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Celebratory gunfire kills Indian bridegroom on wedding day 28 Feb 2018 - 10:04 am
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Fed's Powell nods to stronger economy, backs gradual rate hike path 28 Feb 2018 - 09:52 am
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell testifies before the House Financial Services Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill February 27, 2018 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP
Woman killed by lion at South Africa game lodge 27 Feb 2018 - 07:28 pm
This handout photo released by animal charity Four Paws shows  Simba, the lion born in the Montazah Al-Morour Zoo in Eastern Mosul in Iraq, in 2014 during the war,  after being released into his new adaptive enclosure at the Lionsrock animal sanctuary in
Venezuelan politician to challenge President Maduro 27 Feb 2018 - 07:25 pm
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro attends a meeting with the Venezuelan Communist Party (PCV) in Caracas, Venezuela February 26, 2018. Miraflores Palace
Journalists killed on the job in Europe 27 Feb 2018 - 07:11 pm
A woman holds a lantern with a picture of murdered journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia outside the law court in Valletta, Malta, on October 17, 2017.  (AFP / Matthew Mirabelli)
Report: Italian mafia may have links to reporter's killing 27 Feb 2018 - 07:03 pm
A man lights a candle for a tribute to murdered Slovak investigative reporter Jan Kuciak at Slovak National Uprising Square in Bratislava, Slovakia, February 27, 2018. Reuters/Radovan Stoklasa
Trump not planning to ship Native Americans to India 27 Feb 2018 - 06:43 pm
US President Donald Trump speaks during the 2018 White House business session with state governors in the State dining Room of the White House on February 26, 2018 in Washington, DC. / AFP / MANDEL NGAN
Russia says it will maintain daily truces in Syria's Ghouta 27 Feb 2018 - 06:20 pm
French Minister for Foreign and European Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian (L) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) shake hands during a joint press conference in Moscow, Russia, on February 27, 2018. (Sefa Karacan / Anadolu Agency)
Sri Lanka shops, mosque damaged in Buddhist-Muslim clash 27 Feb 2018 - 05:53 pm
The Muslim Council of Sri Lanka, an umbrella body that includes most Muslim organizations in the country, condemned the attack and requested the government to conduct an impartial inquiry into it and arrest the perpetrators. (Reuters file photo)
Anger at Israel claim Palestinian was hurt in bike accident 27 Feb 2018 - 05:44 pm
Palestinian Mohammed al-Tamimi, 15, poses for a picture at his family home in the West Bank city of Ramallah on February 27, 2018.  AFP / Abbas Momani
Israel suspends plan to tax Jerusalem church properties 27 Feb 2018 - 05:35 pm
Worshippers and tourists visit the court near the closed doors of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City February 26, 2018. Reuters/Ronen Zvulun
Syria's Eastern Ghouta: 10 days under attack 27 Feb 2018 - 05:25 pm
Members of the Syrian government forces stand at the Wafideen checkpoint on the outskirts of Damascus neighbouring the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta region on February 27, 2018 during an operation that would allow some of the nearly 400,000 people living in t
German court backs city bans on diesel cars 27 Feb 2018 - 03:13 pm
Protesters on a bridge hold banners to protest against particulate pollution as vehicles drive on a busy road on February 1, 2018 at a traffic junction of the Neckartor roadway, a Stuttgart neighbourhood which is a hotspot for air pollution. The banner (C
Italy's Berlusconi makes clear his PM choice will be Tajani 27 Feb 2018 - 01:57 pm
European Parliament President Antonio Tajani arrives at a European Union leaders informal summit in Brussels, Belgium, February 23, 2018. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir
"My life is in danger," North Korea leader's half-brother quoted as saying months before poisoning 27 Feb 2018 - 01:50 pm
Indonesian national Siti Aisyah (C) is escorted by Malaysian police for another appearance at court for her trial at the Shah Alam High Court in Shah Alam, outside Kuala Lumpur on February 22, 2018 for her alleged role in the assassination of Kim Jong-Nam
'Case closed' in death of Bollywood star Sridevi: Dubai police 27 Feb 2018 - 01:30 pm
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Boko Haram school kidnapping: an attack well-planned 27 Feb 2018 - 12:52 pm
An image of the school in Dapchi in the northeastern state of Yobe, where dozens of school girls went missing after an attack on the village by Boko Haram, Nigeria February 23, 2018. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde
Russia accuses rebels of shelling evacuation route from Syria's Ghouta-reports 27 Feb 2018 - 12:24 pm
People inspect missile remains in the besieged town of Douma, in eastern Ghouta, in Damascus, Syria, February 23, 2018. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh