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Modi favourite as India's incredible election begins 11 Apr 2019 - 07:41 am
An Indian lambadi tribeswoman shows her ink-marked finger after voting at a polling station during India's general election at Pedda Shapur village on the outskirts of Hyderabad on April 11, 2019. AFP / NOAH SEELAM
Fox host questions whether Omar is 'an American first.' 10 Apr 2019 - 11:28 pm
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) wipes tears from her eye as she speaks about Trump administration policies towards Muslim immigrants at a news conference by members of the U.S. Congress
Burkina Faso president arrives in Turkey for talks 10 Apr 2019 - 11:28 pm
 Nail Olpak (2nd L), the chairman of the Foreign Economic Relations Board of Turkey (DEIK), President of Burkina Faso Roch Marc Christian Kabore (C), Minister of Commerce, Industry and Handicrafts of Burkina Faso Harouna Kabore (3rd R) and Minister of Ind
Albania deploys army to guard airport after second money heist 10 Apr 2019 - 10:28 pm
Forensic experts search for evidence near the village of Rinas, near Tirana, on April 10, 2019, at the place where police clashed with armed robbers who stole millions of euros from an Austria Airlines aeroplane in a deadly heist. AFP / Gent Shkullaku
Israeli PM Netanyahu poised for 5th term as rival concedes 10 Apr 2019 - 10:28 pm
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures as he appears before supporters at his Likud Party headquarters in the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv on election night early on April 10, 2019. AFP / Thomas Coex
May asks EU for Brexit delay, but Macron says no guarantee 10 Apr 2019 - 10:28 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May arrives at an extraordinary European Union leaders summit to discuss Brexit, in Brussels, Belgium April 10, 2019. Reuters/Susana Vera
Swiss govt says coffee 'not essential', stockpiling to end 10 Apr 2019 - 06:43 pm
Freshly roasted coffee beans fall into a tumbler after the drum type roaster is opened by an employee at H. Schwarzenbach coffee roastery in Zurich, Switzerland December 4, 2018. (REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo)
Iran orders 60,000 to evacuate flood-hit oil city: state media 10 Apr 2019 - 02:44 pm
An aerial view taken on April 09, 2019 shows the Karun River which has burst its banks in Ahvaz, the capital of Iran's southwestern province of Khuzestan which has been badly affected by flooding over the past few weeks.  AFP / ATTA KENARE
Cyclone Idai's death toll now above 1,000 in southern Africa 10 Apr 2019 - 02:05 pm
FILE PHOTO: A man gestures next to his car after it was swept into debris left by Cyclone Idai in Chimanimani, Zimbabwe, March 23, 2019. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo
Philippines bans workers' deployment to Libya amid fighting 10 Apr 2019 - 01:59 pm
Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III
Singapore in second major pangolin seizure in a week 10 Apr 2019 - 12:28 pm
:Pangolin scales that were seized from Customs and were taken by the National Parks Board are pictured in Singapore April 3, 2019. Picture taken April 3, 2019 NATIONAL PARKS BOARD SINGAPORE/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPL
India bans Modi film until after election: officials 10 Apr 2019 - 12:09 pm
Still from the movie
Erdogan says Istanbul vote may be canceled over irregularities 10 Apr 2019 - 11:50 am
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. April 09, 2019. Volkan Furuncu - Anadolu
Venezuela 'ready for aid', says Maduro after Red Cross meeting 10 Apr 2019 - 09:55 am
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro and Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), attend a meeting at Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela April 9, 2019. Miraflores Palace/Handout via REUTERS
Disabled Myanmar teen football champ defies the odds 10 Apr 2019 - 09:39 am
This photo taken on April 2, 2019 shows Kaung Khant Lin (R) fighting for the ball during a football match in Yangon. Football-mad Myanmar teen Kaung Khant Lin roots for Manchester United, worships star Lionel Messi and was honoured as the best player in a
Dalai Lama recovering from chest infection in hospital 10 Apr 2019 - 08:56 am
FILE PHOTO: Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, Patron of Children in Crossfire, gestures during a press conference in Londonderry, Northern Ireland September 11, 2017. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne/File Photo
New blackout hits large parts of Venezuela: AFP, social media 10 Apr 2019 - 08:56 am
(FILES) This file photo taken on March 26, 2019, shows a general view of Altamira neighborhood partially illuminated during a power outage in Caracas, Venezuela. AFP / FEDERICO PARRA
Seoul cancels permit for new Japanese embassy building 10 Apr 2019 - 08:47 am
This general view shows a construction site, where Japan's former embassy building used to be located, in Seoul on April 10, 2019. AFP / Jung Yeon-je

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