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Taliban attack on US-based aid group raises concern in Kabul 09 May 2019 - 02:29 pm
Afghan security forces stand at the site of an attack by Taliban militants, a day after the assault on a compound housing an international aid organisation, in Kabul on May 9, 2019. AFP / WAKIL KOHSAR
Kyodo: Ghosn loses appeal to contact wife while out on bail 09 May 2019 - 02:24 pm
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Sri Lankan church schools to reopen after Easter bombings 09 May 2019 - 02:20 pm
Sri Lankan Catholic devotees pray at St Anthony's church after it was partially opened for the first time since the Easter Sunday attacks in Colombo on May 7, 2019. AFP / ISHARA S. KODIKARA
India court dismisses claim Rahul Gandhi is secret Brit 09 May 2019 - 11:33 am
Rahul Gandhi, President of India's main opposition Congress party, addresses his party's supporters during a public meeting in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, March 12, 2019. REUTERS/Amit Dave/Files
Australia takes responsibility for typos on 46M bank notes 09 May 2019 - 11:17 am
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After disputed election, Thailand expected to keep junta leader as PM 09 May 2019 - 09:57 am
File photo of Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha attends the coronation procession for Thailand's newly crowned King Maha Vajiralongkorn in Bangkok, Thailand May 5, 2019. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/Files
China's social media troll 'army' wages war on Uighurs 08 May 2019 - 10:44 pm
A Muslim man arriving at the Id Kah Mosque for the morning prayer on Eid al-Fitr in the old town of Kashgar inXinjiang, Uighur Autonomous Region, China on June 26, 2017. AFP / Johannes Eisele
Kabul attackers target foreign aid group with blast, dozens wounded 08 May 2019 - 01:50 pm
Smoke rises from the site of a blast in Kabul, Afghanistan May 8, 2019, in this still image taken from a video obtained by social media. REUTERS
Loud explosion rattles Kabul, casualties feared 08 May 2019 - 11:06 am
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Official Thai election results favor anti-military party 07 May 2019 - 02:32 pm
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Indonesia's Mt. Sinabung shoots column of smoke and ash into sky 07 May 2019 - 12:04 pm
This handout picture taken and released by Indonesia's Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana (BNPB), the accident mitigation agency, on May 7, 2019 shows Mount Sinabung volcano spewing thick volcanic ash, as seen from Karo. AFP / BADAN NASIONAL PENANGGULA
Protester charged in Australia for striking PM with an egg 07 May 2019 - 09:58 am
Prime Minister Scott Morrison at a driver reviver announcement, 20 km (12 miles) south of Devonport in Tasmania, Australia, April 18, 2019. Picture taken April 18. 2019. AAP Image/Mick Tsikas/via REUTERS
Two Reuters reporters freed in Myanmar freed after more than 500 days in jail 07 May 2019 - 07:59 am
Reuters journalist Wa Lone (3rd R) poses with his wife Pan Ei Mon (2nd R) and daughter along with his colleague Kyaw Soe Oo (L) carrying his daughter and his wife Chit Su Win after being freed from prison in a presidential amnesty in Yangon on May 7, 2019
India’s PM targets national security in reelection bid 06 May 2019 - 04:14 pm
Election officials sit inside an empty polling station during the fifth phase of India's general elections in Kashmir's Shopian district, south of Srinagar, on May 6, 2019. AFP / Tauseef MUSTAFA
India's Modi flies over cyclone-ravaged east, promises millions to rebuild 06 May 2019 - 12:40 pm
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Christian-Muslim clashes rock Easter attacks town in Sri Lanka 06 May 2019 - 11:06 am
A soldier stands guard outside St. Sebastian Church, days after a string of suicide bomb attacks across the island on Easter Sunday, in Negombo, Sri Lanka, May 1, 2019. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui
Empty classrooms: Sri Lanka schools re-open amid fears of more militant attacks 06 May 2019 - 09:54 am
Few students are seen in an otherwise full clasroom at a school which opened days after a string of suicide bomb attacks across the island on Easter Sunday, in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka, May 6, 2019. Reuters/Danish Siddiqui
"I was surprised by the question" - NZ PM Ardern talks about wedding proposal 06 May 2019 - 09:23 am
File photo of New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern walks back to her baby Neve and partner Clarke Gayford, after speaking at the Nelson Mandela Peace Summit during the 73rd United Nations General Assembly in New York City, New York, U.S., September 2

Europe

A bullet hole is seen in the coffee garden window at the Main Market in Krakow, Poland, on November 9, 2026. (Photo by Wojtek Radwanski / AFP) Krakow shooting suspect has died: police
(Files) French judoka Teddy Riner arrives at The Elysee Presidential Palace ahead of a state dinner with France's and Brazil's President in Paris on June 5, 2025. (Photo by Ludovic Marin / AFP) French judo star Teddy Riner says to run for president
A man walks past the COP31 logo inside the venue at the Antalya Expo Center on November 8, 2026, ahead of the opening of the UN climate conference. Photo by Ozan KOSE / AFP COP31 opens with leaders under pressure to tackle climate crisis
People walk past a #COP31 sign near the entrance to the Antalya Expo Center on November 8, 2026. (Photo by Ozan Kose / AFP) World entering 'age of climate extremes': UN chief

Africa

Representational file photo. Ethiopian coffee exports surge 15% to $878.5 million in first quarter
A representational photo showing a small boat carrying around 30 migrants, adrift off the coast of Nieuwpoort, West-Flanders province, on November 8, 2026. (Photo by NICOLAS MAETERLINCK / Belga / AFP) / Belgium OUT At least 34 dead after migrant vessel capsizes off northwestern Senegal
(FILE PHOTO) Ahmed Haroun, then-governor of Sudan's embattled state of South Kordofan, speaks to reporters in Khartoum on July 26, 2011. (Photo by Ashraf SHAZLY / AFP) Sudan army arrests Bashir-era official
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Americas

US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after arriving on Air Force One at President Donald J. Trump International Airport on November 06, 2026 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Samuel Corum/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Samuel Corum / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP) Trump says deportation policy was 'too tough': CBS interview
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File photo of supporters cheering For Zoomers, blue wave in US election evokes 'millennial optimism'
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