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At least nine dead as cyclone barrels into Bangladesh 04 May 2019 - 11:05 am
Bangladeshi workers cover a pile of fertiliser with a plastic sheet in Khulna on May 3, 2019, as Cyclone Fani barrels northeastwards into West Bengal state and towards Bangladesh. AFP / MUNIR UZ ZAMAN
'Miracle': Plane crashes into Florida river, but no deaths 04 May 2019 - 10:23 am
A Boeing 737 is seen in the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. May 3, 2019, in this picture obtained from social media. JACKSONVILLE SHERIFF’S OFFICE /via REUTERS
Former White House chief joins firm that detains migrant children 04 May 2019 - 10:10 am
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India rescues bonded workers after voting awareness campaigners raise alarm 03 May 2019 - 11:00 pm
Child labourers hold each others hands after being rescued during a joint operation by police and a non-governmental organisation (NGO) on World Day Against Child Labour in New Delhi June 12, 2009. Reuters/Adnan Abidi
Malaysia's first female top judge is 'big step' for women's justice 03 May 2019 - 11:00 pm
Widely seen as a progressive judge, Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, an ethnic Muslim Malay woman, was unveiled as the country's next chief justice by the prime minister's office on Thursday. (Photo courtesy: FreeMalaysiaToday.com)
Three Palestinians killed in Gaza after army says soldiers wounded 03 May 2019 - 11:00 pm
Israeli forces intervene Palestinian protesters during a protest within the
Central American farmers suffer major crop losses, need food aid: UN 03 May 2019 - 10:15 pm
Farmers plough the land with the help of their horse on a plantation in Tierra Blanca de Cartago, east of San Jose, May 15, 2012. Reuters / Juan Carlos Ulate
'Russian' whale leads to espionage speculations in Norway 03 May 2019 - 10:14 pm
A white whale wearing a harness is seen off the coast of northern Norway, April 29, 2019. (Jorgen Ree Wiig/Sea Surveillance Service//NTB Scanpix via Reuters)
Finding some solace amid the bloodshed in Christchurch and Colombo 03 May 2019 - 07:01 pm
Sri Lankan Navy personnel inspect a motorcycle as they block a road at the harbour in Colombo on May 3, 2019, after a series of bomb blasts targeting churches and luxury hotels on Easter Sunday in Sri Lanka. AFP / Ishara S. Kodikara
Sri Lanka attack mastermind used chatrooms to sway suicide bombers 03 May 2019 - 07:01 pm
A police officer inspects the site of a gun battle between troops and suspected Islamist militants, on the east coast of Sri Lanka, in Kalmunai, April 28, 2019. Reuters/Dinuka Liyanawatte
Macron makes peace with the Italian leader he never fought with 03 May 2019 - 07:01 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron, his wife Brigitte Macron, Italian President Sergio Mattarella and his daughter Laura Mattarella walk in the gardens of Chambord Castle following commemorations of the 500th anniversary of the death of Italian Renaissance
Monster cyclone smashes eastern India 03 May 2019 - 10:19 am
People evacuated for safety rest in a temporary cyclone relief shelter in Puri in the eastern Indian state of Odisha on May 3, 2019, as cyclone Fani approaches the Indian coastline. / AFP / DIBYANGSHU SARKAR
More attacks feared in Sri Lankan capital, police say 03 May 2019 - 10:09 am
A security officer stands guard outside St. Anthony's Shrine, days after a string of suicide bomb attacks on churches and luxury hotels across the island on Easter Sunday, in Colombo, Sri Lanka April 26, 2019. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
Malaysia frees Vietnamese woman accused of poisoning N.Korean leader's half-brother 03 May 2019 - 09:49 am
In this file photo taken on March 14, 2019, Vietnamese national Doan Thi Huong (C), accused of murdering Kim Jong Nam, the half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, leaves Shah Alam High Court escorted by police, outside Kuala Lumpur. / AFP / MOHD
Missile contracts surge as US exits arms treaty: study 02 May 2019 - 10:12 pm
A P-8 Poseidon flies over the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG 65) as part of information-gathering operations during Valiant Shield 2016 in the Philippine Sea September 16, 2016. US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialis
China's mass surveillance more sophisticated than thought 02 May 2019 - 10:08 pm
Chinese government propaganda app Xuexi Qiangguo which literally translates as 'Study to make China strong' is seen on a mobile phone in this picture taken February 18, 2019. Reuters/Tingshu Wang
China's furtive underwater nukes test the Pentagon 02 May 2019 - 09:55 pm
A Chinese Navy nuclear submarine takes part in an international fleet review to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army Navy in Qingdao, Shandong province April 23, 2009. Guang Niu/Pool via Reuters
Guestbook signature gives insight into Nazi's Jerusalem visit 02 May 2019 - 09:55 pm
German archivist Stefan Litt displays a guestbook of Moshe Yaakov Ben-Gavriel, bearing the signature of SS officer Leopold von Mildenstein, at the Jerusalem National Library on May 1, 2019. AFP / Thomas Coex
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