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Fresh clashes in India as death toll hits nine 20 Dec 2019 - 01:23 pm
In this file photo taken on December 19, 2019 students and demonstrators hold placards during a protest against India's new citizenship law in Chennai. . / AFP / Arun SANKAR /
King and Prime Minister of Malaysia stress importance of Islamic world's unity 19 Dec 2019 - 05:07 pm
Malaysia’s King HM King Abdullah Riayatuddin Al Mustafa Billah Shah delivers his speech during the opening ceremony of the Kuala Lumpur Summit in Kuala Lumpur on December 19, 2019. (AFP / Mohd RASFAN)
Muslim world is not weak: Erdogan 19 Dec 2019 - 04:09 pm
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers his speech during the opening ceremony of the Kuala Lumpur Summit in Kuala Lumpur on December 19, 2019. (AFP / Mohd RASFAN)
Philippine massacre masterminds jailed for life over 57 murders 19 Dec 2019 - 11:59 am
This handout from the Supreme Court - Public Information Office (SC-PIO) taken and released on December 19, 2019, shows a court employee (R) reading the verdict for the 2009 Maguindanao massacre at the trial venue inside a prison facility in Manila. AFP P
Protests against citizenship law spread in India 19 Dec 2019 - 01:22 am
Local residents take part in a candle light vigil to show solidarity with the students of the Jamia Millia Islamia university after police entered the university campus on Sunday following a protest against a new citizenship law, in New Delhi, India Decem
From Instagram to TikTok: Indians wage online battle against citizenship law 19 Dec 2019 - 01:22 am
Students shout slogans during a protest march against a new citizenship law, in Kochi, India, December 18, 2019. Reuters/Sivaram V
Backlash against migrant workers in Asia-Pacific sparks slavery concerns 18 Dec 2019 - 11:34 pm
Migrant workers prepare to unload their catch at a port in Samut Sakhon province in Thailand, January 22, 2018. Reuters / Athit Perawongmetha
The hijab-clad students who stood up to Indian police 18 Dec 2019 - 06:57 pm
In this picture taken on December 15, 2019 Ayesha Renna (C) and other protesters argue with policemen during a demonstration against the Indian government's Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) in New Delhi. AFP
Police and protesters clash in Indian capital over citizenship law 17 Dec 2019 - 06:08 pm
Students and activists hold placards and shout slogans during a protest againstCitizenship Amendment Bill in in Bangalore, India on December 16, 2019. AFP / Manjunath Kiran
Pakistan ex-president Pervez Musharraf gets death sentence for treason 17 Dec 2019 - 10:36 am
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7 years after Delhi gang rape, brutal India attacks continue 16 Dec 2019 - 10:59 pm
Punjab Police Personnel stand guard as parents of school children protest after a eight-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a school boy, at the Sacred Heart Convent School in Beas, some 55 km from Amritsar on December 16, 2019. AFP / Narinder Nanu
A workout, a horse ride, a song: a day in Turkmen leader's life 16 Dec 2019 - 10:59 pm
Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov holds a Turkmen shepherd dog - locally known as Alabai - while mounted on a horse as he takes part in celebrations for the Day of the Horse in Ashgabat in this file photograph taken on April 28, 2018. AF
In an Indian village, a woman's killing and alleged rape opens caste divides 16 Dec 2019 - 09:04 pm
Members of police are seen near the house of a 23-year-old rape victim, who died in a New Delhi hospital last week after she was set on fire by a gang of men, which included her alleged rapists, in Unnao, in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India Dece
Across India, opposition building against citizenship law 16 Dec 2019 - 07:05 pm
Gujarat Police officials detain a demonstrator during a peaceful protest against the Indian government's Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) outside Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in Ahmedabad on December 16, 2019. AFP / Sam Panthaky
India court convicts former ruling lawmaker of teen rape 16 Dec 2019 - 07:05 pm
Kuldeep Singh Sengar, a legislator of Uttar Pradesh state from India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), reacts as he leaves a court after he was arrested in connection with the rape of a teenager, in Lucknow, India, April 14, 2018. Reuters/Pawan Kumar
India's Hindu nationalist trajectory under Modi 16 Dec 2019 - 07:05 pm
Narendra Modi (Reuters file photo)
India says 20 crew kidnapped from tanker off West Africa 16 Dec 2019 - 05:04 pm
Photo courtesy: Maritime Security Review / marsecreview.com
Sri Lanka arrests Swiss Embassy worker who claimed abduction 16 Dec 2019 - 05:04 pm
An air force officer holds Sri Lanka national flag as the sun sets at Galle Face Green in Colombo February 2, 2013. Reuters / Dinuka Liyanawatte

Europe

The O’Sullivan clan family crest is held by a participant in a bid to break a world record for the largest gathering of people with the same surname, in Castletownbere, Ireland (Photo by Peter Murphy/ AFP) O'Sullivan clan gathering in Ireland breaks world record
A member of the public holds an object to a burning bicycle on the Avenue de la Grande Armee during gatherings after PSG won the UEFA Champions League final between Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and Arsenal FC played in Budapest (Photo by Kenzo Tribouillard / AFP) About 400 arrested in France after PSG's Champions League victory
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Africa

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World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrives in Bunia, in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, on May 30, 2026. (Photo by Glody Murhabazi / AFP) WHO chief visits epicentre of Ebola outbreak in DR Congo
File Photo Kenya court blocks US Ebola quarantine center set to open on Friday
Relatives gather and wait for news of their loved ones at the Utumishi Girls Academy following the deadly fire in Gilgil, north of the capital Nairobi on May 28, 2026. (Photo by Simon Maina / AFP) Eight students arrested over 'suspected arson attack' at Kenyan girls' school

Americas

A voter receives his ballot a polling station during the presidential election in Bogota on May 31, 2026. (Photo by Luis ACOSTA / AFP) Colombia votes amid surge in guerrilla violence
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus visits the Ebola treatment center to witness the discharge of recovered patients in Bunia, in the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo Brazil investigates two possible Ebola cases
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