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New quake strikes as Philippines hunts for survivors 23 Apr 2019 - 11:03 am
Rescue workers search for survivors in a collapsed Chuzon Super Market in Porac, Pampanga, after a powerful earthquake hit northern Philippines on April 22, 2019. / AFP / Noel CELIS
Sri Lanka bombing victims were from at least 12 countries 23 Apr 2019 - 11:01 am
Flowers and candles are left in front of the office building of Danish fashion business Bestseller in Aarhus, Denmark, on April 22, 2019, to pay tribute following the attacks in Sri Lanka. Denmark OUT / AFP / Ritzau Scanpix / Bo Amstrup
Hundreds evacuated after gas leak at Australia's Sydney Opera House 23 Apr 2019 - 10:41 am
Reuters file photo.
Kazakhstan's Tokayev gets veteran leader's backing for presidency 23 Apr 2019 - 10:32 am
Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev listens the national anthem during a congress of the Nur Otan ruling party in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, April 23, 2019. REUTERS/Mukhtar Kholdorbekov
Sri Lanka imposes state of emergency after attacks blamed on Islamists 22 Apr 2019 - 10:45 pm
A Sri Lankan soldier stands guard near a car explosion after the police tried to defuse a bomb near St. Anthony's Shrine in Colombo on April 22, 2019, a day after the series of bomb blasts targeting churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka.  AFP / Jewel Sa
Sri Lanka social media shutdown raises fears on free expression 22 Apr 2019 - 10:45 pm
A family who lives near the church that was attacked yesterday, leave their house as the military try to defuse a suspected van before it exploded, in Colombo, Sri Lanka April 22, 2019. Reuters/Dinuka Liyanawatte
Sri Lanka victims: Citizens of at least 12 countries killed 22 Apr 2019 - 10:45 pm
Christian and Muslim clerics light candles for the victims of Sri Lanka's serial bomb blasts, at the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Lahore, Pakistan April 22, 2019. Reuters/Mohsin Raza
New air-a: Canny Japanese shops sell tins of Heisei air 22 Apr 2019 - 05:51 pm
A man rides his bicycle at night in Tokyo on April 22, 2019. AFP/Charly Triballeau
Sri Lanka victims: Citizens of at least 9 countries killed 22 Apr 2019 - 05:43 pm
Police officers work at the scene at St. Sebastian Catholic Church, after bomb blasts ripped through churches and luxury hotels on Easter, in Negambo, Sri Lanka April 22, 2019. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
Pakistan releases another 100 Indian fishermen 22 Apr 2019 - 04:44 pm
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Pakistan, Iran to form ‘joint reaction force’ on border 22 Apr 2019 - 04:09 pm
FILE PHOTO: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a news conference with Iraqi President Barham Salih (not pictured) in Baghdad, Iraq, March 11, 2019. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani
Danish billionaire loses three children in Sri Lanka blasts 22 Apr 2019 - 03:47 pm
Bestseller CEO Anders Holch Povlsen during an event in Aarhus, Denmark.  AFP / Ritzau Scanpix / Tariq Mikkel Khan
Five dead as buildings collapse in Philippine quake: official 22 Apr 2019 - 03:19 pm
People gather outside a shopping mall after a powerful earthquake rocked Manila on April 22, 2019.  AFP / Ted ALJIBE
US warns terrorists continue to plot Sri Lanka attacks 22 Apr 2019 - 12:22 pm
Security personnel stand guard outside St. Anthony's Shrine in Colombo on April 22, 2019, a day after the church was hit in a series of bomb blasts targeting churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka. / AFP / Jewel SAMAD
The wounded fight on in India's political 'killing fields' 22 Apr 2019 - 11:16 am
In this photo taken on April 20, 2019, a worker dusts memorial portraits of party workers killed in political violence hanging at the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) office at Thalaserry in the southern Indian state of Kerala. BHUVAN BAGGA / AFP / ARUN
Ghosn hit with fresh charge in Japan, files for bail 22 Apr 2019 - 10:33 am
File photo of Former Nissan Motor Chairman Carlos Ghosn sits inside a car as he leaves his lawyer's office after being released on bail from Tokyo Detention House, in Tokyo, Japan, March 6, 2019. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo
S. Korea to mark summit anniversary, with or without North 22 Apr 2019 - 10:12 am
File photo of North Korea's Kim Jong-un, South Korea's Moon Jae-in plant tree for peace at border , Reuters
Sri Lanka Easter attack toll hits 290 22 Apr 2019 - 07:37 am
An inside view of the St. Anthony's Shrine after an explosion hit St Anthony's Church in Kochchikade in Colombo, Sri Lanka on April 21, 2019. Chamila Karunarathne - Anadolu Agency