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Trump seen hardening line toward Pakistan after Afghan war review 20 Jun 2017 - 08:03 am
FILE PHOTO - Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan addresses attendees during the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. Headquarters in New York, September 30, 2015. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo
Warmbier travel agency stops North Korea trips for Americans 20 Jun 2017 - 07:52 am
A photo taken on July 17, 2016 shows the Yanggakdo International Hotel in Pyongyang, where US student Otto Warmbier was alleged to have removed a political poster from staff quarters. AFP / Ed JONES
India & Afghanistan open air freight corridor 20 Jun 2017 - 01:32 am
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani cutting a ribbon at the opening ceremony for the first Afghan-India air corridor in Kabul, yesterday.
BJP picks up Ram Nath Kovind as presidential candidate 20 Jun 2017 - 01:32 am
Bihar Governor Ram Nath Kovind seeing off Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his departure from Patna, recently.
Gorkhaland to be priority in all-party meeting 20 Jun 2017 - 01:32 am
Peninsula
Iraqi forces push into Mosul Old City, warn IS 'surrender or die' 20 Jun 2017 - 01:32 am
An Iraqi forces member raises the victory sign as he holds a rocket-propelled grenade during the advance towards the Old City of Mosul , yesterday.
White House says it retains right to self-defense in Syria; Moscow warns Washington 20 Jun 2017 - 01:31 am
Smoke billows from buildings in the northern Syrian city of Raqqa, yesterday,  during an offensive by US-backed fighters to retake the Islamic State (IS) group bastion.
Mali says four guests killed in attack on resort in capital 20 Jun 2017 - 01:31 am
Soldiers of Malian security forces walk at the entrance of the Kangaba tourist resort following an attack in Dougourakoro, to the east of the capital Bamako, Mali, yesterday.
Car ploughs into police van in Paris Champs-Elysees 'attack' 19 Jun 2017 - 10:59 pm
Criminal police inspect the body of a suspect at the scene of an incident in which a car rammed a gendarmerie van on the Champs-Elysees Avenue in Paris, France, June 19, 2017. Reuters/Gonzalo Fuentes
London attacker who wanted to 'kill all Muslims' was saved by imam 19 Jun 2017 - 08:01 pm
Mohammed Mahmoud (C), an Imam at Finsbury Park Mosque, gives a statement to the media at a police cordon in the Finsbury Park area of north London on June 19, 2017, following a vehicle attack on pedestrians. Ten people were injured when a van drove into a
Britons cry for London fire victims as death toll rises to 79 19 Jun 2017 - 07:56 pm
People look at images of missing people, placed on a phone box near to the Grenfell Tower, a residential tower block in Kensington, west London, on June 19, following the June 14 fire which gutted the residential building. (AFP / Paul ELLIS)
Car rams police vehicle on Paris’ Champs Elysees, driver dead 19 Jun 2017 - 06:35 pm
Police seal off the Champs-Elysees avenue on June 19, 2017 in Paris after a car crashed into a police van before bursting into flames, with the driver being armed, probe sources said. (AFP / ALAIN JOCARD)
Suicide bombers kill 16 in NE Nigeria: emergency services 19 Jun 2017 - 02:10 pm
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Fresh Syria talks set for July 10 in Astana 19 Jun 2017 - 01:42 pm
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Myanmar retrieves black box of crashed military plane 19 Jun 2017 - 01:39 pm
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Romanian lawmakers move against prime minister 19 Jun 2017 - 01:35 pm
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Pakistani woman throws children into well 19 Jun 2017 - 01:26 pm
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79 people presumed dead in London tower block fire: police 19 Jun 2017 - 01:21 pm
Handout picture released by the Metropolitan Police showing the inside of the Grenfell Tower in west London on June 16, 2017 after a fire engulfed the 24-storey building on Wednesday. / AFP.