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Facebook, Twitter sucked into India-Pakistan information war 03 Apr 2019 - 10:25 pm
Four Facebook and more than 20 Twitter accounts belonging to members of the Pakistan Cyber Force have been shuttered in the past two months, according to Tayyab, who is still angry at Twitter for shutting down his previous personal account in 2016.
US aid cuts to Central America may backfire, fueling migration north 03 Apr 2019 - 09:49 pm
Central American asylum seekers including a Honduran girl, 2, and her mother near the US-Mexico border in McAllen, Texas on June 12, 2018. AFP / Getty Images North America / John Moore
India's Hindu groups quietly put controversial temple plan on backburner 03 Apr 2019 - 08:01 pm
People look at a model of a proposed Ram temple that Hindu groups want to build at a disputed religious site in Ayodhya in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, November 9, 2018. Reuters/Pawan Kumar
Iran flood death toll reaches 62 03 Apr 2019 - 06:21 pm
FILE PHOTO: An aerial view of flooding in Golestan province, Iran, March 22, 2019.
Bangladesh stops 27 Rohingya trying to get to Malaysia 03 Apr 2019 - 06:09 pm
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South Sudan holds breath as fragile peace faces crucial test 03 Apr 2019 - 06:01 pm
Women carrying children at a market in Udier town, South Sudan, on March 7, 2019.  AFP / Simon Maina
Algerian transition should reflect people's wishes: UN chief 03 Apr 2019 - 05:30 pm
FILE PHOTO: Secretary General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres attends a news conference in Tunis, Tunisia, March 30, 2019. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi
Cholera vaccination campaign launched in post-cyclone Mozambique 03 Apr 2019 - 03:39 pm
Debris and destroyed buildings which stood in the path of Cyclone Idai can be seen in this aerial photograph over the Praia Nova neighbourhood in Beira on April 1, 2019.  AFP / Guillem Sartorio
Venezuelan FM visits anti-US allies in Mideast 03 Apr 2019 - 03:00 pm
Foreign Minister of Venezuela Jorge Arreaza speaks during a conference organized by Institute of Strategic Thinking (SDE), in Ankara, Turkey on April 2, 2019. Ali Bal?kç? - Anadolu
Algerians cheer end of Bouteflika era but want broader change 03 Apr 2019 - 12:44 pm
Hundreds of people celebrate during a demonstration after the resignation of Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, on April 02, 2019 in Algiers, Algeria. ( Farouk Batiche - Anadolu Agency )
Children in South Asia hardest hit by air pollution, says study 03 Apr 2019 - 11:07 am
(FILES) In this file photo taken on December 6, 2018, Indian commuters drive amidst heavy smog along a busy road past the South Extension area of New Delhi. AFP / XAVIER GALIANA
EU parliamentary committee backs visa-free travel for Britons after Brexit 03 Apr 2019 - 10:54 am
A pro-EU demonstrator wears headgear featuring the EU outside the Houses of Parliament in central London on April 2, 2019. AFP / ISABEL INFANTES
Malaysia ex-PM Najib goes on trial over 1MDB mega-scandal 03 Apr 2019 - 10:48 am
Former Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak arrives at Kuala Lumpur High Court in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia April 3, 2019. REUTERS/Lai Seng Sin
Assange 'repeatedly violated' asylum agreement: Ecuador president 03 Apr 2019 - 10:45 am
FILE PHOTO: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is seen on the balcony of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, Britain, May 19, 2017. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls
Outnumbered and elderly, Okinawa protesters oppose U.S. military runway 03 Apr 2019 - 09:41 am
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Algeria's Bouteflika resigns 02 Apr 2019 - 10:22 pm
Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika looks on during a meeting with army Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Gaid Salah in Algiers, Algeria, in this handout still image taken from TV. Algerian TV /Handout via Reuters
Shelter for man and beast: Can India's cyclone refuges protect all? 02 Apr 2019 - 09:23 pm
A cow munches at the back of a cyclone shelter designed in part for livestock in Ramachandrapur, India, March 1, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Colin Daileda
May grapples with Brexit deadlock as EU warns of no-deal 02 Apr 2019 - 09:23 pm
Prime Minister Theresa May gives a statement inside 10 Downing Street in London, Britain, on April 2, 2019 after chairing a day-long meeting of the cabinet. AFP /Jack Taylor

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