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Pakistan, Iran to form ‘joint reaction force’ on border 22 Apr 2019 - 04:09 pm
FILE PHOTO: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a news conference with Iraqi President Barham Salih (not pictured) in Baghdad, Iraq, March 11, 2019. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani
Danish billionaire loses three children in Sri Lanka blasts 22 Apr 2019 - 03:47 pm
Bestseller CEO Anders Holch Povlsen during an event in Aarhus, Denmark.  AFP / Ritzau Scanpix / Tariq Mikkel Khan
Trump to end waivers on Iran oil imports: W. House 22 Apr 2019 - 03:41 pm
U.S. President Donald Trump waves after arriving aboard Air Force One after spending Easter weekend at his Mar-a-Lago club, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., April 21, 2019. REUTERS/Al Drago
Five dead as buildings collapse in Philippine quake: official 22 Apr 2019 - 03:19 pm
People gather outside a shopping mall after a powerful earthquake rocked Manila on April 22, 2019.  AFP / Ted ALJIBE
US warns terrorists continue to plot Sri Lanka attacks 22 Apr 2019 - 12:22 pm
Security personnel stand guard outside St. Anthony's Shrine in Colombo on April 22, 2019, a day after the church was hit in a series of bomb blasts targeting churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka. / AFP / Jewel SAMAD
EU hails Ukraine's 'strong attachment' to democracy 22 Apr 2019 - 11:55 am
Ukrainian comedian and presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelensky reacts after the announcement of the first exit poll results in the second round of Ukraine's presidential election at his campaign headquarters in Kiev on April 21, 2019. / AFP / Genya SAVI
The wounded fight on in India's political 'killing fields' 22 Apr 2019 - 11:16 am
In this photo taken on April 20, 2019, a worker dusts memorial portraits of party workers killed in political violence hanging at the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) office at Thalaserry in the southern Indian state of Kerala. BHUVAN BAGGA / AFP / ARUN
Ghosn hit with fresh charge in Japan, files for bail 22 Apr 2019 - 10:33 am
File photo of Former Nissan Motor Chairman Carlos Ghosn sits inside a car as he leaves his lawyer's office after being released on bail from Tokyo Detention House, in Tokyo, Japan, March 6, 2019. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo
Ukraine enters uncharted new era after comedian wins presidency 22 Apr 2019 - 10:15 am
Ukrainian presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelenskiy is seen following the announcement of an exit poll in a presidential election at his campaign headquarters in Kiev, Ukraine on April 21, 2019. (Vladimir Shtanko - Anadolu Agency)
S. Korea to mark summit anniversary, with or without North 22 Apr 2019 - 10:12 am
File photo of North Korea's Kim Jong-un, South Korea's Moon Jae-in plant tree for peace at border , Reuters
Sri Lanka Easter attack toll hits 290 22 Apr 2019 - 07:37 am
An inside view of the St. Anthony's Shrine after an explosion hit St Anthony's Church in Kochchikade in Colombo, Sri Lanka on April 21, 2019. Chamila Karunarathne - Anadolu Agency
Campaigning ends for third phase of LS polls 22 Apr 2019 - 12:00 am
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (C) holds a canvas displaying a portrait of himself during his election rally in Chittorgarh, in the western state of Rajasthan, on April 21, 2019. / AFP / Himanshu Sharma
Sudan’s army ruler vows to hand power to people 22 Apr 2019 - 12:00 am
Sudanese protesters flash the V for victory signs as they shout slogans during a protest near the army hearquarters in the capital Khartoum on April 21, 2019. AFP / Ozan Kose
Moroccans protest prison sentences of anti-poverty activists 22 Apr 2019 - 12:00 am
Moroccans shout slogans while waving the Berber, or Amazigh, flag during a demonstration against the court of appeal rulings on Al-Hirak al-Shaabi or
Ukraine's Zelensky says will seek to 'reboot' peace talks 21 Apr 2019 - 11:41 pm
Volodymyr Zelensky being fined by police for showing his marked ballot paper to the public at a polling station in Kiev on April 21, 2019 thus violating the voting rules protocol.  AFP/Volodymyr Zelensky press service handout
London climate protesters seek talks with government 21 Apr 2019 - 11:41 pm
Climate change activists attend the Extinction Rebellion protest at Waterloo Bridge in London, Britain April 21, 2019. Reuters/Hannah McKay
Voters offered rides, food in Egypt referendum on Sisi 21 Apr 2019 - 10:17 pm
Egyptian soldiers carry an elderly man at a polling station in a referendum on constitutional amendments, at a school in al-Ayat village, 90 km south of Cairo, on the first day of a three-day poll, on April 20, 2019. AFP
Tripoli forces push opponents back slightly south of Libyan capital-witnesses 21 Apr 2019 - 10:17 pm
Libyan fighters loyal to the Government of National Accord (GNA) run as they fire their guns during clashes with forces loyal to strongman Khalifa Haftar south of the capital Tripoli's suburb of Ain Zara, on April 20, 2019.  AFP / Mahmud Turkia

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