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Chinese rescuers pull survivor from factory blast rubble, death toll reaches 64 23 Mar 2019 - 01:39 pm
An aerial view shows a chemical plant after an explosion in Yancheng in China's eastern Jiangsu province, on March 23, 2019. China OUT / AFP / STR
India's Jet grounds seven more planes amid shutdown fears 23 Mar 2019 - 12:28 pm
(FILES) This file photo taken on September 10, 2018, shows a Jet Airways plane at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi. AFP / Sajjad HUSSAIN
Two blasts kill 4 at Afghan stadium celebration 23 Mar 2019 - 12:04 pm
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Trump reverses first North Korea sanctions since failed summit after one day 22 Mar 2019 - 11:01 pm
US President Donald Trump meets North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore, June 12, 2018 (Kevin Lim/The Straits Times/ via Reuters)
From farms to slums, Indian women on sharp end of jobs crisis 22 Mar 2019 - 08:48 pm
Chhaya Kharade, 36, an unemployed farm labourer makes tea inside her house in Chincholi, India, March 12, 2019. Reuters/Danish Siddiqui
"I am your mother now": New Zealand mosque shootings hit tight-knit Bangladesh community hard 22 Mar 2019 - 08:48 pm
People attend the burial ceremony for the victims of the mosque attacks, at the Memorial Park Cemetery in Christchurch, New Zealand March 20, 2019. Reuters/Edgar Su
North Korea pulls out of inter-Korean liaison office: Seoul 22 Mar 2019 - 11:15 am
File photo of a North Korean flag flies on a mast at the Permanent Mission of North Korea in Geneva October 2, 2014. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
New Zealand Muslims will be 'safe' after mosque attack: NZ minister to OIC 22 Mar 2019 - 11:09 am
New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern gestures as she departs following a gathering for congregational Friday prayers and two minutes of silence for victims of the twin mosque massacre, at Hagley Park in Christchurch on March 22, 2019. / AFP / Mart
Indonesia's Garuda says to cancel 49-jet Boeing 737 deal after crashes 22 Mar 2019 - 11:03 am
This picture taken on May 15, 2018 shows a Garuda Indonesia Boeing 737 Max 8 at Jakarta International airport in Jakarta. / AFP / IHWAN IDAMIN HARAHAP
"We are one" says PM Ardern as New Zealand mourns with prayers, silence 22 Mar 2019 - 10:24 am
New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern leaves after the Friday prayers at Hagley Park outside Al-Noor mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand March 22, 2019. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
Guns and tourists: Aboard the unlikely India-Pakistan 'friendship bus' 22 Mar 2019 - 10:17 am
The India-Pakistan 'friendship bus' is pictured at the Wagah-Attari border crossing, India, March 15, 2019. REUTERS/Alasdair Pal
Police in Kazakhstan detain dozens of anti-government protesters 22 Mar 2019 - 10:10 am
File photo of policemen detain an opposition supporter during a protest rally in Almaty, Kazakhstan May 10, 2018. REUTERS/Mariya Gordeyeva
Australian state election will be trial run for PM's federal contest in May 22 Mar 2019 - 10:05 am
Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks to the media during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, March 20, 2019. AAP Image/Andrew Taylor/via REUTERS
Hun Sen denies Cambodia is Chinese 'colony' as work on $2 bn road begins 22 Mar 2019 - 10:00 am
File photo of premier Hun Sen. AFP
The junta leader who's running for prime minister of thailand 21 Mar 2019 - 09:30 pm
Thai junta chief Prayut Chan-ocha (AFP)
Bangladesh town barbers face fines for 'foreign' cuts 21 Mar 2019 - 07:54 pm
Representational image: A Rohingya refugee cuts the hair of a kid at a temporary shelter in Beras Pati after arrived from Aceh Shelter in Medan of North Sumatra, Indonesia on November 25, 2016. (Jefri Tarigan / Anadolu Agency)
New Zealand bans 'military-style' guns after mosque attacks 21 Mar 2019 - 05:42 pm
A police officer stands guard as relatives of victims of mosque attack arrive to attend the funeral of a victim who died at the mosque attack at Memorial Park Cemetery, in Christchurch, New Zealand on March 21, 2019. Peter Adones - Anadolu
Six dead, dozens injured as blast rocks China chemical plant 21 Mar 2019 - 04:19 pm
A vehicle of paramilitary police is seen near smoke following an explosion at a chemical industrial park in Xiangshui county, Yancheng, Jiangsu province, China March 21, 2019. REUTERS

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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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File photo UN says protecting children online an 'urgent priority'

Africa

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
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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