, 2019. Kirsty Wigglesworth/Pool via REUTERS
North Korea calls Biden 'fool of low IQ' over Kim criticism 22 May 2019 - 09:54 am
Democratic presidential candidate, former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign kickoff rally, May 18, 2019, on Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP
Hundreds of children uncovered in UK crackdown on drug gangs 21 May 2019 - 11:23 pm
Big Ben is reflected in a puddle as a cyclist rides by in London on 27 June, 2016. AFP/Leon Neal
The Taj Mahal becomes first Indian monument with breastfeeding room 21 May 2019 - 11:23 pm
The Taj Mahal attracts up to 8 million visitors annually. Swarnkar said he has ordered two other historical monuments in Agra to set up similar feeding rooms.
Egyptian women use ancient Indonesian martial arts to fight abuse 21 May 2019 - 11:23 pm
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Face-off in UK court over police use of surveillance technology 21 May 2019 - 09:37 pm
Armed police personnel patrol near London's Trafalgar Square on August 4, 2016. AFP
Afghans fear end of golden age of press freedom 21 May 2019 - 09:35 pm
Afghan journalists gather during a news report at the Shahr-e-Naw Park in Kabul on April 30, 2019. AFP / Wakil Kohsar
Indonesia's Joko Widodo re-elected president as rival cries foul 21 May 2019 - 08:38 pm
Indonesian President Joko Widodo (C) and his running mate Ma'ruf Amin (center R) speak with residents in a neighbourhood in Jakarta on May 21, 2019.  AFP / Goh Chai Hin
Faster land reform on the cards with Indonesian president's re-election 21 May 2019 - 08:38 pm
Indonesian farmers attend a large protest over land reform and other agricultural issues in central Jakarta, June 8, 2004. Reuters/Darren Whiteside
French widow sues Boeing for at least $276 mln over Ethiopian crash 21 May 2019 - 08:38 pm
Nadege Dubois-Seex speaks with media representatives after a press conference in Paris on May 21, 2019, following hthe death of her husband Jonathan Seex, who was killed in an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft crash on March 10, 2019, on a flig

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