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Could Swedish teen climate activist win the Nobel Peace Prize? You bet 24 Apr 2019 - 09:40 pm
15-year-old Greta Thunberg holds a placard reading 'School strike for the climate' outside the Swedish parliament in Stockholm, Nov 30, 2018. TT News Agency/Hanna Franzen/Reuters
For Sri Lanka grave digger, a grim parade 24 Apr 2019 - 06:25 pm
A cemetery worker digs a grave at Madampitiya cemetery in Colombo on April 23, 2019.  AFP / Lakruwan Wanniarachchi
Sri Lanka should ‘rise above’ politics after blasts, US envoy says 24 Apr 2019 - 06:25 pm
A Buddhist monk prays for the bomb blast victims at Kelaiya temple in Colombo on April 24, 2019, three days after a series of suicide attacks targeting churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka. AFP / Ishara S Kodikara
Sri Lanka asks for resignations of top security officials 24 Apr 2019 - 05:16 pm
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena (2nd R) visits the St. Sebastian Church after the multiple terror attacks in Negombo, Sri Lanka on April 23 , 2019. The Presidential Office of Sri Lanka
Sudan's protesters hope cheerful staying-power will oust army 24 Apr 2019 - 04:17 pm
Sudanese civil society activists Muawia Shaddad (C-L) and Omar el-Digeir (C-R), two of the leaders from the protest movement led by the Alliance for Freedom and Change, give a press conference in the capital Khartoum on April 24, 2019.   AFP / OZAN KOSE
Trump says sending 'armed soldiers' to US-Mexico border 24 Apr 2019 - 03:53 pm
FILE PHOTO: Soldiers from the Kentucky-based 19th Engineer Battalion install barbed wire fences on the banks of the Rio Grande in Laredo, Texas. November 18, 2018. AFP / Thomas WATKINS
Russia offers quick citizenship in Ukraine's separatist area 24 Apr 2019 - 03:44 pm
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Erdogan says deporting Armenians was ‘Appropriate’ at the time 24 Apr 2019 - 02:29 pm
President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan greets MP's during a special session at Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) within National Sovereignty and Children’s Day in Ankara, Turkey on April 23, 2019. Evrim Ayd?n - Anadolu
Iran leader says US oil sanctions won't go 'without response' 24 Apr 2019 - 01:07 pm
FILE PHOTO: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on March 21, 2019 shows him addressing crowds of Iranians gathering in the northeastern holy city of Mashhad for a celebration of Noruz, the Persian New Year. AFP
12 killed in blast in northwest Syria: monitor 24 Apr 2019 - 11:47 am
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UN: Pro-government forces kill more Afghans than insurgents 24 Apr 2019 - 11:39 am
Afghan security forces take guard after an explosion followed by gunfire in the ministry of information and technology of Afghanistan's main building, 20 April 2019, Kabul, Afghanistan. Sayed Khodaberdi Sadat - Anadolu
More than 50 dead in South Africa after heavy rains 24 Apr 2019 - 11:20 am
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North Korea's Kim arrives in Russia before summit with Putin 24 Apr 2019 - 10:39 am
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (R) attends a meeting with Russia's Minister for the Development of the Russian Far East Alexander Kozlov upon his arrival at a railway station in Khasan, Russia April 24, 2019.
Hong Kong democracy leaders jailed over Umbrella Movement protests 24 Apr 2019 - 10:33 am
Occupy Central pro-democracy movement founder Chu Yiu-ming hugs a supporter after he had his suspended sentence on his involvement in the Occupy Central, also known as
US denies possessing advance intel on Sri Lanka attacks 24 Apr 2019 - 09:43 am
Security personnel stand guard near St. Anthony's Shrine in Colombo on April 24, 2019, three days after a series of bomb blasts targeting churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka. AFP / Jewel SAMAD
Bishop critical of Nicaragua's Ortega leaves for Vatican 23 Apr 2019 - 10:19 pm
Managua's Bishop Silvio Baez speaks with journalists after a resurrection mass in Esquipulas, Nicaragua April 21, 2019. Reuters/Oswaldo Rivas
Fifth suspect arrested for dramatic heist at Tirana airport 23 Apr 2019 - 10:19 pm
Forensic team search for evidence near the village of Rinas near Tirana on April 10, 2019 at the place where police clashed with robbers who stole millions of euros from Austria Airlines plane. AFP/Gent Shkullaku
India's polarised politics: how two teenagers will vote after surviving riots 23 Apr 2019 - 07:22 pm
Mohammad Rafiq, 18, poses with his parents inside their house in Ahmedabad, India, April 17, 2019. Picture taken April 17, 2019. Reuters/Amit Dave

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Estithmar Holding announces completion of 48.68% stake transfer in Shahba Bank to Masaref Holding, a subsidiary of Estithmar Capital