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Floods force evacuation of hospital in southwest Iran 08 Apr 2019 - 01:37 pm
Men clear away mud following floods in the Iranian city of Mamulan in Lorestan province on April 7, 2019.  AFP / HOSSEIN MERSADI
Turkey's Erdogan sees 'organised crime' in Istanbul vote results 08 Apr 2019 - 01:23 pm
FILE PHOTO: In this file photo taken on March 31, 2019 Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan arrives at the news conference room at Huber Mansion in Istanbul, following local elections. AFP / BULENT KILIC
Merkel to host May for Brexit talks Tuesday: Berlin 08 Apr 2019 - 12:56 pm
FILE PHOTO: German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) greets British Prime Minister Theresa May at the Chancellery in Berlin. AFP / Odd ANDERSEN
Taliban kill 12 Afghan security forces in western Afghanistan 08 Apr 2019 - 12:13 pm
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Kirstjen Nielsen: 'Extreme' immigration enforcer not tough enough for Trump 08 Apr 2019 - 11:39 am
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and U.S. President Donald Trump arrive to view a section of border wall in Calexico California, U.S., April 5, 2019. Picture taken April 5, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Museveni vows 'Uganda is safe' after tourist kidnap 08 Apr 2019 - 10:05 am
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Iran's Mahan Air launches direct flights to Venezuela 08 Apr 2019 - 09:59 am
FILE PHOTO: An Airbus A340-300 of Iranian airline Mahan Air takes off from Duesseldorf airport DUS, Germany January 16, 2019. Picture taken January 16, 2019. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay
British voters say: Give us a strong leader and reform the Brexit-fatigued system 08 Apr 2019 - 09:48 am
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Thousands protest outside Sudan army HQ in face of tear gas: witnesses 08 Apr 2019 - 09:25 am
Sudanese protesters flash the victory sign at a passing military vehicle as they gather for a second day outside the military headquarters in the capital Khartoum on April 7, 2019. AFP / -
US urges immediate halt to military operations by Haftar 08 Apr 2019 - 09:19 am
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo holds a press conference after meetings of NATO foreign ministers during the 70th anniversary of the alliance at the US Department of State April 4, 2019, in Washington, DC. / AFP / Brendan Smialowski
India's Election Commission: buried under tide of complaints, bias accusations 08 Apr 2019 - 08:45 am
FILE PHOTO: Mugs featuring India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are on display for sale outside the venue of an election rally addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Meerut in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, India, March 28, 2019.
Second group of Rohingya Muslims found on Malaysian beach: Police 08 Apr 2019 - 08:38 am
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Beijing targeted writers over Australia secret inquiry: report 08 Apr 2019 - 08:28 am
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NZ inquiry to report back by end of year on lead up to Christchurch attacks 08 Apr 2019 - 08:18 am
A visitor leaves the Al Noor mosque, one of the mosques where some 50 people were killed by a self-avowed white supremacist gunman on March 15, after mid-day prayers in Christchurch on April 5, 2019. AFP / Sanka Vidanagama
Salvini hopes to forge populist alliance for European elections 08 Apr 2019 - 08:08 am
FILE PHOTO: Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini and Austrian Vice-Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache shake hands before a joint news conference in Vienna, Austria, September 14, 2018. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger/File Photo
India fights to save its heritage havelis in the desert 07 Apr 2019 - 09:48 pm
In this photograph taken on December 5, 2018, an Indian man walks past a haveli (mansion) in the old quarters of Bikaner, in the Indian state of Rajasthan.  AFP / Chandan Khanna
Russia puppet rumors, dubious donors plague German far right 07 Apr 2019 - 06:42 pm
An aerial view shows young people dancing on the Moskva river embankment during a sunny day in central Moscow on April 7, 2019. AFP / Kirill Kudryavtsev
British survivor of nerve agent questions Russian ambassador 07 Apr 2019 - 06:42 pm
British military personnel wearing protective coveralls work to remove a vehicle connected to the March 4 nerve agent attack in Salisbury from a residential street in Gillingham on March 14, 2018. AFP/Adrian Dennis

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