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Five dead in India from Nipah virus, dozens quarantined 22 May 2018 - 08:20 am
File photo of Indian bats clinging onto the branches of a banyan tree on the campus of Gujarat College in Ahmedabad, April 29, 2018. / AFP / SAM PANTHAKY
With N Korea summit on shaky ground, Trump to press S Korean leader 21 May 2018 - 11:04 pm
White House was caught off-guard when, in a dramatic change of tone, North Korea last week condemned the latest U.S.-South Korean air combat drills, suspended North-South talks and threw into doubt the summit with Trump if Pyongyang was pushed toward
Murder of teenage Indian maid sparks calls for tougher laws urgently 21 May 2018 - 10:24 pm
Police said the 16-year-old girl from eastern Jharkhand state was strangled and her body chopped up and dumped in a drain earlier this month after she demanded a year's unpaid salary from the employment agency that hired her. (Representative image)
Top US court to examine India power plant complaint 21 May 2018 - 10:17 pm
The sun rising above Tata Steels blast furnaces at their Scunthorpe Plant in north east England (AFP file photo / Lindsey Parnaby)
Nipah just another viral infection & there is nothing to panic, say doctors as three dead in Kerala 21 May 2018 - 08:05 pm
Animal Husbandry department and Forest officials deposit a bat into a container after catching it inside a well at Changaroth in Kozhikode in the Indian state of Kerala on May 21, 2018. A deadly virus carried mainly by fruit bats has killed at least three
Woman with 106 cocaine capsules in stomach held in India 21 May 2018 - 03:19 pm
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Pubs in India's capital ordered to stop playing recorded music 21 May 2018 - 01:44 pm
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Four years after coup, Thailand wearies of junta rule 21 May 2018 - 12:33 pm
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Taliban warn Kabul residents to 'keep away' ahead of attacks 21 May 2018 - 12:26 pm
Afghan National Army soldiers keep watch during an official visit in Farah province, Afghanistan May 19, 2018. Picture taken May 19, 2018. REUTERS/James Mackenzie
Philippines takes "appropriate action" over Chinese bombers in disputed South China Sea 21 May 2018 - 12:19 pm
An aerial view of China occupied Subi Reef at the Spratly Islands in disputed South China Sea April 21, 2017. REUTERS/Francis Malasig/Pool
Taiwan pleads for access to key WHO meeting 21 May 2018 - 12:14 pm
Taiwan's Health Minister Chen Shih-Chung (C) gives a thumb up as he poses with demonstrators after a press conference on the sideline of the World Health Assembly on May 21, 2018 in Geneva. AFP / Fabrice Coffrini
Almost 200 Games athletes, officials seek Australia asylum 21 May 2018 - 11:43 am
File photo of flags from Commonwealth countries. Reuters
One-fingered Japanese climber dies on eighth attempt at Everest 21 May 2018 - 11:35 am
In this file photo taken on August 23, 2015 Japanese climber Nobukazu Kuriki (2nd L) accepts a permit to climb Mount Everest and a Nepalese flag from Nepal's tourism minister Kripasur Sherpa (R) in Kathmandu. / AFP / Prakash MATHEMA
Moon enters talks with Trump with driver's seat at stake 21 May 2018 - 10:17 am
File photo: US President Donald Trump (L) welcomes South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the White House in Washington, DC, US, June 30, 2017. Reuters/Jim Bourg/File Photo
Vanuatu to permanently evacuate volcanic island 21 May 2018 - 10:11 am
Smoke and ash emanates from the Manaro Voui volcano located on Vanuatu's northern island Ambae in the South Pacific, October 1, 2017. REUTERS/Ben Bohane
China satellite heralds first mission to dark side of Moon 21 May 2018 - 08:17 am
A Long March-4C rocket lifts off from the southwestern Xichang launch centre carrying the Queqiao (
Jet Airways taps Indian diaspora with Mumbai-Manchester route 20 May 2018 - 09:43 pm
Jet Airways aircraft stand on tarmac at the domestic airport terminal in Mumbai, India September 9, 2009. Reuters/Punit Paranjpe
Muslim beaten to death in India for allegedly killing cow 20 May 2018 - 09:16 pm
Indian Muslim offer prayers after breaking their fast at Badi Masjid on the banks of the River Ganga in the Daraganj area during the holy month of Ramadan, in Allahabad on May 20, 2018. AFP / Sanjay Kanojia

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Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer holds a press conference at the end of his cabinet's first meeting in Downing Street in London on July 6, 2024. (Photo by Claudia Greco / Pool/ AFP) UK trade minister hopes Britain will rejoin EU 'in my lifetime'
Picture: QNA/ X G7 affirms commitment to multilateral cooperation to address global economic threats
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Picture: Photo File Germany to treat US Ebola patient from DR Congo

Africa

A health worker monitors visitors arriving at the Rodolphe Mérieux Laboratory, National Biomedical Research Institute (INRB) in Goma, on May 19, 2026. (Photo by Jospin Mwisha / AFP) Race to find vaccines, treatments for Ebola strain behind outbreak
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A visitor has their temperature checked by a health worker before entering Kyeshero Hospital, as part of Ebola prevention measures in Goma on May 18, 2026. (Photo by Jospin Mwisha / AFP) WHO chief says 'deeply concerned' by 'scale and speed' of DR Congo Ebola outbreak
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Americas

Representational Photo File US stocks dip as markets fret over inflation
Fire fighters use a bulldozer to combat the Sandy Fire as it burns on a hill at a residential area in Simi Valley, California (Photo by Apu Gomes / AFP) Brush fire near Los Angeles forces thousands to evacuate
US President Donald Trump attends a healthcare affordability event in the South Court Auditorium of The White House in Washington, DC, on May 18, 2026. (Photo by Kent Nishimura / AFP) Tuesday's planned military attack on Iran paused: US President
Representational Photo File US extends sanctions waiver on Russian at-sea oil by 30 days

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