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India's Modi takes election fight to battleground state 04 Apr 2019 - 12:06 am
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures during a campaign rally ahead of the national elections in Kolkata on April 3, 2019. AFP/Dibyangshu Sarkar
UN experts call on India to stop Rohingya deportation 04 Apr 2019 - 12:01 am
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India declines comment on NASA's anti-satellite criticism 04 Apr 2019 - 12:01 am
Forces stand guard next to people getting ready to watch the Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C45) launching India's Electromagnetic Spectrum Measurement satellite 'EMISAT' -- along with 28 satellites from o
Sugar rush fades for Indian farmers ahead of vote 04 Apr 2019 - 12:01 am
In the case of sugar, this has been achieved by keeping a lid on the price at which sugar mills -- which process sugarcane into the white stuff -- can sell their produce.
India's Congress promises to halve unemployment; Kashmir plan criticised 04 Apr 2019 - 12:01 am
Indian National Congress party president Rahul Gandhi (2R) looks on while being felicitated during an election rally, ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, in Bokakhat, some 240 km from Guwahati, the capital city of India’s northeastern state of Assam on April 3,
India election body struggles with scale of fake information 03 Apr 2019 - 11:26 pm
Indian labourers carry clay bricks to a brick kiln in Farakka, in the Indian state of West Bengal, on March 3, 2019. AFP / Xavier Galiana
Facebook, Twitter sucked into India-Pakistan information war 03 Apr 2019 - 10:25 pm
Four Facebook and more than 20 Twitter accounts belonging to members of the Pakistan Cyber Force have been shuttered in the past two months, according to Tayyab, who is still angry at Twitter for shutting down his previous personal account in 2016.
India's Hindu groups quietly put controversial temple plan on backburner 03 Apr 2019 - 08:01 pm
People look at a model of a proposed Ram temple that Hindu groups want to build at a disputed religious site in Ayodhya in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, November 9, 2018. Reuters/Pawan Kumar
Bangladesh stops 27 Rohingya trying to get to Malaysia 03 Apr 2019 - 06:09 pm
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Children in South Asia hardest hit by air pollution, says study 03 Apr 2019 - 11:07 am
(FILES) In this file photo taken on December 6, 2018, Indian commuters drive amidst heavy smog along a busy road past the South Extension area of New Delhi. AFP / XAVIER GALIANA
Malaysia ex-PM Najib goes on trial over 1MDB mega-scandal 03 Apr 2019 - 10:48 am
Former Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak arrives at Kuala Lumpur High Court in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia April 3, 2019. REUTERS/Lai Seng Sin
Outnumbered and elderly, Okinawa protesters oppose U.S. military runway 03 Apr 2019 - 09:41 am
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Shelter for man and beast: Can India's cyclone refuges protect all? 02 Apr 2019 - 09:23 pm
A cow munches at the back of a cyclone shelter designed in part for livestock in Ramachandrapur, India, March 1, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Colin Daileda
Despite being exposed, fake news thrives on social media ahead of India polls 02 Apr 2019 - 06:51 pm
Commuters walk past an advertisement discouraging the dissemination of fake news at a train station in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, March 28, 2018. (Reuters)
Single Indian rocket puts satellites in three orbits, in first for nation 02 Apr 2019 - 08:09 am
The Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C45) launches India's Electromagnetic Spectrum Measurement satellite 'EMISAT' -- along with 28 satellites from other countries including Lithuania, Spain, Switzerland and
Cambodia urged to boost funding for 'bride trafficking' pacts 01 Apr 2019 - 10:21 pm
A Chinese bride takes a self portrait before her symbolic wedding in Fuessen May 31, 2012. Reuters/Michael Dalder
Pakistani court orders Musharraf to appear or forfeit rights 01 Apr 2019 - 03:50 pm
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Philippines protests over Chinese vessels in disputed waters 01 Apr 2019 - 02:31 pm
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Europe

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A person lies on a mattress under a tree in a park, in Paris on May 29, 2026 as a heatwave hits France. (Photo by Simon Wohlfahrt / AFP) Half of France hits new monthly records in heatwave
Municipal workers clear debris from the street after a Russian drone struck an apartment building in Galati, western Romania. (Photo by Daniel Mihailescu / AFP) Drone crash in Romania shows Russia threat to 'entire Europe': Ukraine FM
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Africa

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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
Dieudonné Sezabo, a health worker, decontaminates the clothing of a motorcycle taxi driver who transported a patient suspected of having Ebola to the Rwampara Hospital in Ituri, in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Photo by Glody Murhabazi / AFP) US says its Ebola quarantine center opens Friday in Kenya
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Americas

This screen grab shows fire as the uncrewed Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket explodes during a test on a launchpad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on May 28, 2026. (Photo by NASASpaceflight.com / AFP) Blue Origin rocket explosion is bad news for both Bezos and NASA
US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth speaks during a plenary session of the 23rd Shangri-La Dialogue summit in Singapore on May 30, 2026. (Photo by Jam Sta Rosa / AFP) Raise defence spending or else, Hegseth tells NATO, Europe
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