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Five years on, five theories about MH370's disappearance 08 Mar 2019 - 09:16 pm
This file photo taken on March 7, 2015 shows Indian sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik creating a sculpture of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 on Puri beach in eastern Odisha state. AFP / J K Jagdev
Thousands march against Duterte on International Women's Day 08 Mar 2019 - 09:10 pm
Activists from Gabriela march toward Malacanang palace to commemorate International Women's Day in Manila on March 8, 2019. AFP / Ted Aljibe
6.0-magnitude quake hits off Philippines coast 08 Mar 2019 - 08:58 pm
Residents stand on the street following an earthquake in Kumamoto city, Japan April 14, 2016. AFP/ Jiji Press
Philippines survey shows 'shocking' plastic waste 08 Mar 2019 - 08:58 pm
A worker removes labels from recycled plastic bottles to be used in the construction of the sailboat Plastiki at Pier 31 in San Francisco, March 13, 2009. Reuters/Robert Galbraith
Mahathir meets Philippine Muslim rebel chief-turned-governor 08 Mar 2019 - 08:58 pm
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte introduces his cabinet members to Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad during the welcoming ceremony for the Malaysian leader at the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, March 7, 2019. Reuters/Eloisa Lopez
Lawyer sorry for 'tainting' Ghosn's fame with workman disguise 08 Mar 2019 - 01:56 pm
In this file photo taken on March 6, 2019, former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn (C-light blue cap) is escorted as he walks out of the Tokyo Detention House following his release on bail in Tokyo. / AFP / Behrouz MEHRI
Mahathir backs Philippines' Muslim autonomous region 07 Mar 2019 - 11:29 pm
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Bin Mohamad march together during the welcoming ceremony for the Malaysian leader at the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, Philippines, March 7, 2019. Reuters/Eloisa Lopez
Kerala to give workers a siesta to help beat the heat 07 Mar 2019 - 10:55 pm
A man rides a bicycle against the backdrop of monsoon clouds on the outskirts of Kochi in this Reuters file photo. Kerala, which suffered its worst floods in a century last year, is bracing itself for more extreme weather conditions in 2019 and the state'
North Korea state media airs feature on Trump-Kim summit 07 Mar 2019 - 07:52 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
3 Indonesian soldiers dead in clash with Papuan fighters 07 Mar 2019 - 04:45 pm
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Car bomb in Somalia's capital kills 2 near president's house 07 Mar 2019 - 01:26 pm
Smoke rises from an area hit by an explosion in Mogadishu, Somalia March 7, 2019 in this still image taken from a video obtained from social media. KHADAR SHIRE/via REUTERS
Thai court dissolves key Shinawatra-linked party 07 Mar 2019 - 12:54 pm
Thai Raksa Chart party leader Preechaphol Pongpanich gestures to journalists after the Constitutional Court ruling to dissolve the party in Bangkok on March 7, 2019. AFP / Lillian SUWANRUMPHA
Indian lawmakers get off on wrong foot in "shoe brawl" 07 Mar 2019 - 11:49 am
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Grenade attack in India's Jammu injures 18: police 07 Mar 2019 - 11:42 am
Indian police inspect the site of a grenade blast at a bus station in Jammu on March 7, 2019. Eighteen people were injured on March 7 when a grenade exploded at a bus stop in the Indian city of Jammu, part of the restive state of Jammu and Kashmir, police
Blast strikes near major political gathering in Kabul: TV 07 Mar 2019 - 11:35 am
A policeman keeps watch near the side of an attack in Kabul, Afghanistan March 7, 2019. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
China female longboarder rides into online fame 07 Mar 2019 - 11:31 am
This file picture taken on February 11, 2019 shows longboarder Mu Qing flipping her board in Chengdu. / AFP / Fred DUFOUR
N.Korea documentary focuses on Kim-Trump relationship not summit breakdown 07 Mar 2019 - 09:27 am
North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un walks with U.S. President Donald Trump during the second North Korea-U.S. summit in Hanoi, Vietnam, in this photo released on March 1, 2019 by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). KCNA via REUTERS
Bahrain refugee footballer to become Aussie citizen: report 07 Mar 2019 - 07:46 am
File photo of the football while in detention in Thailand. Reuters

Europe

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

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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