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Kenyan lawyers wrangle with government over land registry digitisation 07 May 2018 - 11:10 pm
A woman walks past roasted corn for sale in Kenyan capital Nairobi, July 14, 2009. Reuters/Noor Khamis
Myanmar court convicts farmers of trespass in 'blow' to land rights 07 May 2018 - 11:02 pm
Workers building a water catchment area behind a government-constructed irrigation dam that flooded land belonging to Aung Thay and other villagers from Karen State.  © 2015 Patrick Brown for Human Rights Watch
Malawi makes it cheaper for women to run in 2019 election 07 May 2018 - 09:17 pm
Women carry baskets with food items on their heads at a market in Blantyre, Malawi July 10, 2017. Picture taken July 10, 2017. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko
Trapped: Many hurdles to repatriate foreign nationals sex trafficked to India 07 May 2018 - 08:52 pm
A scene from Kamathipura red light district, Mumbai, India, December 1, 2014. Reuters/Danish Siddiqui
Rescuers blame 'red tape' while waiting with migrants at sea 07 May 2018 - 08:43 pm
FILE PHOTO: Migrants are rescued by Libyan coast guards in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya, January, 15, 2018. (Reuters / Hani Amara)
UN appeals for stability in Lebanon after vote 07 May 2018 - 08:02 pm
Supporters of the Marada political party parade in their cars in the northern city of Zgharta as they celebrate the parliamentary elections results on May 7, 2018. / AFP / IBRAHIM CHALHOUB
Rebels begin evacuation of Syria's last besieged enclave 07 May 2018 - 06:01 pm
People on the outskirts of the Syrian rebel town of Rastan in the Homs province, heading toward busses to be evacuated.  May 7, 2018. AFP / SANA
US, Philippines launch largest military drills under Duterte 07 May 2018 - 05:31 pm
US military honour guards march with their national flag as US and Philippine officials stand at attention during the opening ceremony of the joint US and Philippines military exercise at the military headquarters in Manila on May 7, 2018.   AFP / TED ALJ
Landslides kill 18 in Rwanda, death toll at 200 since January 07 May 2018 - 05:07 pm
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Lebanon PM Hariri says party loses third of seats 07 May 2018 - 04:50 pm
Lebanese prime minister Saad al-Hariri reacts during a news conference in Beirut, Lebanon May 7, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
Lebanon's Hariri: election "very positive" sign to international community 07 May 2018 - 04:41 pm
:Lebanese prime minister Saad al-Hariri gestures as he speaks during a news conference in Beirut, Lebanon May 7, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
13 dead, scores hospitalised in Cambodia poisoining 07 May 2018 - 04:19 pm
Cambodian patients confined at a hospital in Kratie province for drinking contaminated liquid. May 6, 2018. AFP / STR
Don't ditch Iran nuclear deal, Britain tells Trump 07 May 2018 - 04:04 pm
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump gives remarks on tax cuts for American workers as Richard Kerzetski of Universal Plumbing, North Las Vegas, Nevada, listens during an event in the White House Rose Garden in Washington, U.S., April 12, 2018. REUTERS
Putin proposes Dmitry Medvedev for PM: Kremlin 07 May 2018 - 03:19 pm
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (3rd L) and German former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder (2nd L) greet Vladimir Putin (L), who is sworn as Russian President during an inauguration ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia May 7, 2018. Alexei Druzhini
Afghanistan's poverty rate rises as economy suffers 07 May 2018 - 03:12 pm
Afghan men carry tires as they walk near the old fortress of Bala Hissar in Kabul on May 6, 2018. / AFP / WAKIL KOHSAR
Outcry as UAE, Bahrain send cycling teams to race in Israel 07 May 2018 - 02:38 pm
Giro d'Italia, Tour of Italy, on May 6, 2018, 229 kilometers between Beer-Sheva and Eilat. AFP / Luk Benies
Iraqi candidate for parliament shot dead south of Mosul 07 May 2018 - 02:07 pm
Peninsula
Russia's Putin sworn in for another six years in office 07 May 2018 - 12:14 pm
Journalists watch a ceremony to inaugurate Vladimir Putin as President of Russia at a press centre in Moscow, Russia May 7, 2018. Reuters/Sergei Karpukhin