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Would-be Bangladesh hijacker was carrying fake gun: official 25 Feb 2019 - 09:19 pm
Bangladeshi security personnel search people at an entrance to the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on February 25, 2019, as Bangladesh's authorities boost up security the day after an attempted plane hijack. AFP / Munir Uz Zaman
Korean War could be declared over at Hanoi summit: Seoul 25 Feb 2019 - 12:02 pm
Pin badges are displayed as conservative anti-North Korea, pro-US activists march through central Seoul on February 23, 2019. / AFP / Ed JONES
Indonesian housewives arrested over election video: police 25 Feb 2019 - 11:35 am
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Poachers kill elephant in Cambodia wildlife sanctuary 25 Feb 2019 - 10:51 am
This recent undated handout photo released on February 25, 2019 by the Cambodian Ministry of Environment shows the body of a dead elephant in northeastern Mondulkiri province. AFP PHOTO / Cambodian Ministry of Environment
Okinawa referendum rejects relocation for US military base 25 Feb 2019 - 10:30 am
The relocation site for U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma where land reclamation work continues is seen in the Henoko coastal district in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo February 23, 2019. Picture taken February 23, 2019.
Bangladesh police say suspected plane hijacker had carried a toy pistol 25 Feb 2019 - 08:38 am
Bangladeshi security personnel stand guard near a Dubai-bound Bangladesh Biman plane on the tarmac of the Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong on February 24, 2019, following an emergency landing after a man apparently attempted to hijack the a
Hijacking foiled on Bangladesh flight, suspect killed 25 Feb 2019 - 08:34 am
Security personnel stand guard outside of the hijacked aircraft of the Biman Bangladesh Airlines in the Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram, Bangladesh February 24, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer
Suspected Bangladesh plane hijacker shot dead: army 24 Feb 2019 - 06:23 pm
Bangladeshi security personnel stand guard at the Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong on February 24, 2019, after an emergency landing of the hijacked Dubai-bound Bangladesh Biman plane. AFP
Vietnam relishes role as peace maker as it seeks to balance ties 24 Feb 2019 - 01:10 pm
A Vietnamese soldier uses a metal detector at a Hilton hotel's terrace, next to the Opera building, ahead of the North Korea-U.S. summit in Hanoi, Vietnam, February 24, 2019. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
North Korean leader rides train on way to Vietnam 24 Feb 2019 - 10:33 am
This picture taken on February 23, 2019, and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on February 24 shows Kim Jong Un (C) departing Pyongyang Station for the second North Korea-US summit meeting in Hanoi AFP /KCNA via KNS
Highest recorded number of Afghan civilians killed in 2018 -UN report 24 Feb 2019 - 10:31 am
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India toxic alcohol deaths jump to 133: police 24 Feb 2019 - 10:22 am
Indian victims are under medical treatment at Jorhat hospital after allegedly drinking toxic bootleg liquor in Assam's Golaghat district on February 22, 2019. AFP / Biju BORO
S.Koreans fearful of 'nightmare' US troop withdrawal 24 Feb 2019 - 09:31 am
This picture taken on February 21, 2019 shows US soldiers walking at a shopping zone outside the US Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek. AFP / Jung Yeon-je
20 killed in China mining accident 23 Feb 2019 - 04:11 pm
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One dead, two injured in Nepal bomb blast 23 Feb 2019 - 03:29 pm
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India police arrest Kashmir activists amid rising tensions 23 Feb 2019 - 02:38 pm
Indian Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel stands guard in front of closed shops next to the Jamai Masjid in Srinagar February 23, 2019. REUTERS/Danish Ismail
Fire at government-run airshow in India destroys hundreds of cars 23 Feb 2019 - 01:18 pm
Smoke billows past a row of parked planes after a fire broke out in a parking lot during the Aero India show at the Yelahanka Air Force Station in Bengaluru, India, February 23, 2019. REUTERS
US, Russia to find ways to lift travel ban on Taliban leaders for peace talks 23 Feb 2019 - 01:16 pm
U.S. special envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad speaks during an exclusive interview following his meeting with Special Envoy of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin in Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov (not seen) in Ankara, Turkey on February 22, 2019. (

Europe

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A woman (top R) reacts as a person suspected of having died from Ebola is buried in Bunia, in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, on May 25, 2026. (Photo by Glody MURHABAZI / AFP) WHO urges DRC's neighbours to act immediately on Ebola

Americas

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Handout photo released by Mexico's Presidency press office shows Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum during her daily press conference at the National Palace in Mexico City on May 25, 2026. (Photo by Saul lopez Escorcia / Presidencia de Mexico / AFP) Mexico says will host Iran during World Cup
Orange County sheriff deputies block Western Avenue at Katella Avenue as roads remain closed after a chemical leak from a large storage tank prompted evacuations in Garden Grove, California, on May 24, 2026. Photo by Blake Fagan / AFP California chemical leak explosion threat 'eliminated,' fire officials say
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