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France's Marine Le Pen to go on trial over her IS tweets: legal source 12 Jun 2019 - 03:06 pm
FILE PHOTO: French far-right Rassemblement National (RN) President and member of Parliament Marine Le Pen leaves the polling station after casting her vote for the European Parliament elections in Henin-Beaumont.  AFP / DENIS CHARLET
5-year-old boy dies of Ebola as Uganda cases rise to 3 12 Jun 2019 - 02:38 pm
FILE PHOTO: A member of the medical staff of the Ebola Treatment Unit (ETU) puts on her Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) during a weekly rehearsal at the Bwera General Hospital in Bwera bordering with DRC, western Uganda. AFP / Isaac Kasamani
Philippines blasts 'cowardly Chinese boat' over sinking 12 Jun 2019 - 02:13 pm
Activists burn a mock Chinese flag with a map of the South China sea during a protest in front of the Chinese consulate in Manila on June 12, 2019, against the Asian superpower's growing sway in the Philippines and as tensions rise over Beijing's presence
India set to launch second lunar mission; land rover on the moon 12 Jun 2019 - 01:45 pm
Kailasavadivoo Sivan, chairperson of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), arrives to attend a news conference at its headquarters in Bengaluru, India, June 12, 2019. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
Russian police detain at least 94 at Moscow journalist protest 12 Jun 2019 - 01:32 pm
Policemen detain Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny during a rally in support of investigative journalist Ivan Golunov, who was detained by police, accused of drug offences and later freed from house arrest, in Moscow, Russia June 12, 2019. Reuters/
Boy dies of Ebola in Uganda in first cross-border case from current Congo outbreak 12 Jun 2019 - 01:26 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on December 12, 2018, non-contact thermometers are seen to check the temperature of people from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) at the Ebola screening point bordering with DRC in Mpondwe, western Uganda. AFP / Isaac Kas
Encephalitis from lychees kills 31 children in India: official 12 Jun 2019 - 12:05 pm
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Ghana security forces free two kidnapped Canadians 12 Jun 2019 - 11:17 am
The Ashanti Regional Police Head Quarter in Kumasi is pictured on June 7, 2019. AFP / MAHMUD MOHAMMED-NURUDEEN
"We will use force": Hong Kong police fire tear gas as protesters throw bottles 12 Jun 2019 - 11:08 am
Protesters are hit by police water cannon during a demonstration against a proposed extradition bill in Hong Kong, China June 12, 2019. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
Japan's Abe in Tehran mission to ease Iran-US tensions 12 Jun 2019 - 10:49 am
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) waves to well-wishers upon his departure at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on June 12, 2019. Abe left for a two-day visit to Iran. - Japan / AFP / JIJI PRESS / JIJI PRESS
Hijack hoax on lands business-class flyer in jail for life 12 Jun 2019 - 08:48 am
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Sudanese opposition says it is suspending civil disobedience and strike- statement 11 Jun 2019 - 08:43 pm
A view of produce stalls and carts at a market in the Sudanese capital Khartoum. / AFP
Macron to send new tree to Trump after oak gift died 11 Jun 2019 - 07:09 pm
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Biden, Trump duel for blue collar votes in Iowa 11 Jun 2019 - 06:55 pm
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden holds a campaign stop in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. May 1, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Italy PM says 'determined' to avoid EU debt procedure 11 Jun 2019 - 06:45 pm
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte leaves after the European Union summit at the Europa, the EU Council headquarters on May 28, 2019 in Brussels, Belgium. Dursun Aydemir - Anadolu
India to evacuate thousands as cyclone nears west coast 11 Jun 2019 - 05:27 pm
Personnel from India's 6th National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) load life saving material on a truck at a NDRF camp, in Chiloda (also called Naroda), some 40 kms from Ahmedabad on June 11, 2019.  AFP / SAM PANTHAKY
Syria violence interrupts food distribution in some areas 11 Jun 2019 - 04:27 pm
Fighters with the Turkish-backed National Liberation Front (NLF) hold a position near tyres set ablaze to create a smoke screen against air strikes by regime forces, in Syria's Hama province on June 6, 2019. / AFP / OMAR HAJ KADOUR
Iran frees Lebanese national convicted of spying for US 11 Jun 2019 - 03:58 pm
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