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Fire at government-run airshow in India destroys hundreds of cars 23 Feb 2019 - 01:18 pm
Smoke billows past a row of parked planes after a fire broke out in a parking lot during the Aero India show at the Yelahanka Air Force Station in Bengaluru, India, February 23, 2019. REUTERS
US, Russia to find ways to lift travel ban on Taliban leaders for peace talks 23 Feb 2019 - 01:16 pm
 U.S. special envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad speaks during an exclusive interview following his meeting with Special Envoy of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin in Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov (not seen) in Ankara, Turkey on February 22, 2019. (
UK ministers warn PM to get her deal now or delay Brexit 23 Feb 2019 - 01:07 pm
File photo of Prime Minister Theresa May. AFP
Cardinal admits Church files on paedophile priests 'destroyed' 23 Feb 2019 - 01:00 pm
Pope Francis prays at the beginning of the third day of a global child protection summit for reflections on the sex abuse crisis within the Catholic Church, on February 23, 2019 at the Vatican. / AFP / POOL / Alessandra Tarantino
Venezuelan humanitarian aid showdown set as Guaido claims military help 23 Feb 2019 - 12:28 pm
Supporters of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, who many nations have recognized as the country's rightful interim ruler, hold Venezuelan flags during a meeting at the Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral in Willemstad on the island of Curacao,
Nigeria's Buhari casts ballot as polls open in delayed presidential election 23 Feb 2019 - 12:18 pm
Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari (R) verifies his card to vote at a polling station in his native hometown Daura in Katsina State, northwest Nigeria, on February 23, 2019. (AFP / PIUS UTOMI EKPEI)
Vietnam arrests two ex-ministers suspected of mismanaging public investment 23 Feb 2019 - 12:18 pm
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Blasts heard in Nigerian city of Maiduguri before polls 23 Feb 2019 - 09:56 am
A Nigerian woman casts her vote for a candidate in the presidential election at Agiya polling station a few hours before polls opened in Yola, Adamawa State, Nigeria on February 23, 2019. / AFP / Luis TATO
Bootleg liquor kills at least 84 in northeast India, 200 hospitalised 23 Feb 2019 - 09:50 am
People stand next to the bodies of tea plantation workers, who died after consuming bootleg liquor, in Golaghat in the northeastern state of Assam, India, February 22, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer
Long wait for families of missing in Bangladesh fire 22 Feb 2019 - 11:50 pm
Relatives of victims mourn after a fire tore through apartment blocks in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka on February 21, 2019.  AFP / Munir Uz Zaman
UK Labour leader Corbyn says he could back a second Brexit referendum 22 Feb 2019 - 11:40 pm
Opposition Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn (Reuters/Toby Melville)
Syria Kurds evacuate civilians from IS redoubt, hail Trump troop reversal 22 Feb 2019 - 11:20 pm
Trucks and a military vehicle for the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) move near Baghouz, Deir Al Zor, province, Syria, February 19, 2019. Reuters/Rodi Said
Iran still holding up its end of nuclear deal, IAEA report shows 22 Feb 2019 - 07:37 pm
An Iranian woman walks past a mural of the Iranian flag in the capital Tehran on October 14, 2017. (AFP)
Trump's 'great chemistry' with Kim Jong Un put to test at summit 22 Feb 2019 - 07:37 pm
US President Donald Trump meets North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore, June 12, 2018. Kevin Lim / The Straits Times / via Reuters
Palestinians protest in Gaza and Jerusalem, 1 killed 22 Feb 2019 - 07:37 pm
A woman helps a Palestinian boy after inhaling tear gas fired by Israeli troops during a protest at the Israel-Gaza border fence, east of Gaza City February 22, 2019. Reuters/Mohammed Salem
Bootleg liquor kills at least 41 on Indian tea plantation as dozens fall ill 22 Feb 2019 - 07:37 pm
People stand next to the bodies of tea plantation workers, who died after consuming bootleg liquor, in Golaghat in the northeastern state of Assam, India, February 22, 2019. Reuters
India rape victims demand dignity at first public rally 22 Feb 2019 - 07:37 pm
An Indian participant of the 'Dignity March' shouts slogans as the culmination of the march at Ramleela Ground in New Delhi on February 22, 2019.  AFP / Chandan Khanna
Top #MeToo advocate quits after her son is accused of assault 22 Feb 2019 - 07:37 pm
#MeToo on the hand of a protester during a gathering called by the Effronte-e-s Collective on the Place de la Republique square in Paris on October 29, 2017. AFP/Bertrand Guay